Property Assessor Records

[John Shortridge]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone know what may a cause a property's previous sale data to read $0 on a county assessor search. See the screen grab I took belowe (this is from he sumner TN country website).

I'm aware the most obvious answer is probably "It depends" or "many different things" or likely "that information is often wrong." 

Just curious if anyone has ever seen this as a clue that a property was inherited or changed name in some other fashion to where the current owner did not "purchase" it.

Thanks for your input!

Johnny