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Texas tax sales by county

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Texas runs the highest frequency tax sale schedule in the country: by statute, every county with property to sell holds its sale on the first Tuesday of the month, twelve times a year, in 254 counties. On November 9, 2026, one tracker recorded 645 upcoming Texas tax sales across 34 counties. There is no single official Texas list: the supply is split across county tax offices, sheriffs and constables, and three delinquent tax law firms, each publishing in its own format, which is exactly the gap this hub exists to close.

This page set covers 254 counties: the top 20 by population and recorded sale volume, plus further tiers of high volume counties. Each county page carries the sale pattern, the venue or platform, the registration route, the payment rules, the redemption terms, and the struck off resale channel, verified against the county or officer source.

Two Texas facts shape every bid. First, the format splits: some counties still sell in person at the courthouse, others sell online only, and the county pages say which is which. Second, Texas is a redeemable deed state: the former owner can take the property back after the sale, for 180 days on most property and two years on homestead, agricultural and mineral property, paying you a premium for the wait.

Verify before you go: counties can move a date, change terms, or withdraw properties at any time, and several counties in this set publish a standing monthly rule rather than a month specific notice. The official sale notice is the final word.

The 254 counties

Each row links to that county's own page: who conducts, sale pattern, registration, payment rules, redemption terms, and sources. Most counties in this set sell on Tuesday, December 1, 2026 by the first Tuesday rule; Travis and Jefferson publish that date themselves. The exceptions are stated on their own pages: Denton posts February 2, 2027 as its next sale, Lubbock, Webb, Cameron and Nueces had no December sale posted at this check, and the tier 2 county pages each state how their next date was confirmed, because several publish a standing rule rather than a dated December notice. Each county page states how its date was confirmed.

How Texas tax sales work

• A taxing unit sues, and the court orders the sale. Delinquent taxes become a lien; a taxing unit (county, city, school district) sues to foreclose it, or the property is seized under a tax warrant. The sheriff or a constable conducts the sale.
• The sale is the first Tuesday of the month. By statute (Tax Code Section 34.01), a sale runs between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM on the first Tuesday, at the courthouse or the place the commissioners court has designated. If the first Tuesday is January 1 or July 4, it moves to the first Wednesday. A county authorized for online sales runs them on the same day, closing at 4:00 PM.
• The minimum bid is set by the judgment. A property cannot sell for less than the lesser of the total amount due under the judgment (taxes, penalties, interest, other judgment amounts, court costs and the costs of sale) or the adjudged value the judgment states (Section 34.01(j)).
• You prove you owe no delinquent taxes before you get a deed. The officer cannot deliver a deed until the buyer exhibits a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed to the county, or to the school districts and municipalities inside it (Section 34.015). The statement costs no more than $10 and expires after 90 days. Some counties run a registration system instead (Section 34.011), where bidders register with the assessor-collector before the sale begins; Harris County on this page set is one.
• The deed vests the defendant's interest, with no warranty. The officer prepares the deed (Section 34.01(m)). It vests the interest the defendant owned, subject only to the redemption right below, certain restrictive covenants and liens recorded before January 1 of the lien year, and valid easements of record (Section 34.01(n)). The tax liens included in the judgment are extinguished by the sale.
• Texas is a redeemable deed state. If the property was a residence homestead, land designated for agricultural use, or a mineral interest, the former owner has two years from the date the purchaser's deed is filed for record to redeem, paying the bid, the recording fee, and what the purchaser paid in taxes, penalties, interest and costs, plus a premium of 25 percent of that total in the first year or 50 percent in the second (Section 34.21). Every other property carries a 180 day redemption period with a premium of up to 25 percent. During the redemption period the buyer has no right to use the property or collect rents.
• What does not sell is struck off, then resold. If no bid reaches the minimum, the officer bids the property off to the taxing unit that brought the suit, for itself and the other taxing units in it (Section 34.01(j)). That unit may resell at any time by public or private sale (Section 34.05): a public resale can go for any amount, and a private sale must meet a floor, the lesser of the judgment market value or the total judgments, unless every taxing unit entitled to proceeds consents to less.

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