Texas Tax Deed Sales
Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, with an area of 268,820 square miles and a population of 23.9 million and growing. Houston is the state’s largest city with about 2.2 million people. Austin is the capital of Texas with a population of 743,074 people. Texas has the most counties of any state in the U.S. with a total of 254. Of these 254 counties, 50 have a population of over 60,000. Cities and counties (as well as other political entities) are permitted to enter “inter-local agreements” to share services. A good example is some cities and school districts enter into an agreement where the county will bill for and collect property taxes for all three, thus only one tax bill would be sent to the citizen instead of three.
Tax deed sales in Texas by law, must be held on the first Tuesday of any month. In these sales the highest bidder wins the property. In Texas there is a two year right of redemption for homestead property and agricultural land. For any land other than the previous two listed the redemption period is six months. Bidders at sales in counties having a population of 250,000 or more are required to submit a statement of no delinquent taxes owed in order to register for the sale. Properties that are not bid on and purchased are struck off to the taxing jurisdiction that requested the sale. These properties are usually resold by private sales, sealed bids, or by a public auction. Approximately 4-6 weeks after the sale the successful bidder will be issued a Constable’s deed or Sheriff’s deed.
As stated above there is a two year redemption period in which the delinquent taxpayer may pay the taxes and fees owed and retain ownership of the property. This is for property classified as homestead property or agricultural land. Along with the taxes and fees owned a 25% flat interest rate in the first year and a 50% flat interest rate in the second year are paid to the investor. For any other classified property it is a six month redemption period with a 25% flat interest rate. These high interest rates attract many tax deed investors and give credence to Texas as the “King of Tax Deed States.”
For information on Texas counties click on the link Texas County Locator Map or County Websites
Next scheduled Tax Deed Sales are January 3, 2012
Here is a listing of Counties participating the second column represents the number of properties available
Angelina County Struck Off
Aransas County Struck Off
Archer County Struck Off
Atascosa County Struck Off
Bee County Struck Off
Bexar County
Blanco County Struck Off
Bosque County Struck Off
Brooks County Struck Off
Brown County
Brown County Struck Off
Caldwell County Struck Off
Cameron County Struck Off
Camp County Struck Off
Cass County Struck Off
Cherokee County
Cherokee County Struck Off
Clay County Struck Off
Coleman County
Coleman County Struck Off
Dallas County
Delta County Struck Off
Denton County
Duval County Struck Off
Eastland County Struck Off
Ector County
Ector County Struck Off
Ellis County
Ellis County Resale
Ellis County Struck Off
Erath County Struck Off
Falls County Struck Off
Fannin County Struck Off
Fort Bend County
Frio County Struck Off
Galveston County
Galveston County Struck Off
Gonzales County Struck Off
Grayson County
Grayson County Struck Off
Gregg County Struck Off
Grimes County Struck Off
Hamilton County Struck Off
Harris County
Harris County Resale
Harris County Struck Off
Henderson County
Henderson County Resale
Henderson County Struck Off
Hidalgo County Struck Off
Hood County Struck Off
Hopkins County Struck Off
Hudspeth County Struck Off
Hunt County
Hunt County Struck Off
Jackson County
Jackson County Resale
Jackson County Stayed
Jasper County Struck Off
Jefferson County Struck Off
Jim Hogg County Struck Off
Jim Wells County Struck Off
Kaufman County Struck Off
Kinney County Struck Off
Kleberg County
Kleberg County Struck Off
La Salle County Struck Off
Lampasas County Struck Off
Lavaca County Struck Off
Lee County Struck Off
Leon County Struck Off
Limestone County Struck Off
Live Oak County Struck Off
Llano County
Llano County Struck Off
Madison County Struck Off
Marion County
Matagorda County
Matagorda County Resale
Matagorda County Stayed
Matagorda County Struck Off
Maverick County Struck Off
Mcculloch County Struck Off
Mills County Struck Off
Montague County
Montgomery County Struck Off
Morris County Struck Off
Navarro County Struck Off
Nueces County
Orange County Struck Off
Panola County Struck Off
Parker County Struck Off
Pecos County Struck Off
Polk County Struck Off
Red River County Stayed
Reeves County Struck Off
Refugio County Struck Off
Robertson County Struck Off
Rusk County Struck Off
Sabine County Struck Off
San Augustine County Struck Off
San Patricio County
San Patricio County Struck Off
San Saba County Struck Off
Shelby County Struck Off
Smith County Struck Off
Tarrant County
Tarrant County Struck Off
Tyler County Struck Off
Upshur County
Upshur County Struck Off
Val Verde County
Val Verde County Struck Off
Van Zandt County Struck Off
Victoria County
Victoria County Struck Off
Waller County Stayed
Waller County Struck Off
Ward County Struck Off
Washington County
Wharton County Stayed
Wharton County Struck Off
Willacy County
Willacy County Struck Off
Williamson County Struck Off
Wilson County
Wilson County Struck Off
Winkler County Struck Off
Wise County Struck Off
Zavala County Struck Off
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