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 May 1st, 2012
Here is a listing of Counties participating the second column represents the number of properties available
Anderson County 1
Angelina County 25
Aransas County 11
Archer County 1
Atascosa County 16
Bee County 13
Bee County 2
Bexar County 56
Bexar County 184
Bexar County 295
Blanco County 2
Bosque County 1
Brooks County 1
Brown County 11
Brown County 47
Caldwell County 22
Camerson County 19
Camp County 1
Cass County 4
Cherokee County 34
City of Graham 1
Clay County 3
Coleman County 10
Como-Pickton Cisd 1
Cooke County 1
Dallas County 60
Delta County 2
Duval County 5
Eastland County 18
Ector County 14
Ector County 21
Ellis County 1
Ellis County 63
Ellise County 54
Erath County 14
Erath County 3
Falls County 163
Fannin County 14
Fannin County 8
Fannin County 2
Fort Bend County 12
Fort Bend County 4
Fort Bend County 13
Frio County 14
Frio County 9
Galveston County 33
Galveston County 30
Gonzales County 12
Gonzales County 2
Graham Isd 1
Grayson County 33
Grayson County 9
Gregg County 67
Grimes County 1
Guadalupe County 16
Hamilton County 1
Harris County 178
Harris County 140
Harris County 144
Hays County 15
Henderson County 13
Henderson County 15
Henderson County 83
Hidalgo County 8
Hood County 49
Hopkins County 2
Hudspeth County 27
Hunt County 26
Jackson County 11
Jasper County 56
Jefferson County 94
Jefferson County 77
Jim Hogg County 7
Jim Wells County 1
Kaufman County 10
Kaufman County 17
Kinney County 18
Kinney County 7
Kleberg County 5
Kleberg County 5
La Salle County 8
Lampasas County 6
Lee County 10
Lee County 2
Leon County 35
Limestone County 14
Live Oak County 2
Llano County 5
Llano County 1
Madison County 12
Matagorda County 3
Matagorda County 19
Maverick County 12
Mcclennan County 2
Mcculloch County 7
Mills County 1
Montgomery County 90
Morris County 12
Navarro County 117
Nueces County 51
Orange County 12
Panola County 4
Parker County 26
Pecos County 2
Polk County 72
Reeves County 5
Refugio County 62
Robertson County 73
Rusk County 1
Sabine County 1
San Augustine County 14
San Augustine County 2
San Patricio County 7
San Saba County 2
Shelby County 12
Smith County 11
Smith County 24
Tarrant County 39
Tarrant County 1
Tarrant County 27
Tyler County 12
Upshur County 2
Val Verde County 36
Van Zandt County 34
Van Zandt County 4
Van Zandt County 1
Victoria County 8
Waller County 1
Waller County 7
Ward County 5
Wharton County 26
Wharton County 1
Wharton County 3
Willacy County 19
Williamson County 1
Wilson County 33
Winkler County 6
Wise County 3
Wood County 14
Wood County 6
Zavala County 11
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