Bee County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Bee County, seat of Beeville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
Verified Jul 27, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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How Bee County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Bee County Sheriff (the sale is conducted by "The Sheriff, or his appointee") at the Bee County Courthouse; the Bee County Tax Assessor-Collector takes the sale proceeds and Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP serves as the county's delinquent tax attorney
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Sales are held at the courthouse on the Texas statutory first-Tuesday sale date when properties are set, beginning at 10:00 A.M. The county's Notice to Bidders reads: "The Sheriff Sale for Bee County will take place on March 1, 2022 at the North door of the Bee County Courthouse, 105 W Corpus Christi Street, Beeville, Texas, starting at 10:00 A.M." The delinquent tax attorney's portal lists for Bee County: "Sales are typically scheduled for: 10:00 AM" and "Sale Location: at the North Entrance facing Corpus Christi Street, 105 W. Corpus Christi of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of Beeville, Texas." Bee County does not hold a sale every month; a sale is set only when foreclosure judgments are ready.
Registration and deposit
No online registration. The delinquent tax attorney's Bee County record states under "Bidder Registration": "For more information, contact the officer conducting the sale." Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 a bidder must obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed. Bidders show up at the north courthouse door and bid orally; bids must open at the published minimum. A bidder who wants the deed in another name must give the officer a signed power of attorney before bidding. The winning bidder pays the full bid by 4:00 PM the day of the sale in cash, money order, or cashier's check made payable to Michelle Matus, Bee County Tax Assessor-Collector, and receives a Sheriff's Deed without warranty.
Bee County runs a live, in-person redeemable tax deed sale at the north door of the courthouse, 105 W Corpus Christi Street, Beeville. There is no online auction platform. The county's Property Tax page links to the delinquent tax attorney portal at taxsales.lgbs.com for the "Sheriff Sale and Resale list." Struck-off property (Tax Code 34.05 resale) is handled by sealed offer, not at the auction: offers go to the Bee County Tax Office, P.O. Box 1900, 411 E. Houston St., Beeville, TX 78104-1900, "STARTING OFFERS MUST BE AT LEAST $100 WITH ADDITIONAL OFFERS IN INCREMENTS OF $25." The cut-off is 11:00 AM the day of the next Sheriff's Tax Sale; ties trigger a live auction at 11 AM on the cut-off date; the winner pays in full within 10 days of the attorney's award letter and should expect 60 to 90 days for taxing-entity approval. The county's Notice to Bidders states redemption as 6 months at a 25% penalty for non-homestead, non-agricultural property and 2 years for homestead or agricultural land (25% penalty in year one, 50% in year two), running from the date the original deed is filed, and confirms the purchaser has a legal right of possession during redemption. At the time of research the Linebarger portal listed only struck-off (resale) inventory for Bee County with no scheduled sale date, so check the portal and call the tax office before planning a trip. In person at the Bee County Courthouse, north door (no online bidding platform)
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
Texas has no over-the-counter certificate list. Parcels that draw no sufficient bid are struck off to the taxing unit that requested the order of sale, and that unit may resell them at any time by public or private sale. A public resale requested through the sheriff or constable may be sold for any amount. A private sale generally may not go below the lesser of the market value stated in the judgment or the total judgments against the property, unless every taxing unit entitled to proceeds consents. Ask the county or its delinquent-tax law firm for the current struck-off inventory.
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County offices
Notes for Bee County
- Sale is in person only. No online auction platform, so no platform_url is recorded.
- Two separate paths: the Sheriff's tax foreclosure sale (oral bidding at the courthouse) and the Tax Code 34.05 resale of struck-off property (written offers mailed to the Bee County Tax Office).
- Delinquent tax attorney: Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP, 500 N. Shoreline Blvd, Suite 1111, Corpus Christi, TX 78471, (361) 888-6898, contact Michael Carrillo (listed on both county Notice to Bidders documents).
- Notice of sale is posted in the Beeville Bee-Picayune per the Linebarger portal's Bee County record.
- Phone numbers vary across county documents: the Tax Assessor-Collector page and the Notice to Bidders list (361) 621-1554, while the resale notice lists (361) 621-1550 and the county courthouse main line is 361-621-1550.
- The county documents still point to the legacy domain www.co.bee.tx.us, which now fails TLS validation. The live county site is www.beecounty.gov.
Texas statewide rules
- Redemption
- The redemption clock runs from the date the purchaser's deed is filed for record, not from the sale date. Property that was the owner's residence homestead or was land designated for agricultural use when the suit or the warrant application was filed, and any mineral interest, may be redeemed on or before the second anniversary of that filing. Every other property may be redeemed only through the 180th day after the deed is filed. When a parcel is struck off to a taxing unit instead, the period runs from the date the taxing unit's deed is filed for record. The former owner has no right to use, possess, or collect rent from the property while the redemption right runs, and the right of redemption cannot be sold or transferred: any instrument purporting to transfer it is void.
- Deed deposit
- The Tax Code sets no statewide deposit and no buyer premium. Section 34.01 directs the officer to conduct the sale the way similar property is sold under execution, so payment terms are set locally by the officer who runs the sale. Most Texas counties collect the full bid in cash or by cashier's check on the day of the sale. Confirm the terms with the county before you bid.
- Homestead deeds
- Texas sets no separate opening bid for a homestead. What changes on a homestead parcel is the exit: a residence homestead, land designated for agricultural use when the suit or warrant application was filed, and a mineral interest all carry a two-year redemption right instead of 180 days, and the premium the owner pays can reach 50 percent in the second year. Price a homestead parcel for that longer clock.
- Surplus proceeds
- The officer pays any excess proceeds to the clerk of the court that issued the order of sale. The clerk holds the excess for two years after the sale and notifies the former owner when the amount exceeds $25. A claim must be filed before the second anniversary of the sale. The court pays established claims in statutory priority: a purchaser at a sale later adjudged void, taxing units for post-judgment or omitted taxes, other lienholders, taxing units for unsatisfied judgment amounts, and then the former owner. Anything unclaimed is distributed to the taxing units.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does Bee County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Bee County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Bee County hold tax deed sales?
- annual. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
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