Borden County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Borden County, seat of Gail: 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.
New here? Read how Texas tax sales work, the difference between a lien and a deed, and redemption periods.
How Borden County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Borden County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Benny Allison; the same officeholder is listed as Borden County Tax Assessor-Collector)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No Borden County tax sale date is published anywhere on the county website. Texas Tax Code § 34.01 sets tax sales on the first Tuesday of the month between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the place designated by the commissioners court, but no Borden County tax sale has been posted. Confirm timing by calling the Tax Assessor-Collector at 806-756-4415 before relying on any date.
Registration and deposit
No county-specific bidder registration process is published. Texas Tax Code § 34.015 requires a bidder to obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed before bidding. Request that statement from the Borden County Tax Assessor-Collector at 806-756-4415.
Borden County (county seat Gail, population under 1,000) publishes no tax sale page, no sale calendar, and no property list. Searched and fetched: the county Tax Assessor-Collector page, the Sheriff page, the County Clerk page, the Public Notices page, the county home page, and the Borden County Appraisal District site. None mention a tax sale, a struck-off list, or an auction platform. Borden County also does not appear on the current sale calendars of the two large Texas delinquent-tax law firms checked (Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott and McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen), while neighboring Scurry, Hockley, Nolan, and Stonewall counties do appear on the Perdue Brandon list. No online auction platform is used. The only foreclosure sale notice the County Clerk posts is a 2021 deed-of-trust (mortgage) foreclosure, not a tax foreclosure; that notice designates the sale location as the district courtroom in the courthouse in Gail, or as designated by the county commissioners court. Treat this county as an in-person, courthouse sale with no published inventory. Contact the Sheriff / Tax Assessor-Collector directly to learn whether any tax foreclosure sale is pending.
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.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Borden County Tax Assessor-Collector (Benny Allison)
P.O. Box 115, Gail, TX 79738 (Borden County Courthouse, 117 East Wasson, Gail, TX 79738)
Official websiteNotes for Borden County
- Sheriff Benny Allison is listed as the officeholder on both the Borden County Sheriff page and the Borden County Tax Assessor-Collector page, with the same county email address. Bidder questions and the § 34.015 written statement go to the same office.
- Tax Assessor-Collector: 806-756-4415 (fax 806-756-4431). Sheriff / courthouse main line: 806-756-4391.
- Property values are set by the Borden County Appraisal District, 120 E. Wilbourn Ave. / P.O. Box 298, Gail, TX 79738, phone 806-756-4484. The appraisal district publishes no tax sale information.
- No online auction platform. Any Texas tax sale here would be an in-person sale at the courthouse in Gail under Texas Tax Code § 34.01.
- The county's designated public foreclosure sale location, per the only sale notice the County Clerk posts, is the district courtroom in the courthouse in Gail, or as designated by the county commissioners court. That notice is a deed-of-trust foreclosure, not a tax foreclosure.
- Borden County is absent from both the Perdue Brandon and MVBA upcoming-sale calendars, so no third-party firm currently advertises a Borden County tax sale list.
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 Borden County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Borden County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Borden 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.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
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