Briscoe County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Briscoe County, seat of Silverton: 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 Briscoe County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Briscoe County Sheriff's Office (the officer conducting the sale under Tex. Tax Code § 34.01). No county page states this directly; the office name is taken from the county's own Sheriff page.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The county publishes no sale calendar. 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. The only county-specific date found was on a Bid4Assets courtesy listing that quotes Tax Sale Resources: "Date of Sale: 02/03/26 / Deed or Lien: Redeemable Deed / Sale Type: Live/In Person / Number of Redeemable Deeds: 5". February 3, 2026 was the first Tuesday of that month. Bid4Assets states on the same page that it "is not conducting this public auction" and that the information "has not been verified", so treat the date as indicative only.
Registration and deposit
No county registration instructions were published. Under Tex. Tax Code § 34.015 a bidder must first obtain a written statement from the county assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, so contact the Briscoe County Tax Assessor/Collector at 806-823-2131 ext. 6 before a sale. No county-specific registration form, deposit rule, or bidder packet was found.
Briscoe County is a small Panhandle county (seat: Silverton) with no online tax sale presence. Nothing on the county website, the appraisal district site, or the three major Texas delinquent tax law firm portals confirms a scheduled redeemable tax deed sale, a bidder registration process, or a sale list. The one county-specific signal found, a third-party Bid4Assets courtesy notice, describes a live in-person redeemable deed sale and explicitly disclaims verification, so no online platform URL is recorded here. Buyers should call the Tax Assessor/Collector and the Sheriff's Office directly to confirm whether a sale is set, where it is held at the courthouse, and what the § 34.015 statement requires. Redemption follows Tex. Tax Code § 34.21: two years at a 25 percent premium in year one and 50 percent in year two for homestead, agricultural-use, and mineral interests, and 180 days at 25 percent for other property. In person (live sale). No online auction platform verified.
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)
Briscoe County Tax Assessor/Collector
P.O. Box 315, Silverton, TX 79257 (physical: Briscoe County Courthouse, 415 Main St, Silverton, TX 79257)
Official websiteNotes for Briscoe County
- Briscoe County publishes no tax sale page. The official county site (co.briscoe.tx.us) has pages for the County Tax Assessor/Collector, the Sheriff, and Public Notices, and none of them mention a tax sale, sheriff sale, foreclosure sale, struck-off property, or auction.
- The County Tax Assessor/Collector page lists only tax rate calculation worksheets, TxDMV title and registration links, and voter registration. The Public Notices page carried a burn ban, a taxpayer impact statement, tax abatement guidelines, an energy usage notice, and a board application notice as of this check.
- Name discrepancy worth flagging: the county's own Tax Assessor/Collector page names Tiffany Bennett at 806-823-2131 ext. 6, while the Texas Comptroller county directory still lists Jon Etta Ziegler at 806-823-2136 with email [email protected]. Both share the same P.O. Box 315 mailing address and the 806-823-2076 fax. Treat the county page as current.
- Briscoe County does not appear on the current published tax sale lists of the three large Texas delinquent tax law firms checked: Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott (pbfcm.com/taxsale.html), McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen (mvbalaw.com upcoming sales), or Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson (taxsales.lgbs.com). Those lists show only counties with properties currently posted, so absence is not proof of no relationship, but no firm was confirmed for Briscoe.
- No online auction platform was found. The RealAuction Texas sheriff sale subdomain pattern used by other Texas counties did not resolve for Briscoe.
- Briscoe County Sheriff's Office contact from the county site: Sheriff Garrett Davis, 806-823-2131, P.O. Box 70, Silverton, TX 79257.
- The Briscoe County Appraisal District site (briscoecad.org) handles appraisal and online payments through Certified Payments only. It carries no delinquent tax, tax sale, or collections attorney content, and its contact block is unfilled template dummy text.
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 Briscoe County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Briscoe County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Briscoe 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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