Brown County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Brown County, seat of Brownwood: 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 Brown County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Sale is conducted by the officer under the foreclosure judgment (Brown County Sheriff Department; MVBA states buyers receive a Sheriff's Deed). Suits are styled "Brown County Appraisal District v ..." and the delinquent tax law firm is McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. (MVBA), which publishes the Brown County lists.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Texas first-Tuesday cycle. MVBA's monthly page heads its lists "August Tax Sales (Tuesday, August 4, 2026)" and "September Tax Sales (Tuesday, September 1, 2026)". Brown County struck-off tracts on the MVBA bid sheet are marked "Bid in Trust 9/2/2025" and "Bid in Trust 12/2/2025", both first Tuesdays. Brown County is not on the August or September 2026 MVBA sale calendar, so sales run only when foreclosed tracts are ready.
Registration and deposit
MVBA's sale instructions: "Prior to the beginning of the tax sale, a person intending to bid is required to register with the person conducting the sale and present a valid Driver's License or identification card issued by a State agency or the United States government" (Tax Code 34.015). MVBA adds that "In-Person Tax Sales will have registration on-site the day of the Tax Sale for certain counties." Bidding is oral, sold for cash to the highest bidder, payment by cash or cashier's check only, and a defaulting bidder is liable for 20 percent of the property value plus costs. MVBA also notes that in certain counties a buyer must present a written statement from the County Tax Assessor-Collector showing no delinquent taxes owed before a deed is issued, and says to contact the county tax office to confirm whether that applies. Confirm with the Brown County Tax Assessor-Collector at 325-643-1646.
Texas sells a redeemable deed, not a certificate. Brown County property taxes are billed and collected through the Brown County Appraisal District tax office, and the county Tax Assessor-Collector page directs property tax questions to brown-cad.org. BCAD's site links "Properties Available For Purchase" straight to MVBA's tax sales hub. The current Brown County in-trust bid sheet carries 26 tracts, many in the King's Point Cove, Crown Point, Feather Bay and Shamrock Shores lake subdivisions near Brownwood, with original minimum bids from about $2,439 to $69,192; the sheet closes with "If you have any questions regarding Brown County In-Trust properties, please contact our office in Brownwood at (325) 643-2560 or (325) 643-5676." No online bidding platform is used: MVBA runs online sales only for a few named counties (Comal and Harrison on mvbataxsales.com, McLennan on GovEase, Smith on RealAuction), and Brown County is not among them. No county page publishes the sale hour or the designated place of sale, so read the posted notice of sale before bidding; the county posts sale notices on its Foreclosure Notices page as scanned PDFs. MVBA's terms confirm the redemption structure: two years for homestead and agricultural land, 180 days for all other property, with a 25 percent premium in year one and 50 percent in year two, running from the date the purchaser's deed is recorded, and a right of possession 20 days after recording. Deeds are without warranty and title insurance may be hard to get. In person at the county courthouse. MVBA lists no online auction for Brown County.
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)
Notes for Brown County
- Property tax collection sits with the Brown County Appraisal District, 3804 Hwy 377 S, Brownwood, TX 76801, phone 325-643-5676, open Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM (source: bcad_home). The county Tax Assessor-Collector office (325-643-1646, hours 8:30 to 5:00 M-F) refers property tax matters there (source: county_tac).
- Brown County Sheriff Department: Sheriff Vance Hill, 1050 West Commerce, Brownwood, TX 76801, phone 325-646-5510. The Sheriff page publishes no tax sale schedule (source: county_sheriff).
- The county's Foreclosure Notices page is an index of scanned notice PDFs with no explanatory text, no sale time and no designated place of sale (source: county_foreclosure).
- MVBA lists Brownwood among the communities it serves, and Brown County appears on MVBA's Trust Properties for Sale index alongside Bandera and Runnels counties (source: mvba_trustlist).
- Struck-off tracts can be bought between sales through the taxing units' resale process under Tax Code 34.05; the MVBA Brown County in-trust bid sheet is the working list and gives the Brownwood phone numbers 325-643-2560 and 325-643-5676 for questions (source: mvba_brown_trust).
- No sale hour, designated sale location, or next scheduled Brown County sale date was published on any official page fetched, so those fields are left out rather than guessed.
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 Brown County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Brown County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Brown 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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