Burnet County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Burnet County, seat of Burnet: 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 Burnet County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Burnet Central Appraisal District collects Burnet County property taxes and administers struck-off ("in trust") resales; McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. (mvba) is the delinquent tax law firm, with a Burnet office at 223 South Pierce, Burnet, TX 78611, (512) 756-8291. The Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.01 auction itself is conducted at the courthouse by the officer charged with the sale (sheriff or constable).
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Sales fall on the first Tuesday of the month, held only when foreclosure judgments are ready rather than every month. The Burnet County Clerk states: "Foreclosure Sale Dates are on the First Tuesday of Each Month." The Burnet CAD "Bid in Trust Properties for Sale" list records actual Burnet County tax sale dates of 3/3/26, 3/4/25 and 8/5/25 for properties that did not sell, all first Tuesdays.
Registration and deposit
Per the mvba general tax sale information sheet that Burnet CAD directs bidders to read: "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" (Sec. 34.015). Bidding is oral, and payment is cash or cashier's check only, no personal checks. Some Texas counties also require a written statement from the County Tax Assessor-Collector that the buyer owes no delinquent taxes before a deed issues; mvba tells bidders to "Contact the county tax office to determine if this requirement is applicable." Burnet County did not publish a county-specific answer on that point. For struck-off in-trust properties, submit a written bid to Burnet CAD with grantee name, mailing address, phone, property account number, legal description and bid amount; the Chief Appraiser reviews it and the taxing entities approve it. mvba also operates an online bidder registration at https://www.mvbataxsales.com/register, but that applies to the counties whose sales mvba hosts online, and Burnet County was not among them as of July 2026.
Burnet County has no online tax deed auction that could be verified. Burnet CAD's homepage carries a "TAX SALE INFORMATION" button pointing to the mvba tax sales site (https://www.mvbataxsales.com/), but Burnet County appeared in neither mvba's monthly sale schedule (August and September 2026 listed Bastrop, Bosque, Comal, Harrison, Hill, Jasper, Lampasas, McLennan, Runnels, Rusk and Eastland) nor the site's auction sitemap, so no platform_url is asserted here. Every Burnet County sale record found points to a live, oral-bid auction in the Commissioners' Court designated area at the courthouse. Buyers receive a Sheriff's Deed without warranty, title is not guaranteed, and property sells "AS IS" with all faults. The statutory right of redemption runs from the date the purchaser's deed is recorded: two years for homestead and agricultural property, 180 days for all other property, with a 25 percent premium in year one and 50 percent in year two. Right of possession begins 20 days after the deed is recorded. Properties struck off to the taxing units are held in trust by Burnet CAD and resold by sealed written bid; a bid at or above the original minimum bid can be approved in about a week, while a lower bid needs approval from every taxing entity and usually takes several months. Resales convey a Tax Resale Deed without warranty. Burnet County publishes no online delinquent tax roll or advance sale list; the only county list available is the in-trust resale list. In person at the Burnet County Courthouse. Burnet County Commissioners' Court designated "the area on the East side of the Courthouse (outside the County Clerk's Office) as the area for public sales of real estate," or in inclement weather "the East hallway inside the Courthouse, outside the doorway to the County Clerk's Office." Courthouse address: 220 S. Pierce Street, Burnet, TX 78611.
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
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Burnet Central Appraisal District (property tax collection and tax sale information for Burnet County)
215 S Pierce Street, Burnet, TX 78611-3136 (mailing: P.O. Box 908, Burnet, TX 78611-0908)
Official websiteNotes for Burnet County
- Burnet County's elected Tax Assessor-Collector, DeAnne Fisher, handles motor vehicle work and directs all property tax questions to Burnet Central Appraisal District. Her Burnet office is at Courthouse Annex North, 1701 E. Polk, Ste 96, Burnet, TX 78611, (512) 756-5494, [email protected], and a second office sits at Courthouse Annex South, 810 Steve Hawkins Pkwy., Marble Falls, TX 78654, (830) 798-3220. Both open 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.
- Burnet CAD appraises and bills for 25 taxing units including Burnet County, Burnet CISD, Marble Falls ISD, the cities of Burnet, Marble Falls, Granite Shoals, Bertram, Meadowlakes, Highland Haven, Cottonwood Shores, Double Horn and Horseshoe Bay, nine ESDs, two MUDs and the Central Texas Water Conservation District. Chief Appraiser is Stan Hemphill.
- The delinquent tax law firm is McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. (mvba), 223 South Pierce, Burnet, TX 78611, (512) 756-8291, principal office 700 Jeffrey Way, Round Rock, TX 78665. mvba's in-trust information sheet tells buyers to read the General Information page under the Tax Sales tab at mvbalaw.com before bidding.
- Sale notices posted on the Burnet County Clerk's "Foreclosures & Trustee Sales" page are deed-of-trust foreclosures, not tax foreclosures. The clerk instructs that "All inquiries should be directed to the trustee designated on each notice." Tax sale notices were not posted on that page when checked.
- The designated public sale area comes from a Burnet County Commissioners' Court certificate recorded September 28 with the County Clerk, naming the East side of the courthouse outside the County Clerk's office, and the East hallway inside as the inclement weather alternative.
- Burnet County Clerk: Courthouse on the Square, 220 South Pierce Street, Burnet, TX 78611, (512) 756-5406, open 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday. Deeds, maps and plats sit with the County Clerk or the appraisal district; lawsuit files behind each sale sit with the District Clerk.
- Burnet County Sheriff's Office runs a Civil Process Division reachable at (512) 756-8080, mailing address Burnet County Sheriff's Office, ATTN: Civil Division, P.O. Box 1249, Burnet, TX 78611. Its website carries no tax sale page. Four constable precincts also serve the county.
- Research limits: WebSearch quota was exhausted at the start of this task, so discovery ran entirely through direct fetches of official county, appraisal district and mvba pages. Burnet County Sheriff's site required certificate verification to be bypassed via curl. No Burnet-specific mvba sale notice PDF exists at their county notice URL pattern for any month probed between June 2025 and August 2026.
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 Burnet County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Burnet County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Burnet 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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