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Burnet County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Burnet County, TX tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Texas sells redeemable deeds carrying a 25% penalty in the first year. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Oct 6, 2026.

How 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.

New to tax sales? Read how Texas tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Format
Online
Registration
Register online at mvbataxsales.com at least 24 hours before the sale opens.
County office
(512) 756-8291
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Tax foreclosure sales under Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.01 for Burnet County and its taxing units, conducted by the delinquent tax firm McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. (mvba), Burnet office 223 South Pierce, Burnet, TX 78611, and held online on mvba Tax Sales. Burnet Central Appraisal District takes property tax payments online, links to the sale from its Tax Sale Information button, and resells struck-off property held in trust.. Online auction. annual

Record quality: high. Last verified: 2026-10-06.

Burnet County Online Property Tax Sale terms and conditions, mvba Tax Sales (source accessed 2026-10-06)

Recorded reference information. Verify current sale conditions with the county. Read the full sale details.

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How Burnet County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

No Texas office sells tax lien certificates to investors.

Tax deed sale

Online auction
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Tax foreclosure sales under Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.01 for Burnet County and its taxing units, conducted by the delinquent tax firm McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. (mvba), Burnet office 223 South Pierce, Burnet, TX 78611, and held online on mvba Tax Sales. Burnet Central Appraisal District takes property tax payments online, links to the sale from its Tax Sale Information button, and resells struck-off property held in trust.
Frequency
annual
Registration
Register online at mvbataxsales.com at least 24 hours before the sale opens.
Sale list
Monthly Tax Sales schedule, mvba (Burnet County entry links to that sale's lot list)
When it runs
mvba lists its Texas tax sales by month on the first Tuesday (October 6 and November 3, 2026), and Burnet County appears only in months when it holds a sale. The October 6, 2026 Burnet County online sale (13 lots) opens at 10 am and closes at 4 pm CT; a bid on a lot in the last 2 minutes extends that lot by 2 minutes, repeating until no new bid comes in. Earlier Burnet County tax sales were held 3/4/25, 8/5/25 and 3/3/26.
Registration and deposit

Register online at mvbataxsales.com at least 24 hours before the sale opens. Upload a valid driver's license or government ID; an entity must upload documents showing the bidder's authority (articles of incorporation, officer or partner list, or authorizing resolution), and the 'Name of Grantee' entered is the name on the deed. Bidders barred by Texas Property Code Sec. 5.253 may not bid. Pay in full within 48 hours of the close to the Burnet County District Clerk (the invoice for the October 6, 2026 sale sets 5 pm October 7, 2026): by Visa, MasterCard or Discover on the District Clerk's payment website (convenience fee may apply), in person at 1701 East Polk, Room 90, Burnet, with cash or cashier's check, or by cashier's check or money order sent overnight. Buyer's premium is 0%. A defaulting bidder is liable for 20% of the property value plus costs (TRCP Rule 652). The tax office may require a statement that the buyer owes no delinquent taxes before the deed issues (Sec. 34.015), emailed to taxsales@mvbalaw.com. Questions: (512) 756-8291 ext. 37 or 39.

Sale format and venue
Lots are sold by legal description, AS IS, drive-by viewing only, with opening bids set from the judgment; buyers also owe taxes accrued after judgment and County Clerk recording fees, and may take on city or property owners' association liens for demolition, mowing or maintenance. The buyer receives a Sheriff's Deed without warranty; title is not guaranteed. The owner may redeem for two years (homestead, agricultural land or mineral interests) or 180 days (all other property) from recording of the deed, paying a 25% premium in year one and 50% in year two; the buyer's right of possession begins 20 days after recording. Property struck off to the taxing units is held in trust by Burnet CAD and resold by written bid on the CAD's bid form: the Chief Appraiser reviews the bid, then every taxing entity must approve it, payment is cash, cashier's check or money order, and the buyer receives a Tax Resale Deed without warranty. Burnet CAD posts its current in-trust list at burnet-cad.org/in-trust-properties-for-sale/.
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Source: Burnet County Online Property Tax Sale terms and conditions, mvba Tax Sales· Verified Oct 6, 2026

Burnet County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Burnet County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.

  1. Confirm the advertised parcel list

    Use Monthly Tax Sales schedule, mvba (Burnet County entry links to that sale's lot list) as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.

  2. Register to bid

    Register online at mvbataxsales.com at least 24 hours before the sale opens. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Bidding runs on Online; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Tax foreclosure sales under Texas Tax Code Sec as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Burnet County

  1. Confirm the parcel list before pricing

    Open Monthly Tax Sales schedule, mvba (Burnet County entry links to that sale's lot list). Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the county before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Register online at mvbataxsales.com at least 24 hours before the sale opens. Upload a valid driver's license or government ID; an entity must upload documents showing the bidder's authority (articles of incorporation, officer or partner list, or authorizing resolution), and the 'Name of Grantee' entered is the name on the deed. Bidders barred by Texas Property Code Sec. 5.253 may not bid. Pay in full within 48 hours of the close to the Burnet County District Clerk (the invoice for the October 6, 2026 sale sets 5 pm October 7, 2026): by Visa, MasterCard or Discover on the District Clerk's payment website (convenience fee may apply), in person at 1701 East Polk, Room 90, Burnet, with cash or cashier's check, or by cashier's check or money order sent overnight. Buyer's premium is 0%. A defaulting bidder is liable for 20% of the property value plus costs (TRCP Rule 652). The tax office may require a statement that the buyer owes no delinquent taxes before the deed issues (Sec. 34.015), emailed to taxsales@mvbalaw.com. Questions: (512) 756-8291 ext. 37 or 39.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Texas due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Texas before you price the title work.

  4. Set a walk-away number

    Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.

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 purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Texas calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.

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County offices

Tax sale office

Burnet Central Appraisal District (property tax payments and tax sale information for Burnet County)

(512) 756-8291

215 S Pierce Street, Burnet, TX 78611-3136 (mailing: P.O. Box 908, Burnet, TX 78611-0908)

Official website

County notes

  • Burnet County's Tax Assessor-Collector, DeAnne Fisher, directs property tax questions to Burnet Central Appraisal District. Her offices: Courthouse Annex North, 1701 E. Polk, Burnet, TX 78611, (512) 756-5494, and Courthouse Annex South, 810 Steve Hawkins Parkway, Marble Falls, TX 78654, (830) 798-3220, both 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.
  • Burnet CAD lobby hours are 9 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday, with a second office at 100 Avenue H, Suite 100, Marble Falls, TX 78654. Chief Appraiser is Stan Hemphill.
  • Sale payments go to the Burnet County District Clerk, Casie Walker, Courthouse Annex North, 1701 E Polk Street, Suite 90, Burnet, TX 78611, (512) 756-5450, open 8 am to 4 pm weekdays. The lawsuit files behind each tax sale are kept there.
  • Notices on the Burnet County Clerk's Foreclosure Sale Site are deed-of-trust foreclosures, not tax foreclosures; the clerk directs inquiries to the trustee named on each notice. County Clerk: Courthouse on the Square, 220 S. Pierce St., Burnet, TX 78611, (512) 756-5406. Deeds, maps and plats are with the County Clerk or the appraisal district.
  • Burnet County has four constable precincts: Precincts 1 and 2 at the main courthouse in Burnet, (512) 756-5416 and (512) 715-5237, and Precincts 3 and 4 at 810 Steve Hawkins Parkway, Marble Falls, (830) 798-3024 and (830) 798-3020.

Texas 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.
Governing statute
Tex. Tax Code Chapter 34

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Burnet County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax deeds. Texas sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the Sheriff or constable sells the property itself at a public tax sale.

How often does Burnet County hold tax deed sales?

Burnet County holds tax deed sales once a year. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Texas's redemption rule: 2 years for a residence homestead, agricultural-use land, or a mineral interest; 180 days for all other property. Call the Tax foreclosure sales under Texas Tax Code Sec as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

Where can I find the Burnet County tax sale list?

The recorded official list reference is at mvbalaw.com. Check whether it covers auction parcels, office information or Lands Available, then obtain the advertised parcel list for the sale you plan to bid on. Confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement.

Verified Oct 6, 2026 against official county and state sources.

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 office that runs the sale before you bid.

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