Cherokee County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Cherokee 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 state rules plus what the county publishes on Oct 6, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Cherokee County, seat of Rusk: 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.
- Next tax deed sale
- No Cherokee County sale is currently posted.
- County office
- 903-683-5478
On this page
How Cherokee County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Cherokee County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Brent Dickson), 272 Underwood St., Rusk, TX 75785, 903-683-2271; sale lists for Cherokee County are published by MVBA Law (McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C.), the firm the Cherokee Central Appraisal District refers buyers to
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No Cherokee County sale is currently posted.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
MVBA states that "In-Person Tax Sales will have registration on-site the day of the Tax Sale." Online auctions use a separate advance registration at https://www.mvbataxsales.com/register, which MVBA labels "This link is ONLY for Registering for Auctions that are conducted ONLINE." Texas Tax Code section 34.015 also requires a bidder to present a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent county taxes; request it from the Cherokee County Tax Assessor-Collector at 903-683-5478.
Sale format and venue
Cherokee County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Cherokee 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.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Use MVBA Law monthly Texas tax sale lists (the source Cherokee CAD refers buyers to) 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.Register to bid
Ask the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
No Cherokee County sale is currently posted. No auction platform is on record here for Cherokee County. Confirm the next sale date, the platform or venue and the registration window with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Cherokee County
4 checks
Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open MVBA Law monthly Texas tax sale lists (the source Cherokee CAD refers buyers to). 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.Confirm registration and deposit
MVBA states that "In-Person Tax Sales will have registration on-site the day of the Tax Sale." Online auctions use a separate advance registration at https://www.mvbataxsales.com/register, which MVBA labels "This link is ONLY for Registering for Auctions that are conducted ONLINE." Texas Tax Code section 34.015 also requires a bidder to present a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent county taxes; request it from the Cherokee County Tax Assessor-Collector at 903-683-5478.
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.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
unsold properties
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 notes
- Cherokee County (county seat Rusk) publishes no tax sale page on its official site; the Tax Assessor-Collector page lists tax rates, truth-in-taxation documents and vehicle registration links, and directs payments to the county tax website.
- Cherokee Central Appraisal District, 107 East Sixth Street, Rusk, TX 75785 (PO Box 494), 903-683-2296, hours Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, states it no longer provides information on properties listed for tax sale and refers buyers to MVBA Law's tax sale list.
- MVBA Law (McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C.) publishes Texas county sale lists on a first-Tuesday cycle. A Cherokee County entry there will show whether the sale runs in person or online.
- Cherokee County Sheriff's Office: Sheriff Brent Dickson, 272 Underwood St., Rusk, TX 75785, 903-683-2271. Under Texas Tax Code section 34.01 the sheriff or a constable conducts the sale, but the office page carries no sale notices.
- Cherokee County Clerk: Laverne Lusk, P.O. Box 420, Rusk, TX 75785, 903-683-2350. Recorded foreclosure and sale notices are searchable through the clerk's real property records portal, with index and images from August 20, 1846 to current.
- Tax Assessor-Collector email listed by the Texas Comptroller: tax.shondap@cocherokee.org; fax 903-683-2362.
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.
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
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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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