Comanche County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Comanche County, seat of Comanche: 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 Comanche County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Comanche County Sheriff's Office. The county's posted notice runs under the heading "JOINT NOTICE OF SALE, THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF COMANCHE" and is signed "CHRIS POUNDS, Sheriff, Comanche County, Texas." It opens "BY VIRTUE OF ORDERS OF SALE issued pursuant to judgment decrees of the District Court of Comanche County, Texas."
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- First Tuesday of the month at 1:30 p.m., and only in months when the county has judgments ready. The county's posted Delinquent Tax Sale Information notice reads: "will on the 6th day of September, 2022, at the Courthouse Steps, at 1:30 P.M. on said day, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder." September 6, 2022 was a first Tuesday, consistent with the first-Tuesday rule in Texas Tax Code 34.01. Comanche County is small and does not sell every month, so confirm the next sale date with the Tax Assessor-Collector before traveling.
Registration and deposit
Register in person at the sale, before bidding opens. The county notice states: "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. The grantee named in the deed must be the same person who was the successful bidder. (Section 34.015 Texas Tax Code.)" Bidding is oral and payment is due the same day: "The property will be sold at public auction and will be sold for cash to the highest bidder, based on oral bids. Successful bidders must pay for their property with cash or a cashier's check. Personal checks will not be accepted." A defaulting bidder is liable for 20 percent of the property value plus costs under Rule 652 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The notice also flags the written-statement rule: "In certain counties, a person purchasing property at the tax sale may be required to present to the officer conducting the tax sale a written statement from the County Tax Assessor-Collector that the purchaser does not owe any delinquent taxes to the County or any school district or city in the County. A purchaser will NOT receive a deed to the property purchased at the tax sale until the written statement is presented to the officer." Call the tax office at 325-356-3101 to confirm whether Comanche County applies it.
Comanche County sells IN PERSON at the courthouse steps in the City of Comanche. There is no online auction platform and no online bidding portal for this county's tax sale, so bidders must attend. The sale list is published as a single "Delinquent Tax Sale Information" PDF under the Tax Sales heading on the Tax Assessor-Collector page, and it carries both the foreclosure tracts and a separate RESALES table of struck-off parcels "HELD IN TRUST BY THE TAXING UNITS LISTED BELOW ARE OFFERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO SECTION 34.05 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE." Each tract lists a suit number, legal description, approximate address, account number, and a minimum bid, and bidding must start at that figure or higher. The notice closes "You may contact the attorney for the taxing units at (254) 756-7755," which MVBA Law lists on its contact page as its Waco office, so MVBA is the delinquent-tax firm for the Comanche County taxing units. As of July 2026, MVBA's upcoming tax sales page listed no Comanche County sale, and the county's separate Foreclosure Notices archive holds trustee and mortgage foreclosure notices rather than tax sale notices. The version of the notice posted on the county site is dated 2022, so treat the tract list as historical and call the tax office for the current cycle. Property is sold as is by legal description with a Sheriff's Deed and no warranty, and title insurance may be hard to obtain. In person, oral outcry at the Comanche County Courthouse steps
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 Comanche County
- Comanche County sells redeemable tax deeds in person at the courthouse steps. The county notice confirms the statutory redemption terms: "There is a two year right of redemption for homestead property and property appraised as agricultural land. There is a 180 day right of redemption for all other property," running "from the date the purchaser's deed is filed for record in the deed records."
- The redemption premium is stated on the county notice as "purchase amount, deed recording fee, taxes paid by purchaser after the tax sale, and costs expended on the property, plus a redemption premium of 25 percent of the aggregate total during the first year or 50 percent of the aggregate total during the second year." The notice warns that costs are only reasonable maintenance, preservation, and safekeeping expenses, and advises against renovations during the redemption period.
- Minimum bids include taxes delinquent at the date of judgment but not the current tax year, and the buyer must pay taxes that accrued after judgment. The notice also warns that a purchase may still be subject to city or property owners association liens for demolition, mowing, or maintenance.
- Purchasers get a right of possession beginning 20 days after the deed is filed, per Section 33.51 of the Tax Code as cited on the county notice.
- Properties can be pulled before the gavel: "Subject properties may be withdrawn from the sale at any time prior to the sale, or at the sale, without notification to prospective purchasers."
- Two official addresses circulate for the tax office. The county's own Tax Assessor-Collector page lists 204 E Oak Ave, Comanche, TX 76442, while the Comanche Central Appraisal District site lists the Comanche Tax Office at 101 West Central Ave., Comanche, TX 76442, the courthouse address. Both list phone 325-356-3101. Call before mailing.
- Property tax counter hours on the county page are 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. A second office line is listed as 325-356-5790. The Comanche County Sheriff, who conducts the sale, is reachable at 325-356-7533.
- Deeds, maps, and plats sit with the County Clerk or the appraisal district, and the lawsuit files behind each tract are with the District Clerk. Comanche Central Appraisal District property search is at https://esearch.comanchecad.org/.
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 Comanche County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Comanche County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Comanche 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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