Cottle County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Cottle County, seat of Paducah: 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.
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How Cottle County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
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Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Cottle County Sheriff. The county's tax sale notice is issued and signed by the Sheriff of Cottle County, Texas, acting on a tax warrant delivered by the clerk of the 50th District Court. Sheriff Mark Box, 806-492-3131.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m., at the courthouse. The county's most recent posted sale notice reads: "I will proceed to sell at 10:00 a.m. on the 4th day of February, 2025 at the South Door of the Cottle County Courthouse, in Paducah, Texas, the properties described below." February 4, 2025 was the first Tuesday of that month, matching the Texas first-Tuesday sale rule. Cottle is a very small county and does not sell every month. As of July 2026 no newer sale notice was posted on the county site, so the February 2025 notice is the most recent verified sale.
Registration and deposit
Show proof of eligibility to the Sheriff before bidding. The notice states in capitals: "ALL BIDDERS MUST NOW DISPLAY PROOF OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE." Section 34.015 requires a written statement from the county assessor-collector that the bidder owes no delinquent property taxes in the county. Obtain that statement before sale day by calling 806-492-3345. Bidding is oral and open at the courthouse door, and no online registration portal exists.
Cottle County runs its tax sale in person at the courthouse. There is no online bidding platform and no standing tax sale calendar page, so watch the Public Notices & News feed on the county homepage for each posted Notice of Sheriff's Sale. The February 4, 2025 notice covered 15 tracts across two mass suits, styled "Cottle County, et al vs. Owners of Various Properties Located Within Cottle County, Texas" (Cause No. 4663) and "City of Paducah, et al vs. Owners of Various Properties Located Within the City Limits of Paducah, Texas" (Cause No. 4664), both out of the 50th District Court. The tracts were low-value town lots in the Swearingen Townsites and the Original Town of Paducah. The notice recites that the sale satisfies "taxes, penalties, and interest and all costs of seizure and sale," so buyers take a redeemable deed subject to the owner's Tax Code Section 34.21 right of redemption. Billing note: the Texas Comptroller directory states of the Cottle County tax office, "This tax office does not collect property taxes," and property tax collection runs through the Cottle County Appraisal District. The same person, Kayla Box, serves as both the elected County Tax Assessor-Collector and the CAD chief appraiser, reachable at 806-492-3345. Separate resale channel: for struck-off properties held in trust for the taxing units (Tax Code Section 34.05), the appraisal district links to "Purchase City of Paducah Trust Properties" at Texas Communities Group LLC, a sealed-bid online list showing Paducah lots with a $50 minimum bid. Per its bid process, no deposit is due when bidding, the winner pays by cashier's check or money order within two weeks plus a $100 deed fee and a $40 to $80 recording fee, every taxing unit in the county must approve the bid, and buyers should allow up to three months for deed approval and recording. Bids are rejected if the buyer owes delinquent taxes or unpaid fines in the county. In person at the South Door of the Cottle County Courthouse, 815 9th Street, Paducah. No online auction platform is used for the sheriff's sale.
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)
Cottle County Tax Assessor-Collector (Kayla Box, RPA, RTA)
P.O. Drawer 908, Paducah, TX 79248. Physical: Cottle County Courthouse, 815 9th Street, Paducah, TX 79248. Fax 806-492-3107.
Official websiteNotes for Cottle County
- Sale format verified as in person from the county's own Notice of Sheriff's Sale: 10:00 a.m., South Door of the Cottle County Courthouse, Paducah. No online auction platform exists for this county, so no platform_url is reported.
- Timing is drawn from a single posted notice (February 4, 2025, the first Tuesday of that month). Cottle is one of the least populated Texas counties and holds sales only when suits ripen, so treat the first-Tuesday pattern as the statutory default rather than a monthly guarantee.
- The sale is driven by tax warrants out of the 50th District Court, filed with County-District Clerk Vickey Wederski. No delinquent-tax law firm (MVBA, Perdue Brandon, LGBS) was named on any county page, and Cottle does not appear on MVBA's upcoming tax sales list.
- The Texas Comptroller directory states the Cottle County tax office does not collect property taxes; collection runs through the Cottle County Appraisal District (cottlecad.org), whose chief appraiser Kayla Box is also the elected County Tax Assessor-Collector, same phone 806-492-3345.
- Struck-off trust properties are resold online by sealed bid through Texas Communities Group LLC, linked directly from the appraisal district's Useful Links page as 'Purchase City of Paducah Trust Properties'. This is a Section 34.05 resale channel, not the Section 34.01 sheriff sale.
- The other foreclosure PDF on the county site ('Notice of Foreclosure Sale', October 7, 2025) is a private deed-of-trust foreclosure by First United Bank, not a tax sale, and was excluded from these facts.
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 Cottle County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Cottle County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Cottle 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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