Crosby County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Crosby County, seat of Crosbyton: 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 Crosby County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Crosby County Sheriff (county site lists the office as County Sheriff, Sheriff Corey Nunley, 806-675-7301) or the Crosby County Constable (County Constable George Cavitt, 806-675-2523 ext 8), acting under an order of sale from the district court. Crosby County publishes no tax sale page of its own, so the officer conducting any given sale is not confirmed on a county web page.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published by Crosby County. No sale date, notice of sale, sale calendar, or struck-off list appears on the county website, its Public Notices page, or the Crosby Central Appraisal District site as checked in July 2026. Texas Tax Code 34.01 sets sales on the first Tuesday of the month between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and a county this small holds a sale only in months when it has properties ready. Call the appraisal district collections office at 806-675-2356 or the Sheriff at 806-675-7301 for the next date.
Registration and deposit
No county registration page or bidder packet was found. Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 the officer may not deliver the deed until the winning bidder produces an unexpired written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed in the county. Note the wrinkle here: the Texas Comptroller directory entry for Crosby County states the tax assessor-collector's office does not collect property taxes and directs collection questions to the appraisal district. Request the no-delinquent-taxes statement from the Tax Assessor-Collector at 806-675-2311 and confirm payment terms and any registration step with Crosby Central Appraisal District at 806-675-2356 well before a sale.
No online auction platform was verified for Crosby County. The county site names no platform, and Crosby County does not appear in the two delinquent-tax law firm listing services that publish Texas county sales online: it is absent from MVBA's upcoming county sale list and returns no records in the Linebarger tax sale property database. Expect an in-person sale at or near the Crosby County Courthouse in Crosbyton at the place the commissioners court has designated, and verify before traveling. Property tax collection in Crosby County sits with Crosby Central Appraisal District (PO Box 505, Crosbyton, TX 79322, 806-675-2356, [email protected]), not with the Tax Assessor-Collector, so the appraisal district is the practical starting point for delinquent accounts and struck-off inventory. Everything else about the sale mechanics falls back to the Texas statewide defaults.
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)
Crosby County Tax Assessor-Collector
Crosby County Courthouse, 201 W. Aspen St., Suite 100, Crosbyton, TX 79322
Official websiteNotes for Crosby County
- Michele Cook is the Crosby County Tax Assessor-Collector. Office phone 806-675-2311, fax 806-675-2516, email [email protected], at the Crosby County Courthouse, 201 W. Aspen St., Suite 100, Crosbyton, TX 79322.
- The Texas Comptroller's county tax office directory states that the Crosby County tax assessor-collector's office does not collect property taxes and directs collection questions to the appraisal district. Crosby Central Appraisal District handles collections at PO Box 505 / 109 W. Aspen St., Crosbyton, TX 79322, phone 806-675-2356, fax 806-675-2838, email [email protected].
- The Crosby County website carries no tax sale, sheriff sale, or struck-off property page. Its Public Notices page held only a 2021 ballot-drawing notice plus commissioners court agendas when checked in July 2026, and neither the Sheriff nor the Constable page lists sale notices.
- Crosby County is not in the Linebarger (taxsales.lgbs.com) property database and does not appear on MVBA's upcoming county sale list, so its delinquent tax suits are handled elsewhere and its sale notices are not published through either service. Notices for a county this size are typically posted at the courthouse and run in the local newspaper.
- Sheriff Corey Nunley, 806-675-7301, and Constable George Cavitt, 806-675-2523 ext 8, both sit at the Crosby County Courthouse, 201 W Aspen St, Crosbyton, TX 79322. Contact them to confirm whether a sale is scheduled and where it will be held.
- This record carries the Texas statewide redeemable deed defaults for bidding, payment, and redemption. Nothing about the sale calendar, location, platform, or list source is county-verified.
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 Crosby County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Crosby County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Crosby 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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