Culberson County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Culberson County, seat of Van Horn: 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 Culberson County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Culberson County Sheriff's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published by the county. No sale date, sale notice, or tax sale calendar for Culberson County appears on the county website, its Public Notices page, its Current Orders page, or the appraisal district site. Buyers should confirm the date directly with the taxing offices, since Texas Tax Code 34.01 sales are held on the first Tuesday of the month.
Registration and deposit
Not published online. Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires a bidder to obtain a written statement from the county assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed before bidding; request that statement from the Culberson County Tax Assessor-Collector or the Culberson County Appraisal District collections office.
No county-specific redeemable tax deed sale information is published online. The Culberson County website has Tax Assessor-Collector and Sheriff department pages, but neither mentions tax sales, sheriff sales, struck-off property, or a sale list, and the Public Notices and Current Orders pages carried no sale notices when checked in July 2026. The Culberson County Appraisal District website likewise has no tax sale page and no link to a delinquent tax law firm. No online auction platform was verified for this county, so no platform URL is reported. The run_by office reflects the Texas Tax Code 34.01 statutory default that the sheriff or constable conducts the sale; it is not confirmed by a Culberson County page. Collection duties are shifting: the appraisal district site states that effective May 10 the Culberson County Appraisal District will begin collecting taxes for Culberson County and that a delinquent mailing including county taxes will go out in May from its office, so the appraisal district is the practical first call on delinquent accounts.
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)
Culberson County Tax Assessor-Collector
P.O. Box 668, Van Horn, TX 79855 (physical: Culberson County Courthouse, 300 La Caverna St, Van Horn, TX 79855)
Official websiteNotes for Culberson County
- Tax Assessor-Collector is Aida O. Balcazar; office phone 432-283-2130, fax 432-283-1939, mailing address P.O. Box 668, Van Horn, TX 79855.
- The Culberson County Appraisal District states it began collecting taxes for Culberson County effective May 10 and handles the May delinquent mailing for county taxes. District office: P.O. Box 550, 1800 W. Broadway, Van Horn, TX 79855, phone 432-283-2977, site culbersoncad.org.
- Culberson County Sheriff is Oscar E. Carrillo, phone 432-283-2060, P.O. Box 159, Van Horn, TX 79855. The sheriff page lists no sale notices or sale calendar.
- County Clerk is Tina Urias, phone 432-283-2058, Culberson County Courthouse, 300 La Caverna St, Van Horn, TX 79855. Sale notices in Texas are posted at the courthouse, so the courthouse posting board and the clerk's office are the practical place to check for a scheduled sale.
- No delinquent tax collection law firm was identified for Culberson County. The MVBA auction feed listed no Culberson County sale, and neither the county nor the appraisal district links to Linebarger, Perdue Brandon, or MVBA.
- Web search was unavailable during this research session, so findings come from direct fetches of the official county and appraisal district sites only. A follow-up pass with search enabled may surface a law firm sale listing that is not linked from the county sites.
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 Culberson County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Culberson County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Culberson 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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