Dallam County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Dallam 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 Dallam County, seat of Dalhart: 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
- Dallam County publishes no tax sale calendar.
- Registration
- Dallam County publishes no bidder instructions.
- County office
- 806-249-6767
On this page
How Dallam County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Dallam County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Shane Stevenson, 501 Denver Avenue, Dalhart; 806-244-2313). Texas Tax Code 34.01 assigns tax foreclosure sales to the sheriff or a constable under a district court order of sale. Starting October 2026, the Dallam County Appraisal District collects Dallam County property taxes.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Dallam County publishes no tax sale calendar.
- Registration
- Dallam County publishes no bidder instructions.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Dallam County publishes no bidder instructions. Under Texas Tax Code 34.015, the officer will not deliver a deed until the buyer shows a written statement that no delinquent taxes are owed in the county. Ask the Dallam County Tax Assessor-Collector (806-244-2801) or the Dallam County Appraisal District, which now collects county taxes (806-249-6767), how to obtain it, and confirm accepted payment methods before the sale.
Sale format and venue
Dallam County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Dallam 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
Dallam County publishes no tax sale list online. The Dallam County Sheriff's Office advertises the parcels ahead of the sale rather than posting them, so the list reaches bidders through the county legal newspaper and the office itself. Call 806-249-6767 to ask for the current advertisement.Register to bid
Sale day
Dallam County publishes no tax sale calendar. No auction platform is on record here for Dallam County. Confirm the next sale date, the platform or venue and the registration window with the Dallam County Sheriff's Office before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Dallam County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Dallam County
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
There is no online list to price against. Dallam County advertises the parcels before the sale rather than posting them, so get the advertisement from the office on 806-249-6767 and price from the parcel numbers it carries.Confirm registration and deposit
Dallam County publishes no bidder instructions. Under Texas Tax Code 34.015, the officer will not deliver a deed until the buyer shows a written statement that no delinquent taxes are owed in the county. Ask the Dallam County Tax Assessor-Collector (806-244-2801) or the Dallam County Appraisal District, which now collects county taxes (806-249-6767), how to obtain it, and confirm accepted payment methods before the sale.
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 offices
Tax sale office
Dallam County Appraisal District (collects Dallam County taxes from October 2026)
401 Denver Ave., Dalhart, TX 79022 (mail: P.O. Box 579, Dalhart, TX 79022)
Official websiteCounty notes
- County seat is Dalhart. Dallam County is a small Texas Panhandle county of about 7,100 people, so tax foreclosure sales are infrequent and held in person.
- Beginning October 2026, the Dallam County Appraisal District manages tax collections for Dallam County. County taxes now appear on the same statement as the other local taxing units and can be paid in person at 401 Denver Ave., by mail to P.O. Box 579, Dalhart, TX 79022, or online at dallamcad.org (806-249-6767).
- The county website still lists Jami Parr as Dallam County Tax Assessor-Collector, P.O. Box 1299, Dalhart, TX 79022, phone 806-244-2801, email taxac@dallam.org. The Texas Comptroller directory gives the office's street address as 115 East 4th St., Dalhart.
- The Dallam County Sheriff's Office, which conducts tax foreclosure sales, is at 501 Denver Avenue, Dalhart, TX 79022, phone 806-244-2313, email sheriff@dallam.org.
- Other taxing units in the county, including Dalhart ISD, Texline ISD, Stratford ISD, the City of Dalhart, the City of Texline, the Dallam-Hartley Counties Hospital District, North Plains Underground Water Conservation District and Frank Phillips College, are listed by the Comptroller as active taxing units and can bring their own delinquent tax suits.
- The delinquent-tax law firm representing Dallam County taxing units is not named on any county page. Ask the appraisal district or the Sheriff's Office which firm handles foreclosure suits before looking for a sale list.
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
Does Dallam County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
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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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