Deaf Smith County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Deaf Smith 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 the county’s own official pages on Oct 6, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Deaf Smith County, seat of Hereford: 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.
- Announcements
- The office page publishes no tax sale information.
- County office
- (806) 363-7044
On this page
How Deaf Smith County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Deaf Smith County Sheriff, with sale notices and parcel lists published by Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott, the county's delinquent tax law firm
- Frequency
- annual
When it runs
Registration and deposit
The sale notice states that all bidders must register with the Deaf Smith County Appraisal District (806-364-0625) before the sheriff's sale. The officer cannot deliver a deed unless the buyer shows a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector that the buyer owes no delinquent taxes, so request that statement before the sale and confirm accepted forms of payment with the county.
Sale format and venue
Deaf Smith County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Deaf Smith 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
Use Deaf Smith County sale list, October 6, 2026 (Perdue Brandon) as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.Register to bid
Ask the Deaf Smith County Sheriff how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
No auction platform is on record here for Deaf Smith County. Confirm the next sale date, the platform or venue and the registration window with the Deaf Smith County Sheriff before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Deaf Smith County Sheriff as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Deaf Smith County
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open Deaf Smith County sale list, October 6, 2026 (Perdue Brandon). Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the county before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.Confirm registration and deposit
The sale notice states that all bidders must register with the Deaf Smith County Appraisal District (806-364-0625) before the sheriff's sale. The officer cannot deliver a deed unless the buyer shows a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector that the buyer owes no delinquent taxes, so request that statement before the sale and confirm accepted forms of payment with the county.
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
County notes
- The Deaf Smith County Appraisal District assesses and collects property tax for Deaf Smith County, the City of Hereford and local school and special districts, and it takes bidder registration for the sheriff's tax sale. The district states that tax sales are handled by the Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott law firm.
- Deaf Smith County Appraisal District: 140 E. 3rd Street, Hereford, TX 79045, phone 806-364-0625, fax 806-364-6895, email dscad@wtrt.net, chief appraiser Mark Powers. Office hours Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, closed 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.
- County Tax Assessor-Collector Gina Nunez, 136 E 3rd St, Hereford, TX 79045, phone (806) 363-7044. The office page publishes no tax sale information.
- Deaf Smith County Sheriff J. Dale Butler, 806-364-2311. Tax sales take place at the Deaf Smith County Courthouse, 235 E 3rd St, Hereford, TX 79045.
- The Deaf Smith County Clerk (Rachel Garman, 806-363-7077, 235 East 3rd Street, Room 203, Hereford, TX 79045) posts Notices of Trustee's Sale. Those are mortgage foreclosures, not tax foreclosures; tax sale lists are published by Perdue Brandon.
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
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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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