Dickens County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Dickens County, seat of Dickens: 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 Dickens County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Dickens County Sheriff
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published by Dickens County. The county website has a "Personal Property Tax Foreclosures" page but it carries no sale date, time, or location, and the county's Public Calendar and Public Notices pages list no tax sale. Texas Tax Code § 34.01 sets sales on the first Tuesday of the month at the county courthouse, so treat the first Tuesday as the default and confirm the next scheduled sale with the Tax Assessor-Collector at (806) 623-5216.
Registration and deposit
No county-published registration process was found. Under Texas Tax Code § 34.015 a bidder must obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes are owed, then present it to the officer conducting the sale. Call the Dickens County Tax Assessor-Collector to request that statement and to confirm current bidder requirements.
Dickens County publishes no tax sale page, no sale calendar, and no delinquent or struck-off property list online. The county website's Foreclosures page is a stub with the heading "Personal Property Tax Foreclosures" and no content; it was last modified in 2020. The Dickens County Appraisal District site offers property search and certified appraisal rolls but no tax sale information. No online auction platform was verified for this county, so no platform URL is reported. Dickens County does not appear on the published county rosters of the two large Texas delinquent tax firms that post them (MVBA monthly tax sales and Linebarger's taxsales.lgbs.com county list), and no Perdue Brandon sale document for Dickens County was located. Sale notices for a county this size are typically posted at the courthouse and published in the local newspaper of record rather than online. Buyers should call the Tax Assessor-Collector at (806) 623-5216 and the Sheriff's Office at (806) 623-5533 to confirm the next sale date, the bid list, and payment terms before traveling.
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)
Dickens County Tax Assessor-Collector
P.O. Box 119, Dickens, TX 79229 (physical office: 508 Crow St., Dickens, TX 79229)
Official websiteNotes for Dickens County
- Tax Assessor-Collector is Rhonda Brendle; deputy is Chesnea Becker. Office fax is (806) 623-5319.
- Phone discrepancy on the county site: the office page and the Texas Comptroller county directory both list (806) 623-5216, while the sitewide footer lists (806) 623-5361 for the Tax Assessor/Collector. Use (806) 623-5216 as the primary number.
- Dickens County Sheriff is Jay Allen, P.O. Box 59, Dickens, TX 79229, phone (806) 623-5533. The Sheriff's page does not mention tax sales.
- Dickens County Courthouse is at 201 US-82, Dickens, TX 79229. County offices are open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Dickens County Appraisal District: Chief Appraiser Vonda Brendle, P.O. Box 180, Dickens, TX 79229, (806) 623-5258, [email protected]. The county tax office is the collecting unit per the Comptroller directory.
- No delinquent tax law firm was identified for Dickens County from an official source. Dickens is absent from MVBA's monthly tax sale list and from the Linebarger taxsales.lgbs.com county roster.
- The WebSearch quota for this session was exhausted, so research was done by direct fetches of official county, appraisal district, Comptroller, and law firm sale-list pages. A phone call to the Tax Assessor-Collector remains the only reliable way to get the current sale schedule and bid list.
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 Dickens County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Dickens County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Dickens 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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