Dimmit County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Dimmit County, seat of Carrizo Springs: 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 Dimmit County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Not published by the county. Under Texas Tax Code 34.01 the sheriff or a constable conducts the sale. Dimmit County has a Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Chris Castaneda, P.O. Box 885, Carrizo Springs, TX 78834, (830) 876-3508) and four precinct constables, but neither the Sheriff page nor the Constables page publishes any tax sale, notice of sale, or auction information.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published. No sale date, calendar, or notice of sale appears anywhere on the county website, including the Public Notices page, which currently carries only budget, tax rate, bid, and closure notices. The statewide rule in Texas Tax Code 34.01 (first Tuesday of the month, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.) is the only timing basis, and small counties hold a sale only in months when properties are ready. Call the Tax Assessor-Collector to confirm whether a sale is scheduled.
Registration and deposit
Not published by the county. Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires the winning bidder to present an unexpired written statement from the county assessor-collector showing no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed to the county or to any school district or municipality in it. Request that statement from the Dimmit County Tax Assessor-Collector before any sale. No county registration form, deposit rule, or payment instruction was found online.
No county-specific redeemable tax deed sale page exists. The county website (Revize CMS) has no tax sale section: the Tax Assessor-Collector page lists only the officeholder, address, phone, and links to the appraisal district, property search, and the online property tax payment gateway. The Sheriff, Constables, County Clerk, Public Notices, and Helpful Links pages all returned zero references to tax sales, sheriff or constable sales, struck-off property, or auctions, and the Appraisal District site covers appraisal and protests only. No online auction platform was verified, so no platform URL is reported. Dimmit County is also absent from the two large Texas delinquent-tax law firm sale portals that were checked: the Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson listing site indexes 149 Texas counties, including every Dimmit neighbor (Zavala, La Salle, Frio, Maverick, Kinney, Webb), but not Dimmit; and the McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen online auction site showed no Dimmit auctions. Treat this county as in person or unscheduled until the Tax Assessor-Collector confirms otherwise by phone.
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)
Notes for Dimmit County
- Tax Assessor-Collector is Mary E. Sandoval, at the county courthouse address, 212 N. 4th St., Carrizo Springs, TX 78834, (830) 876-9904 ext. 1. This office is the practical starting point because it issues the written statement of no delinquent taxes that Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires of a winning bidder.
- Sheriff's Office: Sheriff Chris Castaneda, P.O. Box 885, Carrizo Springs, TX 78834, (830) 876-3508. The office publishes no sale notices online, so expect notices to be posted at the courthouse and in the newspaper rather than on a website.
- Dimmit County Appraisal District, 203 Houston St., Carrizo Springs, TX 78834, (830) 876-3420, runs property search at https://esearch.dimmit-cad.org/ and is the place to pull parcel detail before bidding. It handles appraisal only and does not run or list tax sales.
- No online auction platform was confirmed for Dimmit County. Assume an in-person sale at the courthouse unless the Tax Assessor-Collector says the commissioners court has authorized online bidding.
- Dimmit County does not appear on the Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson tax sale listing site, which covers 149 Texas counties including all of Dimmit's neighbors, and no Dimmit auction appeared on the MVBA online auction site. Ask the Tax Assessor-Collector which firm handles delinquent collections and where sale lists are posted.
- Do not confuse Dimmit County (seat Carrizo Springs, Winter Garden region) with the City of Dimmitt, which is the seat of Castro County in the Panhandle.
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 Dimmit County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Dimmit County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Dimmit 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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