Foard County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Foard County, seat of Crowell: 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 Foard County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Foard County Sheriff (Sheriff Perry Shaw), acting as the officer charged with selling property under Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.01; the Foard County Constable (Anthony Hinsley) may also conduct the sale. Foard County is small enough that the same officeholder, Perry Shaw, is listed as both Sheriff and County Tax Assessor-Collector, so the Sec. 34.015 bidder eligibility statement comes from that same office at (940) 684-1501.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Foard County publishes no sale calendar of its own, so only the statutory schedule is verifiable. Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.01(r-1): "a sale of real property under this section, other than a sale conducted by means of a public auction using online bidding and sale under Subsection (a-1), must take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the first Tuesday of a month or, if the first Tuesday of a month occurs on January 1 or July 4, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month." Sec. 34.01(r) adds that "a sale of real property under this section must take place at the county courthouse in the county in which the land is located" unless the commissioners court designates an alternative public location. No confirmed Foard County sale date appeared on any official page in July 2026, and sales in a county of roughly 1,100 residents are sporadic rather than monthly.
Registration and deposit
No county-published registration procedure, bidder portal, or bidder-registration page was found. Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.015(b) governs: the officer may not execute or deliver a deed to the purchaser unless the purchaser exhibits an unexpired written statement issued by the county assessor-collector of the county in which the sale is conducted showing no delinquent taxes owed to that county or to any school district or municipality with territory in the county. Request that statement in writing from the Foard County Tax Assessor-Collector, P.O. Box 309, Crowell, TX 79227, phone (940) 684-1501, before bidding. Sec. 34.011 lets a commissioners court require separate bidder registration, but no such Foard County requirement was published.
Foard County (county seat Crowell) has no dedicated tax sale page. Verified in July 2026: the county Tax Assessor-Collector page, the Sheriff page, the Constable page, the County Clerk page, the Treasurer page, the Public Notices Calendar (which shows only a stale 2022 demo entry and an empty July 2026 month), and the County Announcements page carry no sale notice, no sale list, and no auction platform link. The Foard County Appraisal District site (foardcad.org) offers only property search, EZ-Net Pay, protest filing, forms, and an external Useful Links page with no tax sale, resale, struck-off, or collections links. Because no online-bidding authorization under Sec. 34.01(a-1) was found for this county, treat the sale as an IN-PERSON auction on the courthouse steps at the Foard County Courthouse, 101 S. Main Street, Crowell, TX 79227. No online platform URL is reported because none was verified. One collection quirk matters here: the Texas Comptroller county directory states this tax office "does not collect property taxes" and that the appraisal district may collect some or all local property taxes, so delinquent account, judgment, and struck-off questions should start with the Foard County Appraisal District, P.O. Box 419, Crowell, TX 79227, phone 940-684-1225. As of July 2026 no Foard County sale appeared on the published Texas listings of the delinquent-tax firms checked (MVBA upcoming sales by month showed August 4 and September 1, 2026 sales for other counties only; Perdue Brandon listed 32 other counties), so the sale list is most likely available only through the courthouse posting and the county's newspaper of record. Confirm the next sale date by phone 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)
Foard County Tax Assessor-Collector
P.O. Box 309, Crowell, TX 79227 (Foard County Courthouse, 101 S. Main Street, Crowell, TX 79227)
Official websiteNotes for Foard County
- County Tax Assessor-Collector: Perry Shaw, P.O. Box 309, Crowell, Texas 79227, office at the Foard County Courthouse, 101 S. Main Street, Crowell, TX 79227, phone (940) 684-1501, fax (940) 684-1947 (source key foard-county-tax-assessor).
- Sheriff: Perry Shaw, P.O. Box 309, Crowell, Texas 79227, phone (940) 684-1501, fax (940) 684-1947, office hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., emergency 911. The same officeholder serves as Sheriff and as County Tax Assessor-Collector, which is common in Texas counties under 10,000 population (source key foard-county-sheriff).
- Constable: Anthony Hinsley, 101 South Main, Crowell, Texas 79227, phone (940) 684-1501, alternate (940) 684-1424, fax (940) 684-1947. Under Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.01 a constable may conduct the sale (source key foard-county-constable).
- The Texas Comptroller county directory lists the tax office at 110 S. 1st St., Crowell, Texas 79227, phone 940-684-1501, fax 940-684-1947, email [email protected], website www.foardcounty.texas.gov. TxDMV lists the same physical address as 110 S. First with mailing address P.O. Box 309, Crowell, TX 79227-0309. The county's own page gives the courthouse address at 101 S. Main Street, so confirm which counter to visit before going (source keys comptroller-county-directory-foard, txdmv-foard-tax-office, foard-county-tax-assessor).
- Foard County Appraisal District: Interim Chief Appraiser Colter Asbill, P.O. Box 419, Crowell, TX 79227, physical address 200 N. Main St., Crowell, TX 79227-9998 per the Comptroller directory, phone 940-684-1225, fax 940-684-1676, email [email protected], office hours Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Per the Comptroller directory the county tax office does not collect property taxes, so the appraisal district is the collecting office (source keys foard-cad-contact, comptroller-county-directory-foard).
- County Clerk: Paula Moore, 101 South Main, P.O. Box 539, Crowell, Texas 79227, phone (940) 684-1365, fax (940) 684-1918. County Treasurer: Darcy Moore, 101 South Main, P.O. Box 455, Crowell, Texas 79227, phone (940) 684-1818 (source keys foard-county-clerk, foard-county-treasurer).
- Taxing units the appraisal district serves: Foard County, Crowell ISD, Vernon ISD, City of Crowell, Foard County HD, and Gateway Groundwater Conservation District (source keys foard-cad, comptroller-county-directory-foard).
- No online auction platform, no bidder registration portal, and no published sale, resale, or struck-off list were found on any official Foard County source in July 2026. Treat the sale as an in-person courthouse auction and verify the next date by phone.
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 Foard County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Foard County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Foard 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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