Grimes County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Grimes County, seat of Anderson: 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.
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How Grimes County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Sale is held at the Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson. Grimes County does not publish an officer-specific sale page; under Tex. Tax Code § 34.01 the conducting officer is the sheriff or constable. Delinquent tax collection and sale advertising are handled by the county's delinquent tax attorneys, McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen (MVBA) and Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson (LGBS), both named on the appraisal district site.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Grimes CAD posts: "Next Delinquent Tax Sale Scheduled for October 6, 2026. The next delinquent tax sale is scheduled for October 6, 2026 at the Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson, Texas." The County Clerk states the monthly sale window: "Foreclosure sales are held on the first Tuesday of each month at the south entrance to the Courthouse located at 100 Main Street in Anderson, Texas at 10:00 a.m." Tax sales follow the same first-Tuesday cadence, but Grimes runs them only when the delinquent tax attorneys have judgments ready, not every month.
Registration and deposit
No county-published bidder registration page exists for Grimes County. Texas Tax Code § 34.015 requires bidders to obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed in the county, and to present it to the conducting officer before bidding. Request that statement from the Grimes County Tax Assessor-Collector at (936) 873-4465. Bidding is on site; confirm accepted payment methods with the conducting officer or the delinquent tax attorney named on the notice of sale.
Grimes County runs a traditional in-person courthouse-steps redeemable deed sale. Nothing on the county, appraisal district, or attorney sites indicates an online auction for Grimes, so plan to attend in Anderson. The County Clerk page links to https://mvbalaw.com/tax-sales/ for delinquent tax sale information and to the Grimes CAD delinquent tax rolls; Grimes CAD lists both http://www.mvbalaw.com/tax-sales and http://taxsales.lgbs.com/ as its delinquent tax attorneys' sites. As of this check, MVBA's monthly listing page showed August 2026 and September 2026 sale counties and did not yet include Grimes, so the October 6, 2026 property list had not been posted. The county also posts monthly foreclosure notice PDFs on its 2026 Foreclosure Sales page, which mixes substitute-trustee (mortgage) notices with courthouse sale postings. Struck-off property from prior sales is resold under § 34.05; ask the tax office or MVBA for the trust property list. Purchasers take a redeemable deed subject to § 34.21 redemption. In person at the Grimes County Courthouse, south entrance, 100 Main Street, Anderson. No online auction platform found.
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.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Grimes County Tax Assessor-Collector
Grimes County Justice & Business Center, 270 FM 149 W, Anderson, TX 77830. Mailing: P.O. Box 455, Anderson, TX 77830
Official websiteNotes for Grimes County
- Grimes County's sale is in person at the courthouse in Anderson. No online bidding platform was found on any official source.
- Dates conflict across official pages: Grimes CAD shows the next delinquent tax sale on October 6, 2026, while the County Clerk's Foreclosure Sales page still shows October 7, 2025 (page last updated 1/9/2026). Treat the CAD notice as current and confirm by phone before travelling.
- Two delinquent tax law firms serve the county, MVBA and LGBS, so the sale list for a given taxing unit may appear on either firm's site.
- Tax office contact verified: (936) 873-4465, 270 FM 149 W, Anderson, TX 77830, mailing P.O. Box 455.
- Grimes CAD publishes annual delinquent tax rolls as PDFs (2008 through 2025), useful for pre-sale research but not the sale list itself.
- The Grimes County Sheriff's website (grimescountyso.org) failed to load over TLS during this research, so no sheriff-side sale details were verified.
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 Grimes County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Grimes County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Grimes 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.
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 county office before you bid.
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