Hale County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Hale 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 state rules plus what the county publishes on Oct 6, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Hale County, seat of Plainview: 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.
- Next tax deed sale
- Hale County publishes no tax sale calendar.
- Format
- In person
- County office
- (806) 291-5276
On this page
How Hale County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Hale County Sheriff's Office or a Hale County constable, as the sale officer under Texas Tax Code Chapter 34. Delinquent accounts for at least the City of Hale Center are pursued through the Hale County Appraisal District by Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins and Mott, LLP (Amarillo office, (806) 359-3188).
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Hale County publishes no tax sale calendar.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires a bidder to present a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed. Request it from the Hale County Tax Assessor-Collector, Courthouse Annex, 521 Broadway Street, Plainview, TX 79072, (806) 291-5276. The Perdue Brandon seizure notice directs questions about payment and bidding to that firm's Amarillo office.
Sale format and venue
Hale County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Hale 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 Sale and seizure notices posted with the Hale County Clerk 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 Hale County Tax Assessor-Collector how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Hale County publishes no tax sale calendar. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the Hale County Tax Assessor-Collector before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Hale County Tax Assessor-Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Hale County
4 checks
Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open Sale and seizure notices posted with the Hale County Clerk. 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
Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires a bidder to present a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed. Request it from the Hale County Tax Assessor-Collector, Courthouse Annex, 521 Broadway Street, Plainview, TX 79072, (806) 291-5276. The Perdue Brandon seizure notice directs questions about payment and bidding to that firm's Amarillo office.
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
Hale County Tax Assessor-Collector
Hale County Courthouse Annex, 521 Broadway Street, Plainview, TX 79072-8029
Official websiteCounty notes
- Hale County (county seat Plainview) has no dedicated tax sale page. Sale information comes through notices posted with the County Clerk and through the delinquent tax attorney.
- The Tax Assessor-Collector is Israel Flores. Office hours are 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., fax (806) 296-0876, email iflores@halecounty.org.
- The Hale County Clerk (Christine Reyna, 500 Broadway, Room 140, Plainview, TX 79072, (806) 291-5261) posts sale notices online by month, including tax seizure notices alongside private trustee sales.
- Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins and Mott, LLP (P.O. Box 9132, Amarillo, TX 79105, (806) 359-3188) handles delinquent tax seizures for the City of Hale Center through the Hale County Appraisal District, and answers questions about payment and bidding for those tracts.
- Low-value abandoned lots can be seized and sold at public auction once a seizure notice is posted at the Hale County Courthouse, Hale Center City Hall and the Appraisal District, so watch the Clerk's postings for small Hale Center tracts.
- Constable Precinct 1 and 4 (Luis Lopez, 500 Broadway, Plainview, TX 79072, (806) 291-5208) may also conduct sales under Texas Tax Code 34.01.
- The Hale County Appraisal District (302 W 8th St, Plainview, TX 79072, (806) 293-4226) appraises property for 13 taxing units, including Hale County, the cities of Plainview, Abernathy, Hale Center and Petersburg, and their school districts.
- Ask about struck-off or trust property resales under Texas Tax Code 34.05; no resale list is published online for Hale County.
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.
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