Hartley County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Hartley County, seat of Channing: 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 Hartley County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Hartley County Sheriff's Office (Texas Tax Code § 34.01 sales are conducted by the sheriff or a constable; Hartley County posts them under a "SHERIFF SALES" heading on its Legal Notices page). The Hartley County Tax Assessor-Collector issues the written statement of no delinquent taxes that bidders must furnish under § 34.015.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Hartley County publishes no sale calendar. Its Legal Notices page carries a "SHERIFF SALES" heading, and as of July 26, 2026 that section was empty, so no sale was posted. Under Texas Tax Code § 34.01 a tax foreclosure sale runs on the first Tuesday of the month between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the county courthouse. Confirm any specific date with the Tax Assessor-Collector at 806-235-3142 before traveling.
Registration and deposit
No county-published bidder registration procedure was found. Texas Tax Code § 34.015 requires a bidder to give the officer conducting the sale a written statement from the county assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed in the county. Request that statement from the Hartley County Tax Assessor-Collector, PO Box 89 / 900 Main St, Channing, TX 79018, phone 806-235-3142 (Channing) or 806-244-2031 (Dalhart), ahead of the sale date.
Hartley County is a small Panhandle county with the courthouse in Channing and a branch tax office in Dalhart. The sale appears to be conducted in person at the courthouse rather than online: no commissioners court online-auction resolution, auction platform, or platform URL appears anywhere on the county website, and Hartley County does not appear on either statewide firm-run Texas sale platform that was checked (the Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson listing site, which covers 150 Texas counties, or MVBA Tax Sales). No online auction URL is reported here because none was verified. Redeemable-deed terms follow the state rule: 2 years to redeem homestead, agricultural-use, and mineral-interest property at a 25 percent premium in year one and 50 percent in year two, and 180 days at 25 percent for other property (Texas Tax Code § 34.21). Call the Tax Assessor-Collector to confirm whether a sale is scheduled, since a county this small can go long stretches with no tax foreclosure sale.
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)
Hartley County Tax Assessor-Collector (Chanze Fowler)
806-235-3142 (Channing office); 806-244-2031 (Dalhart office); fax 806-235-2003
PO Box 89, Channing, TX 79018 (courthouse office at 900 Main St, Channing, TX 79018; branch office at 1401 Walnut Ave, Dalhart, TX)
Official websiteNotes for Hartley County
- The county website's Legal Notices page is the county's own posting place for sheriff sales. It has a "SHERIFF SALES" section, but the section held no listings when checked on July 26, 2026.
- Neither the Tax Assessor-Collector page, the Sheriff page, nor the separate Hartley County Sheriff's Office site at hartleycountysheriff.org mentions tax sales, struck-off property, or an auction platform.
- Hartley County Appraisal District (hartleycad.org) appraises property but does not collect taxes or run sales, and publishes no tax sale information.
- Tax office hours are limited: the Channing office is open Monday through Thursday 8:00 to 5:00 and closed Fridays; the Dalhart office is open Monday through Thursday 8:00 to 11:30 and 12:30 to 5:30, and Friday 8:00 to 12:00.
- The Hartley County Sheriff's Office main line is 806-235-3442, at the courthouse, 900 Main St, Channing, TX 79018.
- RealAuction subdomain probes for Hartley returned 403 for every hostname tested, including known-good and nonsense control hostnames, so those responses carry no signal and were not treated as evidence of a platform.
- The web search quota was exhausted during this session, so discovery relied on direct fetches of the county domain and platform endpoints. A later pass with search available could confirm which delinquent tax law firm represents the county.
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 Hartley County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Hartley County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Hartley 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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