Haskell County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Haskell County, seat of Haskell: 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 Haskell County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Haskell County Appraisal District (collects property taxes for the county's taxing units); the Tax Code foreclosure auction itself is conducted by the Haskell County Sheriff
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No auction date is published on either the county or appraisal district website. The appraisal district's only current offering is a standing struck-off list posted as "Properties Available for Sealed Bid" and dated "02/26/2026", with no bid deadline or auction date stated on the page. Texas Tax Code sec. 34.01 sets sheriff's tax foreclosure sales for the first Tuesday of the month at the county courthouse; Haskell County does not post its own sale calendar online. Call the appraisal district at 940-864-3805 to confirm the next sale.
Registration and deposit
The appraisal district publishes the property description and minimum bid but posts no bidder registration procedure or bid form online. The current listing reads "Property Available for Sealed Bid" with "1. Parcel 1881 - Original Town Rochester Blk 21 E 70 of Lots 14 & 15, 106 4th, Rochester TX" and "MINIMUM BID: $1,100". Texas Tax Code sec. 34.015 requires a purchaser at a tax sale to present a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes are owed. Contact the appraisal district at 940-864-3805 for sealed-bid instructions and deadlines, and the Sheriff's office at 940-864-2345 for foreclosure sale postings.
Haskell County publishes no online tax sale portal. This is a small rural county (seat: Haskell) and its offerings are handled locally rather than through an internet auction house. Property taxes are collected by the Haskell County Appraisal District, not by the County Tax Assessor-Collector: the Texas Comptroller's county directory entry for the Tax Assessor-Collector states "This tax office does not collect property taxes." The appraisal district site confirms it "collects property taxes for the Taxing Entities within its jurisdiction." Struck-off property that did not sell at a foreclosure auction is resold by sealed bid under Texas Tax Code sec. 34.05; the appraisal district posts that list under Latest News with a stated minimum bid. Live foreclosure sales fall to the Sheriff or a Constable under sec. 34.01 and are held at the county courthouse, 1 Avenue D, Haskell. No Haskell County listings appear in the Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson tax sale system or on McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen's Texas sale calendar, so no delinquent-tax law firm sale portal could be confirmed for this county. Whatever the buyer wins is a redeemable deed: the former owner may redeem within 2 years for homestead, agricultural-use, and mineral property (25% premium in year one, 50% in year two) or within 180 days at 25% for all other property, under sec. 34.21. Sealed bid submitted to the Haskell County Appraisal District; no online auction platform is published
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)
Notes for Haskell County
- Tax collection for Haskell County taxing units runs through the Haskell County Appraisal District (chief appraiser Jamie Ferguson), not the County Tax Assessor-Collector. Verify payoff and bid figures with the appraisal district at 940-864-3805.
- County Tax Assessor-Collector: Connie Benton, Haskell County Courthouse, 1 Avenue D, Room 1, Haskell, TX 79521, phone 940-864-2181, fax 940-864-6164. This office handles the Texas Tax Code sec. 34.015 written statement that a bidder owes no delinquent taxes, even though it does not collect property taxes.
- Sheriff: Conrad Saucedo, III, Haskell County Courthouse, 1 Ave D, Haskell, TX 79521, phone 940-864-2345. The Sheriff is the officer who conducts tax foreclosure sales under Texas Tax Code sec. 34.01.
- The county website (haskellcountytx.gov) has no tax sale, delinquent tax, or foreclosure page, and its Public Notices page carried no tax sale postings when checked. Plan on calling the offices directly rather than watching for an online posting.
- The current sealed-bid offering is a single small town lot in Rochester with a $1,100 minimum bid, which is typical of the deal size in this county. Inventory is thin and sporadic.
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 Haskell County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Haskell County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Haskell 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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