Jim Hogg County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Jim Hogg County, seat of Hebbronville: 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 Jim Hogg County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office, with the taxing units' delinquent tax suits and sale listings handled by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Texas tax foreclosure sales run on the first Tuesday of the month under Tax Code 34.01 when a sale is set. Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson lists Jim Hogg County sales as "typically scheduled for" "10:00 AM" and gives the sale location as "at the West Side, 102 E. Tilley of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of Hebbronville, Texas." As of July 2026 no Jim Hogg County sale date was posted; all 7 listed Jim Hogg parcels carried sale type "STRUCK OFF" and status "Available for Future Sale."
Registration and deposit
Linebarger's Jim Hogg County record states for bidder registration: "For more information, contact the officer conducting the sale." Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires a bidder to give the officer conducting the sale a written statement from the county assessor-collector that the bidder owes no delinquent property taxes, so contact the Jim Hogg County Tax Assessor-Collector at (361) 527-3237 before the sale. Payment "must be made by" "cashier's check or money order" with the payee listed as "Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP."
Jim Hogg County runs its tax foreclosure sale in person at the courthouse, not on an online auction platform. The county Sheriff page states the sheriff has the power to "conduct sales of forfeited property, property being sold at auction for failure to pay property taxes and property sold to satisfy judgments in civil cases." Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP maintains the county-specific sale record and publishes the property list at taxsales.lgbs.com; a query of that list returned 7 Jim Hogg County parcels, every one flagged "STRUCK OFF" and "Available for Future Sale," which is resale inventory under Tax Code 34.05 rather than a scheduled auction. Notice of sale is "typically posted on or in" the "Hebbronville View or The Enterprise." The county's own website carries a Foreclosures page, but it holds only substitute trustee (mortgage) sale notices, not tax sale notices, so confirm any sale date directly with the Sheriff's Office at (361) 527-4140 or the Tax Assessor-Collector at (361) 527-3237. Purchasers take a redeemable deed: the former owner may redeem within 2 years at a 25 percent or 50 percent premium for homestead, agricultural-use and mineral property, or within 180 days at 25 percent for other property, under Tax Code 34.21. In person at the Jim Hogg County Courthouse (west side), with listings published online by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson
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 Jim Hogg County
- Tax Assessor-Collector is Norma Liza S. Hinojosa; office hours are "Monday-Friday (except holidays) 9:00am-12 noon 1:00pm-5:00pm" and the fax is (361) 288-1640.
- Jim Hogg County Sheriff is Erasmo Alarcon Jr., Jim Hogg County Sheriff Department, 211 E Galbraith St., Hebbronville, TX 78361, phone (361) 527-4140.
- The county courthouse is at 102 E Tilley, Hebbronville, TX 78361, main phone (361) 527-3015. The Tax Assessor-Collector office is listed separately at 205 E. Tilley.
- No online auction platform was found for this county. The stated sale location is the west side of the courthouse at 102 E. Tilley.
- No Jim Hogg County sale date was scheduled at the time of research; the only inventory listed was struck-off property available for a future resale.
- Data quality is medium because the county's own website has no tax sale page. County-specific sale location, sale time, payment terms, notice publications and registration guidance came from the delinquent tax law firm's county record.
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 Jim Hogg County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Jim Hogg County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Jim Hogg 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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