Jim Wells County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Jim Wells County, seat of Alice: 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 Wells County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- The Jim Wells County Sheriff or a constable conducts the sale. The Sheriff office page states the sheriff "may 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." Delinquent tax suits and the published sale inventory are handled by the county's delinquent tax law firm, Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, which lists Jim Wells County as one of its Texas venues. The Jim Wells County Tax Assessor-Collector (Mary C. Lozano) is the county tax office.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No Jim Wells County sale date was scheduled as of the July 26, 2026 check: all 23 Jim Wells listings on the LGBS feed carry a null sale date. The LGBS Jim Wells County record states "Sales are typically scheduled for: 10:00 AM" at "the South Door, 200 North Almond Street of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of Alice, Texas." The LGBS Texas FAQ states: "Public Tax Sales may only be conducted on the first Tuesday of the month except when January 1 or July 4 occurs on the first Tuesday. Then Sales may be conducted on the first Wednesday of the month. Public Auctions will be conducted at the courthouse of the county in which the property is located." The county clerk's Notice of Foreclosure Sale page groups its posted notices by date and labels each group "(First Tuesday)."
Registration and deposit
The LGBS Jim Wells County record answers "Bidder Registration:" with "For more information, contact the officer conducting the sale." Bidding is by open outcry: per the LGBS Texas FAQ, "There is no formal bidding process for Public Auctions. Oral bids are made consecutively by whoever can raise the last bid made... All sales will be to the highest bidder. The officer begins by announcing the sale and the official minimum opening bid, and then asks for bidders." The same FAQ notes that in counties of 250,000 or more, and in less populated counties that have adopted Texas Tax Code Section 34.015, "purchasers at tax sales must present to the sheriff or constable conducting the sale a written statement issued to the purchaser by the county tax assessor-collector stating that the purchaser owes no delinquent property taxes to the county." Confirm with the Tax Assessor-Collector at 361-668-5720 whether Jim Wells County has adopted Section 34.015 before bidding. Payment is by cashier's check or money order, payable to Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP.
Jim Wells County runs its tax foreclosure sales IN PERSON. There is no online auction platform. The LGBS county record fixes the sale location at the south door of the Jim Wells County Courthouse, 200 North Almond Street, Alice, Texas, at 10:00 AM. For comparison, 27 counties in the same LGBS dataset carry an explicit online-auction reference in their county details; Jim Wells does not. The county's own website has no tax sale page: its sitemap lists only a County Clerk "Notice of Foreclosure Sale" page, and that page's posted notices are individually named private foreclosures last updated in 2018, with a link to the clerk's KoFile records search for other foreclosure records. Current inventory is all struck-off property, not a scheduled first-Tuesday auction. All 23 Jim Wells listings on the LGBS feed are typed "STRUCK OFF" with status "Available for Future Sale" and no sale date, spanning cause numbers 03-05-12969-B through 22-09-17770-B with minimum bids from $4,393.14 to $64,501. Thirteen of the 23 are undeveloped tracts on County Road 123 under a single cause (12-04-15715-B); the rest include parcels in Alice on S Reynolds St, N Woodlawn Dr, W 7th St, Encinal St and Joslin St, acreage on CR 122, CR 154 and CR 465, and a tract at 340 CR 3221 in Orange Grove. Because these were already struck off to the taxing units, purchase is a Texas Tax Code Section 34.05 resale rather than a Section 34.01 first-Tuesday auction. The LGBS FAQ directs struck-off buyers to "contact the local tax collection office for the county in which the property is located. In most cases that is the office of the elected Tax Assessor Collector (TAC) of the county." Notice of sale is published in the Alice Echo News, and per the LGBS Texas FAQ notices run "three times prior to the auction in a newspaper published in the county where the property is located." The winning bidder receives a Constable's Deed or Sheriff's Deed within four to six weeks, subject to the former owner's statutory right of redemption. Posted values are estimates only; the LGBS FAQ states the exact minimum bid "is determined by the officer conducting the sale prior to the sale, and is announced at the sale." In person, live oral bidding at the courthouse (no online auction platform)
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)
Jim Wells County Tax Assessor-Collector (Mary C. Lozano)
361-668-5720 (county page: "361-668-5720, Press 3"); fax 361-668-5754
Mailing: P.O. Box 1051, Alice, Texas 78333-1051. Physical: 601 E. Main St., Ste. 175, Alice, Texas 78332. Office hours Monday to Friday 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Official websiteNotes for Jim Wells County
- Sale is IN PERSON at the south door of the Jim Wells County Courthouse, 200 North Almond Street, Alice, Texas, at 10:00 AM. No online auction platform exists for this county.
- The county's own website publishes no tax sale page. The only foreclosure surface is the County Clerk's Notice of Foreclosure Sale page, whose posted notices are private (deed-of-trust) foreclosures last updated in 2018.
- Jim Wells County's delinquent tax law firm is Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP; its portal (venue id 1143) is the only source carrying county-specific sale location, time, payee and inventory.
- No Section 34.01 sale date was scheduled as of July 26, 2026. All 23 current listings are Section 34.05 struck-off resale inventory with null sale dates.
- Payment is by cashier's check or money order payable to Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP. Notice of sale is published in the Alice Echo News.
- Jim Wells County Sheriff: 300 N Cameron Street, Alice, Texas 78332, 361-668-0341. Jim Wells County Clerk (J.C. Perez, III): 200 N. Almond Street, Suite 103, Alice, Texas 78332, 361-668-5702.
- Whether Jim Wells County has adopted Texas Tax Code Section 34.015 (written statement of no delinquent taxes) is not published on any county page; a bidder must confirm with the Tax Assessor-Collector.
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 Wells County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Jim Wells County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Jim Wells 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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