Kent County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Kent County, seat of Jayton: 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 Kent County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Kent County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff William Scogin). The county's Tax Assessor-Collector page lists Sheriff William Scogin as the tax office contact, with its own line at 806.237.3746.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Kent County publishes no tax sale calendar. Its Public Notices page carried only tax abatement hearing notices when checked in July 2026, with no notice of a tax sale, sheriff's sale, or constable sale. Any sale would follow the statewide Texas Tax Code 34.01 default of the first Tuesday of the month at the county courthouse, but no Kent County sale date is posted or confirmed by the county.
Registration and deposit
No county bidder registration page exists. Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires a bidder to obtain a written statement from the county Tax Assessor-Collector showing no delinquent taxes are owed, then present it to the officer conducting the sale. Kent County provides no online form or fee schedule, so request the statement from the tax office at (806) 237-3746 or the courthouse at (806) 237-3373 before any sale.
Kent County is one of the smallest counties in Texas and runs a minimal web presence. Its official site (co.kent.tx.us) has pages for the Tax Assessor-Collector, Sheriff, and Public Notices, but none of them mention tax sales, struck-off property, a delinquent tax law firm, or an online auction platform. No online auction platform was found and none is asserted here. Sales, when held, are conducted in person by the Sheriff at the courthouse under Texas Tax Code 34.01. Two Texas delinquent-tax firms that publish county sale listings were checked and neither covers Kent County: MVBA's upcoming-sales page lists Bastrop, Bosque, Comal, Harrison, Hill, Jasper, Lampasas, McLennan, Runnels, Rusk, and Eastland with no Kent entry, and the Linebarger tax sale site's list of counties with scheduled sales returns 28 jurisdictions with no Kent entry. Confirm current sale status by phone before relying on any of this.
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)
Notes for Kent County
- The county Tax Assessor-Collector page names Sheriff William Scogin as the office contact, listing P.O. Box 7, Jayton, Texas 79528, telephone 806.237.3746, fax 806.237.3306, and email [email protected]. Texas allows the sheriff to serve as tax assessor-collector in its smallest counties, and Kent County appears to follow that pattern.
- Kent County Sheriff's Office is at 227 S. Main Street, P.O. Box 7, Jayton, Texas 79528, phone (806) 237-3801, fax (806) 237-3306, email [email protected]. The Sheriff's page says nothing about sheriff sales, tax sales, or foreclosure sales.
- Kent County Courthouse is at 101 N Main St., Jayton, TX 79528, main phone (806) 237-3373. This is the physical address and switchboard given on both the contact page and the Tax Assessor-Collector page.
- The Public Notices page listed only tax abatement hearing notices (OCI Clairemont and Jay Flat BESS, CT Solar, Crusoe Energy Systems) and the county's tax abatement guidelines. No sale notice of any kind was posted.
- Kent County Appraisal District (kentcad.org) appraises for Kent County, City of Jayton, and Jayton-Girard ISD, and offers online tax payment, but publishes nothing on tax sales, struck-off property, or a delinquent tax attorney.
- Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott could not be checked: its domain pbfcm.com currently returns pages injected with unrelated casino spam links and its tax sale listings path returns 404, so it was excluded rather than cited.
- No list URL and no auction platform are reported because neither was verified. Investors should call the tax office or the Sheriff to ask whether a sale is scheduled and where the notice is posted.
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 Kent County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Kent County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Kent 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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