Kinney County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Kinney County, TX tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Texas sells redeemable deeds carrying a 25% penalty in the first year. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Oct 6, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Kinney County, seat of Brackettville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Texas tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next tax deed sale
- Texas tax sales are held on the first Tuesday of the month under Tax Code 34.01.
- Registration
- Requirements vary by county because two different statutes apply.
- County office
- 830-563-2688
On this page
How Kinney County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Kinney County Sheriff (Sheriff Brad Coe), the office that conducts tax foreclosure sales in Texas under Tax Code 34.01. No Kinney County page states which office conducts its tax sales.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Texas tax sales are held on the first Tuesday of the month under Tax Code 34.01.
- Registration
- Requirements vary by county because two different statutes apply.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Requirements vary by county because two different statutes apply. Where Section 34.015 governs, the officer may not execute or deliver the deed until the winning bidder shows an unexpired written statement from the county assessor-collector confirming no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed to that county or to any school district or municipality in it. That statement costs up to $10 and expires 90 days after issuance, so request it before the sale. Counties whose commissioners court adopted Section 34.011 instead require registration with the county assessor-collector before bidding opens, along with an annual certification that the bidder owes no delinquent taxes. Confirm which rule your county uses, and confirm accepted payment methods, before you bid.
Sale format and venue
Kinney County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Kinney County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
No link to the county's sale list is on record here. Get the current list from the Kinney County Sheriff rather than relying on a copied one.Register to bid
Sale day
Texas tax sales are held on the first Tuesday of the month under Tax Code 34.01. No auction platform is on record here for Kinney County. Confirm the next sale date, the platform or venue and the registration window with the Kinney County Sheriff before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Kinney County Sheriff as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Kinney County
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
This page has no link to the county's sale list. Ask the Kinney County Sheriff where the list is published and confirm the advertised parcels before you price a bid.Confirm registration and deposit
Requirements vary by county because two different statutes apply. Where Section 34.015 governs, the officer may not execute or deliver the deed until the winning bidder shows an unexpired written statement from the county assessor-collector confirming no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed to that county or to any school district or municipality in it. That statement costs up to $10 and expires 90 days after issuance, so request it before the sale. Counties whose commissioners court adopted Section 34.011 instead require registration with the county assessor-collector before bidding opens, along with an annual certification that the bidder owes no delinquent taxes. Confirm which rule your county uses, and confirm accepted payment methods, before you bid.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Texas due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Texas before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold properties
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 purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Texas calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Tax Assessor-Collector is Martha Pena-Padron; phone 830-563-2688, fax 830-563-9563, P.O. Box 1220, 522 S. Ellen Street, Brackettville, TX 78832 (source: kinney-tax-assessor-collector).
- Kinney County Sheriff is Brad Coe; phone 830-563-2788, fax 830-563-9144, P.O. Box 1200, 109 North Street, Brackettville, TX 78832 (source: kinney-sheriff).
- County Clerk is Rick Alvarado; P.O. Box 9, 501 South Ann Street, Brackettville, TX 78832, phone 830-563-2521 ext. 3. The Clerk posts foreclosure sale notices on the county's Foreclosure Notices page (source: kinney-county-clerk).
- The 2025 and 2026 notices on the Foreclosure Notices page are mortgage trustee sales under deeds of trust, not property tax sales; they do not list tax-delinquent parcels (source: kinney-foreclosure-notices).
- Posted foreclosure notices name the Kinney County Courthouse, 501 S Ann St, Brackettville, or another place the Commissioners Court designates, as the sale location, with sales starting at 10:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday (source: kinney-foreclosure-notice-may-2026).
- Kinney County Appraisal District, 412 S Ann St and P.O. Box 1377, Brackettville, TX 78832, phone 830-563-2323, chief appraiser Todd L. Tate, handles property values, not tax collection or sales (source: kinney-cad).
- Main county phone is (830) 563-2401 (source: kinney-county-home).
- No auction platform serving Kinney County was verified. Do not assume an online sale.
Texas 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
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Verified Oct 6, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the office that runs the sale before you bid.
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