Kinney County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and 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.
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 Kinney County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
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
- Not stated on any Kinney County page. The county's Foreclosure Notices page posts sale notices whose titles are all first Tuesdays of the month, for example "Hodges-July 7, 2026", "JUNE 2, 2026-VALLEY-DELEON", "May 5, 2026-Carrizales" and "April 7, 2026 - Perez". That matches the statewide first-Tuesday sale date in Tax Code § 34.01, but the county publishes no tax sale time, location, or calendar.
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.
No online auction platform was found for Kinney County. Verify whether the sale is held in person at the Kinney County Courthouse, 501 S Ann Street, Brackettville, before relying on that. The county website has no tax sale, delinquent tax, struck-off property, or bidder registration page: the Tax Assessor-Collector page lists only contact details, the Sheriff page has no sale information, the County Clerk page links only to the Foreclosure Notices page, and the Kinney County Appraisal District site does not cover collections or foreclosure. The Foreclosure Notices page is the only county-published list of sale notices, and its PDFs are scanned images, so it could not be confirmed whether any are tax foreclosure sales under the Tax Code rather than deed-of-trust trustee sales. Kinney County does not appear on MVBA's statewide upcoming tax sales list, and no delinquent tax law firm was identified for the county on any official page. Confirm sale date, time, location, deposit, and the Tax Code § 34.015 written statement of no delinquent taxes with the Tax Assessor-Collector at 830-563-2688 and the Sheriff at 830-563-2788 before bidding.
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 Kinney County
- Tax Assessor-Collector is Martha Pena-Padron; office phone 830-563-2688, fax 830-563-9563, mailing address 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, P.O. Box 1200, 109 North Street, Brackettville, TX 78832 (source: kinney-sheriff).
- Kinney County Courthouse is at 501 S Ann Street, Brackettville, TX 78832; main county phone 830-563-2401 (source: kinney-county-home).
- County Clerk is Rick Alvarado, 501 South Ann Street, Brackettville, TX 78832, phone 830-563-2521 ext. 3. The Clerk page links to the Foreclosure Notices page but describes no posting or sale procedure (source: kinney-county-clerk).
- 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. The CAD site has no tax sale or delinquent tax content; property search runs at esearch.kinneycad.org (source: kinney-cad).
- Kinney County was not listed among the counties with upcoming tax sales on MVBA's statewide list at the time of this research (source: mvba-upcoming-tax-sales).
- No platform_url is reported because no auction platform serving Kinney County was verified. Do not assume an online sale.
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 Kinney County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Kinney County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Kinney 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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