Lee County, TX tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Sale conducting office: Lee County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Garrett Durrenberger, 2122 FM 448 (mailing P.O. Box 98), Giddings, TX 78942, non-emergency (979) 542-2800, Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Its Sheriffs Sales page posts no sale list or schedule.
• •Lee County Tax Office hours are Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
• •The LGBS struck-off property answer for Lee County names the Lampasas Central Appraisal District as the office taking sealed bids. That text does not apply to Lee County; confirm struck-off and trust-property purchase steps with the Lee County Tax Assessor-Collector.
• •LGBS is the firm publishing Lee County tax sale data, including the sale location, the 10:00 AM start, the cash or cashier's check payment rule and the Giddings Times notice.
• •The County Clerk at 843 East Industry, Giddings, posts private trustee and mortgage foreclosure sale notices, which are not tax sales. Tax sales are conducted by the Sheriff and noticed in the Giddings Times.

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.Texas Tax Code 34.21 - Right of redemptionTex. Tax Code 34.21Verified Oct 12, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.01 - Sale of propertyTex. Tax Code 34.01Verified Oct 12, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.21 - Right of redemptionTex. Tax Code 34.21Verified Oct 12, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.03 - Disposition of excess proceedsTex. Tax Code 34.03Verified Oct 12, 2026

Governing statute

Tex. Tax Code Chapter 34Texas Tax Code 34.01 - Sale of propertyTex. Tax Code 34.01Verified Oct 12, 2026

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.

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