Lipscomb County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Lipscomb County, seat of Lipscomb: 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 Lipscomb County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Lipscomb County Sheriff (Sheriff Ben Eggleston) conducts the Texas Tax Code § 34.01 sale at the Lipscomb County Courthouse; the Lipscomb County Tax Assessor-Collector (Raelene Copeland, listed on the county site as the Tag & Tax Office) collects delinquent taxes and issues the written statement about delinquent taxes that bidders must obtain under § 34.015
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No Lipscomb County tax foreclosure sale date is currently posted on any county page. Texas sheriff sales run on the first Tuesday of the month between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the courthouse when a sale is scheduled. The only sale notice on the county site is a mortgage foreclosure, posted on the County Clerk page as "Notice of Trustee's Sale - 3.3.26 @1:00 p.m." That is a substitute trustee sale under a deed of trust, not a tax foreclosure. The county home page directs readers to that page: "FOR ALL NOTICE OF TRUSTEE SALES, PLEASE SEE THE COUNTY CLERKS PAGE." Sales in this county are infrequent, so confirm timing with the Tax Assessor-Collector before planning a trip.
Registration and deposit
The Lipscomb County Tax Assessor-Collector page publishes a form titled "Lipscomb County Request for Written Statement About Delinquent Taxes for Tax Foreclosure Sale." That is the § 34.015 written statement confirming the bidder owes no delinquent taxes in the county; the officer conducting the sale cannot execute a deed to a bidder who does not present it. The download link on the county page is currently broken and returns a 404, so request the form directly from the Tax Assessor-Collector at 806-862-2911 or P.O. Box 129, Lipscomb, TX 79056. No online bidder registration portal was found for this county. Confirm accepted payment methods with the Sheriff or the Tax Assessor-Collector before the sale.
No county-specific tax sale page exists. Lipscomb County is one of the smallest counties in Texas and may go long stretches without a tax foreclosure sale. Treat this as an in-person courthouse sale: no online auction platform was found on any county page, and no verified platform URL exists for this county, so no platform link is given. The Tax Assessor-Collector page is the only county page that mentions tax foreclosure sales at all, and it does so only through the § 34.015 written statement form. The Public Notices page contains an accordion labeled "For Sale Notice" but it is empty. The County Clerk page is where sale notices are posted, and the notice currently there is a substitute trustee (mortgage) sale, not a tax sale, so verify the notice type before relying on it. Lipscomb County appears on neither Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott's upcoming Texas tax sales list nor MVBA Law's monthly Texas tax sale calendar, and no delinquent tax law firm for the county could be confirmed from official sources. Commissioners Court minutes are posted as scanned images with no text layer, so they could not be searched for a firm engagement. Investors should call the Tax Assessor-Collector at 806-862-2911 to confirm whether any parcel is set for sale. Redemption follows the Texas rule: two years for residence homestead, agricultural-use property and mineral interests, 180 days on all other property, running from the date the sheriff's deed is filed with the county clerk.
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)
Lipscomb County Tax Assessor-Collector (Raelene Copeland)
P.O. Box 129, Lipscomb, TX 79056 (mailing); Lipscomb County Courthouse, 105 Oak Street, Lipscomb, TX 79056 (physical)
Official websiteNotes for Lipscomb County
- County seat is Lipscomb. County offices sit at the Lipscomb County Courthouse, 105 Oak Street, Lipscomb, TX 79056, main line (806) 862-4131.
- Lipscomb County Sheriff: Ben Eggleston, phone 806-862-2611, fax 806-862-2214, Lipscomb County Courthouse, 105 Oak Street, Lipscomb, TX 79056. The Sheriff page carries no tax sale, auction, or sale notice content.
- Lipscomb County Clerk and District Clerk: Chrissy Dunn, phone 806-862-3091, fax 806-862-3004, 101 South Main, P.O. Box 70, Lipscomb, TX 79056. This is where sale notices are posted, per the instruction on the county home page.
- The Tax Assessor-Collector office is labeled the "Tag & Tax Office" in the county phone directory, at 806.862.2911. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. for lunch.
- Property tax payments are taken online through the county's ISW Data payment portal linked from the Tax Assessor-Collector page. That portal handles current tax payments, not tax sale bidding.
- Taxing entities in the county include Lipscomb County, Farm Market Road, Special Road, the cities of Booker, Darrouzett, Follett and Higgins, Booker, Darrouzett, Follett and Canadian ISDs, several hospital districts, and the North Plains Water District. Delinquent amounts on a parcel can span several of these.
- The county website is hosted on the Texas Association of Counties CIRA platform. Some document links on it are stale, including the tax foreclosure written statement form, which returns a 404.
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 Lipscomb County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Lipscomb County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Lipscomb 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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