Mason County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Mason County, seat of Mason: 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 Mason County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Mason County Sheriff's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Mason County publishes no tax sale calendar, notice archive, or sale list on its official website. Under Texas Tax Code § 34.01 the sheriff or constable conducts tax foreclosure sales on the first Tuesday of the month at the place the commissioners court designates. Confirm each sale with the Sheriff / Tax Assessor-Collector office at 325-347-6937 before relying on any date.
Registration and deposit
Not published by Mason County. No online bidder registration portal was found on any county page. Texas Tax Code § 34.015 requires bidders to obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed; request that statement from the Mason County Tax Assessor-Collector at 205 Westmoreland Street before the sale.
No county-specific redeemable tax deed sale information exists online. Every page in the Mason County website navigation was checked, including County Tax Assessor-Collector, Sheriff, County Clerk, Public Notices, and County News; none carries a tax sale, delinquent tax, struck-off, or resale page. The County Clerk page does host a "Notice of Foreclosure Sales" section, but the only notice posted there (filed 5/21/26) is a nonjudicial deed of trust foreclosure for a McCulloch County property, not a tax sale. Mason Central Appraisal District (masoncad.org) appraises for the county, Mason ISD, Doss CISD, City of Mason, and Hickory Underground Water Conservation District #1, and carries no tax sale content. Mason County does not appear among the 28 counties in Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson's tax sale county list, and it is absent from MVBA's upcoming Texas tax sales page and from MVBA's site map of county pages, so no delinquent tax law firm publishing a public sale list could be confirmed for this county. Nothing indicates an online auction platform serves Mason County; treat the sale as in person at the courthouse until the Sheriff's office confirms otherwise. Note the dual role: the county website lists Joe Lancaster as both Sheriff and County Tax Assessor-Collector at the same office, 205 Westmoreland Street, which is common in Texas counties under 10,000 population. One phone number, 325-347-6937, reaches both functions.
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
Notes for Mason County
- The official Mason County website (co.mason.tx.us) has no tax sale, delinquent tax, struck-off property, or resale page. The full site navigation was enumerated and every candidate page fetched.
- Joe Lancaster is listed on separate county pages as both County Tax Assessor-Collector and County Sheriff, sharing the address 205 Westmoreland Street, P.O. Box 391, Mason, TX 76856 and the phone 325-347-6937. Sheriff dispatch is 325-347-5252.
- The county courthouse is at 201 Ft. McKavett St., Mason, TX 76856. That is the address the county site gives under "How to find us."
- County Clerk Chelsa Armendariz (325-347-5253, P.O. Box 702, 210 Westmoreland Street) maintains the county's "Notice of Foreclosure Sales" postings. The single notice posted as of this research is a deed of trust foreclosure, not a tax foreclosure, so the clerk page is the most likely place a tax sale notice would surface but currently shows none.
- The Public Notices page and the County News page carry no sale notices at all (Public Notices shows only a 2022 demo calendar entry).
- Mason Central Appraisal District (110 Moody St., P.O. Box 1119, Mason, TX 76856, 325-347-5989) appraises property but publishes no collection or tax sale information.
- Mason County is not among the counties served by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson's public tax sale listing, and it does not appear on MVBA's upcoming Texas tax sales page or in MVBA's county page sitemap. No publisher of a Mason County sale list could be verified.
- No online auction platform was verified for this county. Do not represent Mason County as an online sale.
- Investors should call 325-347-6937 to ask whether a sale is scheduled and which law firm handles the county's delinquent tax suits, since the sale list is likely distributed only by posting at the courthouse and publication in the local newspaper.
- Web search was unavailable during this research (session budget exhausted); findings come entirely from direct fetches of official county, appraisal district, and law firm sites.
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 Mason County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Mason County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Mason 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.
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 county office before you bid.
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