Mason County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Mason 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 the county’s own official pages on Oct 6, 2026.
How 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.
New to tax sales? Read how Texas tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- Requirements vary by county because two different statutes apply.
- County office
- 325-347-6937
On this page
How Mason County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Tax foreclosure sale at the Mason County Courthouse; buyers receive a Sheriff's Deed
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Current sale Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM; later dates appear on MVBA's monthly tax sales calendar.
- Registration
- Requirements vary by county because two different statutes apply.
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
Mason County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Mason 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
Mason County publishes no tax sale list online. The Mason County Tax Assessor-Collector advertises the parcels ahead of the sale rather than posting them, so the list reaches bidders through the county legal newspaper and the office itself. Call 325-347-6937 to ask for the current advertisement.Register to bid
Sale day
The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the Mason County Tax Assessor-Collector before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Mason County Tax Assessor-Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Mason County
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
There is no online list to price against. Mason County advertises the parcels before the sale rather than posting them, so get the advertisement from the office on 325-347-6937 and price from the parcel numbers it carries.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
County notes
- Tax foreclosure sales are held in person at the Mason County Courthouse, 201 Ft. McKavitt, Mason, Texas. The current sale is Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM.
- MVBA, the delinquent tax law firm for Mason Central Appraisal District, posts Mason County bid sheets on its monthly Texas tax sales calendar. Questions go to its Brady office at (325) 597-1412.
- Joe Lancaster serves as both County Tax Assessor-Collector and County Sheriff at 205 Westmoreland Street, P.O. Box 391, Mason, TX 76856, phone 325-347-6937.
- Winning bids are paid in cash or by cashier's check to the Mason County District Clerk, who holds the lawsuit files. Deeds, maps and plats are at the County Clerk's office (Chelsa Armendariz, 210 Westmoreland Street, phone 325-347-5253) or the Appraisal District.
- Mason Central Appraisal District (masoncad.org) appraises property for Mason County, Mason ISD, Doss CISD, the City of Mason and Hickory Underground Water Conservation District #1. Its records help with parcel research before bidding.
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.
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