Palo Pinto County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Palo Pinto County, seat of Palo Pinto: 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 Palo Pinto County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Office, conducting the sale for the taxing units under Texas Tax Code 34.01; the Palo Pinto County Tax Assessor-Collector (Margaret Griffith) handles tax collection and bidder statements
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- First Tuesday of the month at the Palo Pinto County Courthouse, 520 Oak Street, Palo Pinto, under Texas Tax Code 34.01. The county publishes no tax sale calendar of its own. The District Clerk's May 2026 excess proceeds list records tax suit proceeds (cause numbers beginning with T) dated 08/05/2025, 11/04/2025 and 04/07/2026, each a first Tuesday, which suggests sales are held in some months rather than every month.
Registration and deposit
No online bidder portal is published for Palo Pinto County. Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 a bidder must obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, then present it at the sale. Request that statement from the Palo Pinto County Tax Assessor-Collector at 940-659-1271 or in person at the courthouse, 520 Oak St., Palo Pinto, or the Mineral Wells Annex, 100 SE 6th Ave., Mineral Wells. Confirm current bidder requirements with the Sheriff's Office and the tax office before the sale date.
Palo Pinto County appears to hold its tax sale in person at the county courthouse. No official page names an online auction platform for this county, so no platform URL is recorded here. Checks of the county website, the Palo Pinto County Tax Office site and the Palo Pinto Appraisal District site found no tax sale page, no sale calendar and no delinquent or struck-off property list. As of July 2026 Palo Pinto County did not appear on the MVBA monthly Texas tax sales listing, and the Linebarger tax sales system returned no active Palo Pinto County listings. The Palo Pinto County Sheriff's Office standalone website (palopintocountysheriff.com) was suspended when checked. The county does maintain a Foreclosure Notices page, but the notices posted there are deed of trust trustee sales under the Texas Property Code, not tax sales; those notices confirm that first Tuesday sales in this county are held at the exterior steps at the courthouse entrance facing south, at the area designated by the Commissioners Court. Investors should call the Tax Assessor-Collector at 940-659-1271 to identify the county's delinquent tax law firm and request the current sale list, and check postings at the courthouse. The District Clerk publishes a county excess proceeds list from tax foreclosure sales, useful for confirming that sales occur and for overbid claims.
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)
Palo Pinto County Tax Assessor-Collector
P.O. Box 160, Palo Pinto, TX 76484 (courthouse office: 520 Oak St., Palo Pinto, TX 76484; Mineral Wells Annex: 100 SE 6th Ave., Mineral Wells, TX 76067)
Official websiteNotes for Palo Pinto County
- County seat is Palo Pinto; the courthouse is at 520 Oak Street, Palo Pinto, TX 76484. The Tax Assessor-Collector also staffs a Mineral Wells Annex at 100 SE 6th Ave., Mineral Wells, TX 76067. Both offices run 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
- Tax Assessor-Collector is Margaret Griffith. Office phone 940-659-1271, auto registration 940-659-1270, fax 940-659-3628, email [email protected].
- Property tax records and payments run through the county tax office site at iswdataclient.azurewebsites.net with dbkey PALOPINTOTAX. That site carries no tax sale section.
- Palo Pinto Appraisal District is a separate entity: 200 Church Ave., P.O. Box 250, Palo Pinto, TX 76484, phone 940-659-1281, chief appraiser Chuck Lyon. It posts no tax sale information. The domain palopintocad.org is a parked advertising domain, so the district's live pages sit on the iswdataclient host under dbkey PALOPINTOCAD.
- Excess proceeds from tax foreclosure sales are held by the District Clerk (Nathan Choate, P.O. Box 189, Palo Pinto, TX 76484, phone 940-659-1279) and published as a periodic PDF list showing cause number, date, amount and escheat date.
- Possum Kingdom Lake subdivisions such as The Cliffs and The Hills Above Possum Kingdom Lake generate steady lot and timeshare foreclosure activity in this county, so confirm whether a parcel is a tax sale or a private trustee sale before bidding.
- No county-specific sale page was found, so timing and bidding mechanics fall back on Texas Tax Code Chapter 34 defaults. Verify the next sale date directly with the Tax Assessor-Collector and the Sheriff's Office before travelling.
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 Palo Pinto County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Palo Pinto County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Palo Pinto 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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