Sabine County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Sabine County, seat of Hemphill: 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 Sabine County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Sabine County Sheriff's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Sabine County publishes no tax-sale calendar. Texas foreclosure sales in the county fall on the first Tuesday of the month, and every sale notice filed with the County Clerk in 2025 and 2026 carries a first-Tuesday date, including January 6, May 5 and August 4 in 2026. A Notice of Trustee's Sale filed July 1, 2026 reads "DATE OF SALE: (first Tuesday of month) Tuesday, August 4, 2026" and "TIME OF SALE: No earlier than 10:00 am and no later than 1:00 pm." That filing is a private lien sale rather than a tax sale, so treat the hours as indicative and confirm the tax-sale time with the Sheriff's Office.
Registration and deposit
No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published. Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires a bidder to hold a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, so request that statement from the Sabine County Tax Assessor-Collector at 213 Market Street, Hemphill, ahead of the sale. Confirm deposit and payment terms with the Sheriff's Office.
No online auction platform was found for Sabine County. The county website carries no tax-sale page, and the Tax Assessor-Collector page holds only the weekly delinquent tax roll, tax-rate worksheets and vehicle registration links. The county does run a public Foreclosure Notices repository linked from its Public Documents page, but every 2025 and 2026 filing there is a private deed-of-trust or property-owners-association lien sale, not a delinquent tax sale. The August 2026 notice fixes the venue as "On the doorsteps of the north entrance of the Sabine County Courthouse, located at 201 Main St, Hemphill, Texas, or at the location designated for such sales by the County Commissioner's Court," which is the county's designated public sale location. Sabine County does not appear on McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen's upcoming Texas tax sales list, and no delinquent-tax law firm is named on any county page. Treat this as an in-person courthouse sale and call the Sheriff's Office at 409-787-2266 or the Tax Assessor-Collector at 409-787-2257 to confirm whether a sale is scheduled and where any struck-off property list is kept.
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)
Notes for Sabine County
- Tax Assessor-Collector is Martha M. Stone. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 3:45 P.M., and the office does not close for lunch unless posted.
- The Tax Assessor-Collector posts a delinquent tax roll spreadsheet refreshed weekly. The version live at research time was labeled "Delinquent Tax Roll Listing as of 06/24/2026" and the file link changes with each update, so start from the office page rather than bookmarking the file.
- Sheriff George Griffith runs the Sabine County Sheriff's Office at PO Box 848, Hemphill, TX 75948, phone 409-787-2266. Under Texas Tax Code 34.01 the sheriff or a constable conducts the sale, but no Sabine County page states which officer cries the tax sale.
- Sabine County has two constable precincts: Precinct 1, David West, 936-201-2274, and Precinct 2, Johnnie Jackson, 409-787-5248, both at 201 Main Street, Hemphill.
- Sale notices are filed with County Clerk Jamie Clark, 280 Main Street Suite 100, Hemphill, TX 75948, phone 409-787-3786, and surface in the county's online Foreclosure Notices repository at sabine.easydocs.us.
- Because Sabine County publishes no tax-sale page, platform or calendar, run_by and the registration rule reflect the Texas statutory default rather than a verified county procedure.
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 Sabine County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Sabine County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Sabine 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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