Upshur County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Upshur County, seat of Gilmer: 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 Upshur County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Upshur County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Larry Webb signs the Joint Notice of Sale and sells the property under orders of sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Upshur County.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- A first Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM, held only when foreclosure judgments are ready rather than every month. The most recent verified notice states the Sheriff "will on the 7th day of July, 2026, at the under the canopy covering entrance of the Upshur County Justice Center located at 405 North Titus, Gilmer, Texas 75644, at 10:00AM on said day, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder." Earlier verified notices set sales for October 7, 2025 and February 6, 2024, also first Tuesdays.
Registration and deposit
No online registration and no county bidder registration page exists. The Sheriff sells in person and the notice states he will "proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder." Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires a bidder to hold a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes are owed, so request that statement from the Upshur County Tax Assessor-Collector at 215 North Titus Street, Gilmer, or 903-843-3085. The notice also prints a contact for the attorney for the taxing units at (903) 757-5757.
Upshur County publishes no tax sale page of its own. The county website carries 67 pages in its sitemap and none covers sales, resales, or struck-off property, and the Upshur County Appraisal District site has no sale content either, so the Tax Assessor-Collector page covers payments, vehicle registration, and titles only. The sale list reaches bidders through the Sheriff's Joint Notice of Sale published in The Gilmer Mirror, the county newspaper, and posted at the courthouse. Sales are conducted IN PERSON under the canopy covering the entrance of the Upshur County Justice Center, 405 North Titus, Gilmer, so there is no bidding platform and no platform URL. Some notices also offer resales of property held in trust by the taxing units under Texas Tax Code 34.05, as the February 2024 notice did. The attorney phone printed on the notices, (903) 757-5757, matches the Longview office of McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. on that firm's own contact page, and Upshur County did not appear on the firm's upcoming Texas sale calendar when checked in July 2026. In person on the Upshur County Justice Center grounds. No online auction platform.
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 Upshur County
- Sale conductor contact: Upshur County Sheriff's Office, Upshur County Justice Center, 405 North Titus, Gilmer, TX 75644, phone 903-843-2541, fax 903-843-2368, https://www.countyofupshur.com/page/sheriff (source: upshur_sheriff).
- Tax Assessor-Collector is Luana Howell. Gilmer lobby hours 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday, drive thru 7:30am to 5:30pm, fax 903-843-3083. Branch offices at 2498 West Upshur, Gladewater, 903-680-8353, and 220 E. Main St, Ore City, 903-680-8319 (source: upshur_tac).
- Exact sale place from the notices: under the canopy covering entrance of the Upshur County Justice Center, 405 North Titus, Gilmer, Texas 75644, at 10:00AM (sources: upshur_sale_notice_2026, upshur_sale_notice_2025).
- Recent foreclosure suits behind the sales are styled Gladewater Independent School District v. ... and City of Gladewater v. ..., filed in the District Court of Upshur County, with orders of sale delivered to the Sheriff for levy (source: upshur_sale_notice_2026).
- The February 2024 notice included a resale block reading "RESALES - THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES HELD IN TRUST BY THE TAXING UNITS LISTED BELOW ARE OFFERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO Section 34.05 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE" with bid-in-trust dates, so struck-off inventory is offered at the same first Tuesday sale rather than through a separate list (source: upshur_sale_notice_2024).
- A Commissioners Court policy filed December 29, 2023 confirms the county designates the law firm that collects delinquent taxes and that the Tax Assessor-Collector collects for school districts, municipalities, and emergency services districts (source: upshur_tax_collection_policy).
- The County Clerk hosts a foreclosure notice archive by year at records.countyofupshur.com. Those filings are mostly mortgage substitute trustee sales under Property Code 51.002 rather than tax sales, and they confirm the Upshur County Justice Center as the place designated by the Commissioners Court for public foreclosure sales (source: upshur_clerk_foreclosures).
- Verified negative results: Upshur County is not listed among sale counties on the Linebarger tax sale service, not listed on the McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen upcoming sales or trust property pages, and has no GovEase or Bid4Assets storefront that resolves (source: mvba_month_sales).
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 Upshur County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Upshur County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Upshur 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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