Wheeler County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Wheeler County, seat of Wheeler: 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.
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How Wheeler County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Wheeler County Sheriff's Office. The sale notice is headed "WHEELER COUNTY SHERIFF SALE" and states that "Tax foreclosure sales are conducted by the Sheriff or a Constable of the county where the property is located." Delinquent tax suits and sale notices are handled by the county's delinquent tax law firm, Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, L.L.P. (Amarillo office). Bidder registration runs through the Wheeler County Tax Assessor-Collector.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- First Tuesday of the month. The notice states sales "are held on the first Tuesday of the month between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on the courthouse steps at a place designated by the commissioners' court." The most recent posted sale is headed "WHEELER COUNTY SHERIFF SALE FOR AUGUST 4, 2026 SCHEDULED FOR 2:00 PM WHEELER TEXAS." Wheeler does not post a sale every month; notices appear only when foreclosed tracts are ready, so check the firm's tax sale index before travelling.
Registration and deposit
Register with the Wheeler County Tax Office before the sale. The notice states: "Bidders must contact the Wheeler County Tax Office by noon, Friday JULY 31, 2026, and register to be able to bid to comply with Section 34.015 of the Texas Property Tax Code." That is noon on the Friday before the first-Tuesday sale. Section 34.015 requires a written statement from the tax assessor-collector showing the bidder owes no delinquent property taxes in the county. Tax office direct line for registration: 806-826-3131.
Texas sells a redeemable deed, so the Wheeler County sale conveys a Sheriff's or Constable's deed subject to the owner's statutory right of redemption under Tax Code 34.21. The sale is live and in person on the courthouse steps in Wheeler; no online auction platform is used, so there is no bidding portal. The notice warns that "All sales are without warranty of any kind. Purchasers receive a Sheriff or Constable's deed that is without warranty," and that "The tax sale is an 'as is', 'where is', 'buyer beware' sale." It also warns that "Taxes may be due beyond what is listed in the minimum bid amounts and must be paid independently of the bid amount." The August 4, 2026 notice listed six tracts in Wheeler and Shamrock, with estimated minimum bids from $5,517.06 to $14,125.32 against appraised values from $17,270 to $78,610. Questions on a specific sale go to Vanessa Baker, paralegal, Perdue Brandon Amarillo office, 806-359-3188, or the Wheeler County Tax Office at 806-826-3131. The county's own website has no dedicated tax sale page: the County Clerk's Foreclosure Notices page carries private trustee sale notices only, and the Public Notices page carries county-owned property sales under Local Government Code 272.001, not tax foreclosures. Wheeler County was not listed on Perdue Brandon's tax resale (struck-off property) page when checked, so no struck-off inventory is currently offered. In person on the Wheeler County courthouse steps, Wheeler, Texas
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.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Wheeler County Tax Assessor-Collector (Cindy Brown)
P.O. Box 1060, Wheeler, TX 79096 (Wheeler County Courthouse, 401 Main Street, Wheeler, TX 79096)
Official websiteNotes for Wheeler County
- Wheeler County tax foreclosure sales are live and in person on the courthouse steps in Wheeler, on the first Tuesday of the month between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The August 4, 2026 sale was set for 2:00 p.m.
- Bidder registration is handled by the Wheeler County Tax Office, not the Sheriff. Register by noon on the Friday before the sale and obtain the Tax Code 34.015 written statement showing no delinquent county taxes.
- Sale notices and property lists are published by the county's delinquent tax law firm, Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, L.L.P., on its Tax Sales index page rather than on the county website.
- Purchasers receive a Sheriff's or Constable's deed without warranty, sold as is, and the notice cautions that taxes may be owed beyond the posted minimum bid.
- The county is small and does not post a sale every month. Recent inventory ran to six tracts, concentrated in the towns of Wheeler and Shamrock, with minimum bids in the $5,500 to $14,200 range.
- Wheeler County had no struck-off resale inventory listed on the firm's tax resale page at the time of research.
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 Wheeler County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Wheeler County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Wheeler 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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