Young County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Young County, seat of Graham: 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 Young County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Young County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Travis Babcock), with the Young County Tax Assessor-Collector (Christy Centers) handling delinquent tax accounts and bidder statements
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- First Tuesday of the month. Young County does not publish a tax sale calendar. Its own Property Sales page states sales are held "on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:00am on the North Entrance of the Young County Courthouse, Young County, Graham, Texas," and a Notice of Sale filed with the County Clerk for April 7, 2026 places the sale "Under the portico at the north entrance of the Young County Courthouse steps, located at 516 Fourth Street, Graham, Texas, 76450, or as otherwise designated by the Young County Commissioner's Court." Both cited notices are mortgage substitute trustee sales rather than tax foreclosures, but they establish the county's designated first Tuesday sale place. Texas Tax Code 34.01 sets the same first Tuesday window for tax foreclosure sales.
Registration and deposit
No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published online. 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 Young County Tax Assessor-Collector at 940-549-1393, 417 Second Street, Suite 113, Graham, TX 76450.
Verified in person. No online auction platform was found for Young County on any official page, so no platform URL is given. The county website has no tax sale, sheriff sale, or struck-off property section: the Tax Assessor-Collector, Sheriff, Treasurer, and Appraisal District pages carry no sale information. The only sale notices the county posts online (Property Sales page and County Clerk page) are substitute trustee and mortgage foreclosure notices under Property Code 51.002. Buyers should call the Tax Assessor-Collector at 940-549-1393 or the Sheriff at 940-549-1555 to confirm whether a tax sale is scheduled and to obtain the property list, since tax sale notices are posted at the courthouse and filed with the County Clerk rather than published on a county web page. Young County is a redeemable deed jurisdiction: the former owner may redeem under Texas Tax Code 34.21, two years at a 25 percent to 50 percent premium for homestead, agricultural-use, and mineral interests, and 180 days at 25 percent for other property.
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 Young County
- Tax Assessor-Collector: Christy Centers, 417 Second Street, Suite 113, Graham, TX 76450, phone 940-549-1393, fax 940-549-5160, email [email protected]. Hours Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. A branch office operates at 117 S. Grand Suite B, Olney, TX 76374, phone 940-564-2334.
- Young County Sheriff: Travis Babcock, Young County Courthouse, 516 Fourth Street, Graham, TX 76450, phone 940-549-1555. The Sheriff page lists no sale notices.
- Young County Clerk: Tina Gilliam, 516 Fourth Street, Room 104, Graham, TX 76450, phone 940-549-8432. Sale notices are filed here; the notices posted online are mortgage foreclosures, not tax foreclosures.
- Young Central Appraisal District: 505 5th Street, Graham, TX 76450, mailing P.O. Box 337, Graham, TX 76450-0337, phone 940-549-2392, chief appraiser Jesse D. Blackmon. Property search at https://esearch.youngcad.org/. The district publishes no delinquent tax or tax sale material.
- No online auction platform, no delinquent tax law firm, and no downloadable sale list could be confirmed from any official Young County page. Young County did not appear on the MVBA upcoming Texas tax sale list checked in July 2026, and the Linebarger (LGBS) county API returned a paginated response that did not confirm Young County either way, so no collection firm is asserted here.
- Designated sale place per the county's own posted notices: the north entrance portico of the Young County Courthouse, 516 Fourth Street, Graham, TX 76450, first Tuesday of the month.
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 Young County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Young County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Young 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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