Archer County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Archer County, TX tax sale, one of 2,553 counties in 30 states. Texas sells redeemable deeds carrying a 25% penalty in the first year. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Jul 27, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Archer County, seat of Archer City: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Texas tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- Archer County publishes no online bidder registration.
- County office
- 940-574-4224
On this page
How Archer County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Archer County Sheriff's Office (the Sheriff conducts the sale under Orders of Sale issued by the 97th District Court of Archer County; the Archer County Tax Assessor-Collector issues the bidder's written statement of no delinquent taxes)
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Archer County publishes no online bidder registration.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Archer County publishes no online bidder registration. Bidding is in person at the courthouse annex on sale day. Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 the officer conducting the sale cannot deliver a deed unless the buyer shows an unexpired written statement from the county assessor-collector that the buyer owes no delinquent ad valorem taxes to the county or its taxing units; request that statement from the Archer County Tax Assessor-Collector at 940-574-4224 before the sale. The county's notice also states: "The minimum bid for a person owning an interest in the property of [or] for a person who is a party to the suit (other than a taxing unit), is the aggregate amount of the judgment(s) against the property plus all costs of suit and sale."
Sale format and venue
Archer County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Archer County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Get the advertised list
Use Notice of Sheriff Sale (Archer County Sheriff page) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Archer County Sheriff's Office (the Sheriff conducts the sale under Orders of Sale issued by the 97th District Court of Archer County; the Archer County Tax Assessor-Collector issues the bidder's written statement of no delinquent taxes) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Archer County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Notice of Sheriff Sale (Archer County Sheriff page). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Archer County publishes no online bidder registration. Bidding is in person at the courthouse annex on sale day. Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 the officer conducting the sale cannot deliver a deed unless the buyer shows an unexpired written statement from the county assessor-collector that the buyer owes no delinquent ad valorem taxes to the county or its taxing units; request that statement from the Archer County Tax Assessor-Collector at 940-574-4224 before the sale. The county's notice also states: "The minimum bid for a person owning an interest in the property of [or] for a person who is a party to the suit (other than a taxing unit), is the aggregate amount of the judgment(s) against the property plus all costs of suit and sale."
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Texas due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Texas before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold properties
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 purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Texas calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax sale office
Archer County Tax Assessor-Collector (Dawn Vieth)
P.O. Box 700, Archer City, TX 76351-0700 (office at 114 E. Walnut St., Archer City)
Official websiteCounty notes
- Sale venue quoted from the county's own notice: "the North door of the Courthouse Annex Building of said Archer County, in the City of Archer City, Texas." The Courthouse Annex is at 112 E. Walnut, Archer City; the Archer County Courthouse itself is at 100 S Center St., Archer City, TX 76351.
- Contact detail conflict worth flagging: the Texas Comptroller directory and the county's Tax Assessor-Collector page both list phone 940-574-4224, while the tax office's own site (archercountytax.org) lists 940-574-4531 for Dawn Vieth. The Comptroller lists the office at 114 E. Walnut St.; the county page lists 112 E. Walnut. Mailing address P.O. Box 700, Archer City, TX 76351-0700 is consistent across sources.
- Archer County Appraisal District (chief appraiser Kimbra York, 112 E. Walnut, P.O. Box 1141, Archer City, TX 76351-1141, archercad.org) appraises property but does not run the tax sale.
- No struck-off or resale (Texas Tax Code 34.05) property list is published on any Archer County website; ask the Tax Assessor-Collector whether the taxing units hold struck-off inventory.
- Data quality is medium rather than high: a genuine county-specific Notice of Sheriff Sale was located with timing and venue, but the county maintains no standing tax sale page, no current sale list, and no online platform.
Texas 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
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Verified Jul 27, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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