Austin County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Austin 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 the county’s own official pages on Jul 27, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Austin County, seat of Bellville: 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.
- Announcements
- The sheriff's own website does not publish tax sale listings.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- Bidding is live and in person at the courthouse.
- County office
- 979-865-8633
On this page
How Austin County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Austin County Sheriff's Office (tax foreclosure sales are conducted by the Sheriff or Constable of the county; the suits and sale notices are handled by the county's delinquent-tax law firm, Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott LLP)
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Bidding is live and in person at the courthouse.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is live and in person at the courthouse. Under Texas Tax Code Section 34.015 a bidder must first obtain a written statement from the county tax office showing no delinquent taxes are owed. Austin County Appraisal District, which collects property taxes for Austin County and its cities, schools and districts, posts the Texas Comptroller Form 50-307 "Request for Written Statement About Delinquent Taxes for Tax Foreclosure Sale" on its tax office page. The form notes a fee set by the office and warns that knowingly violating Section 34.015 is a Class B misdemeanor. Perdue Brandon's FAQ adds: "Bidders must request a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector of no delinquent taxes due" and "Sales are for cash and most counties will accept cash or cashier's checks."
Sale format and venue
Austin County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Austin 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 Austin County tax sale list (Perdue Brandon PDF) 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 Austin County Sheriff's Office (tax foreclosure sales are conducted by the Sheriff or Constable of the county; the suits and sale notices are handled by the county's delinquent-tax law firm, Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott LLP) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Austin County
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Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Austin County tax sale list (Perdue Brandon PDF). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is live and in person at the courthouse. Under Texas Tax Code Section 34.015 a bidder must first obtain a written statement from the county tax office showing no delinquent taxes are owed. Austin County Appraisal District, which collects property taxes for Austin County and its cities, schools and districts, posts the Texas Comptroller Form 50-307 "Request for Written Statement About Delinquent Taxes for Tax Foreclosure Sale" on its tax office page. The form notes a fee set by the office and warns that knowingly violating Section 34.015 is a Class B misdemeanor. Perdue Brandon's FAQ adds: "Bidders must request a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector of no delinquent taxes due" and "Sales are for cash and most counties will accept cash or cashier's checks."
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
County notes
- County seat is Bellville. The Austin County Courthouse is at One East Main Street, Bellville, TX 77418, and Commissioners Court Order 87-351 designates the courthouse foyer as the public auction area; the Perdue Brandon sale notice states the location as the "Official Door of the Courthouse."
- Property tax collection in Austin County is handled by the Austin County Appraisal District, not by the Tax Assessor-Collector's office. Austin CAD is at 906 E Amelia St., Bellville, TX 77418, phone (979) 865-9124, hours Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., chief appraiser Greg Cook. It collects for Austin County, Brazos Country, City of Bellville, City of Sealy, City of Wallis, Town of San Felipe, Bellville ISD, Brazos ISD, Sealy ISD, Austin County ESD 1, 2 and 3, Bellville Hospital District, Farm/Market Road SPC and SPC Road & Bridge. Start the Section 34.015 no-delinquent-taxes statement there.
- The Tax Assessor-Collector's office (804 E. Wendt, Bellville) is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and closed on most courthouse holidays; fax 979-865-0183.
- Austin County Sheriff is Jack Brandes, 417 N. Chesley, Bellville, TX 77418, phone 979-865-3112 (also 979-865-5911 and 979-865-3111). The sheriff's own website does not publish tax sale listings.
- Austin County has no online tax sale auction platform. Bidding is live at the courthouse, cash or cashier's check.
- Sale volume is small. The August 4, 2026 Austin County list carried only a handful of tracts in Bellville and Sealy, and the trust property resale sheet updated July 2026 showed a single struck-off parcel.
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.
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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