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Briscoe County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Briscoe 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 Briscoe County, seat of Silverton: 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.

Next sale
The county publishes no sale calendar.
Format
In person
Registration
No county registration instructions were published.
County office
806-823-2131 ext. 6
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How Briscoe County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

No Texas office sells tax lien certificates to investors.

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
Briscoe County Sheriff's Office (the officer conducting the sale under Tex. Tax Code § 34.01). No county page states this directly; the office name is taken from the county's own Sheriff page.
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
The county publishes no sale calendar.
Registration
No county registration instructions were published.
When it runs
The county publishes no sale calendar. Texas Tax Code § 34.01 sets tax sales on the first Tuesday of the month between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The only county-specific date found was on a Bid4Assets courtesy listing that quotes Tax Sale Resources: "Date of Sale: 02/03/26 / Deed or Lien: Redeemable Deed / Sale Type: Live/In Person / Number of Redeemable Deeds: 5". February 3, 2026 was the first Tuesday of that month. Bid4Assets states on the same page that it "is not conducting this public auction" and that the information "has not been verified", so treat the date as indicative only.
Registration and deposit

No county registration instructions were published. Under Tex. Tax Code § 34.015 a bidder must first obtain a written statement from the county assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, so contact the Briscoe County Tax Assessor/Collector at 806-823-2131 ext. 6 before a sale. No county-specific registration form, deposit rule, or bidder packet was found.

Sale format and venue
Briscoe County is a small Panhandle county (seat: Silverton) with no online tax sale presence. Nothing on the county website, the appraisal district site, or the three major Texas delinquent tax law firm portals confirms a scheduled redeemable tax deed sale, a bidder registration process, or a sale list. The one county-specific signal found, a third-party Bid4Assets courtesy notice, describes a live in-person redeemable deed sale and explicitly disclaims verification, so no online platform URL is recorded here. Buyers should call the Tax Assessor/Collector and the Sheriff's Office directly to confirm whether a sale is set, where it is held at the courthouse, and what the § 34.015 statement requires. Redemption follows Tex. Tax Code § 34.21: two years at a 25 percent premium in year one and 50 percent in year two for homestead, agricultural-use, and mineral interests, and 180 days at 25 percent for other property. In person (live sale). No online auction platform verified.
Source: Briscoe County, Texas - County Tax Assessor/Collector (official county website)· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Briscoe County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Briscoe 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    A county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the office and platform details on this page before relying on a copied list.

  2. Register to bid

    No county registration instructions were published. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    The county publishes no sale calendar. 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.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Briscoe County Sheriff's Office (the officer conducting the sale under Tex. Tax Code § 34.01). No county page states this directly; the office name is taken from the county's own Sheriff page. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Briscoe County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    The county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the county office contacts below and confirm the advertised parcels directly before you price a bid.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    No county registration instructions were published. Under Tex. Tax Code § 34.015 a bidder must first obtain a written statement from the county assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, so contact the Briscoe County Tax Assessor/Collector at 806-823-2131 ext. 6 before a sale. No county-specific registration form, deposit rule, or bidder packet was found.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

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

Briscoe County Tax Assessor/Collector

806-823-2131 ext. 6

P.O. Box 315, Silverton, TX 79257 (physical: Briscoe County Courthouse, 415 Main St, Silverton, TX 79257)

Official website

County notes

  • Briscoe County publishes no tax sale page. The official county site (co.briscoe.tx.us) has pages for the County Tax Assessor/Collector, the Sheriff, and Public Notices, and none of them mention a tax sale, sheriff sale, foreclosure sale, struck-off property, or auction.
  • The County Tax Assessor/Collector page lists only tax rate calculation worksheets, TxDMV title and registration links, and voter registration. The Public Notices page carried a burn ban, a taxpayer impact statement, tax abatement guidelines, an energy usage notice, and a board application notice as of this check.
  • Name discrepancy worth flagging: the county's own Tax Assessor/Collector page names Tiffany Bennett at 806-823-2131 ext. 6, while the Texas Comptroller county directory still lists Jon Etta Ziegler at 806-823-2136 with email bctac@midplains.coop. Both share the same P.O. Box 315 mailing address and the 806-823-2076 fax. Treat the county page as current.
  • Briscoe County does not appear on the current published tax sale lists of the three large Texas delinquent tax law firms checked: Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott (pbfcm.com/taxsale.html), McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen (mvbalaw.com upcoming sales), or Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson (taxsales.lgbs.com). Those lists show only counties with properties currently posted, so absence is not proof of no relationship, but no firm was confirmed for Briscoe.
  • No online auction platform was found. The RealAuction Texas sheriff sale subdomain pattern used by other Texas counties did not resolve for Briscoe.
  • Briscoe County Sheriff's Office contact from the county site: Sheriff Garrett Davis, 806-823-2131, P.O. Box 70, Silverton, TX 79257.
  • The Briscoe County Appraisal District site (briscoecad.org) handles appraisal and online payments through Certified Payments only. It carries no delinquent tax, tax sale, or collections attorney content, and its contact block is unfilled template dummy text.

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.
Governing statute
Tex. Tax Code Chapter 34

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Briscoe County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax deeds. Texas sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the Sheriff or constable sells the property itself at a public tax sale.

How often does Briscoe County hold tax deed sales?

Briscoe County holds its tax deed sale once a year. The county publishes no sale calendar. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Texas's redemption rule: 2 years for a residence homestead, agricultural-use land, or a mineral interest; 180 days for all other property. Call the Briscoe County Sheriff's Office (the officer conducting the sale under Tex. Tax Code § 34.01). No county page states this directly; the office name is taken from the county's own Sheriff page. as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

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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