Brooks County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Brooks 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 Brooks County, seat of Falfurrias: 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
- County office
- (361) 325-5604 ext. 359
On this page
How Brooks County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Brooks County Sheriff's Office (the sale is executed by the Sheriff or a Constable under an order of sale issued by the District Court of Brooks County; the delinquent-tax law firm is Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)
- Frequency
- annual
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding happens in person at the courthouse; the Notice of Sale states the officer "will proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder." Under Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.015, a bidder must first obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes are owed. For struck-off (resale) property the process is different: bids go on the county's Resale Bid Form to Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, 500 North Shoreline, Suite 1111, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401, with 20% of the bid as earnest money made payable to Urbino "Benny" Martinez, Tax Collector, 408 W Travis St, Falfurrias, TX 78355. The form warns that "bidders should be prepared to wait at least 60 to 90 days for approval," after which the winner pays the full amount within 10 working days.
Sale format and venue
Brooks County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Brooks 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 Brooks County Tax Office: Property Tax Sales notice and Resale Tax List for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.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 Brooks County Sheriff's Office (the sale is executed by the Sheriff or a Constable under an order of sale issued by the District Court of Brooks County; the delinquent-tax law firm is Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Brooks County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Brooks County Tax Office: Property Tax Sales notice and Resale Tax List. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding happens in person at the courthouse; the Notice of Sale states the officer "will proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder." Under Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.015, a bidder must first obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes are owed. For struck-off (resale) property the process is different: bids go on the county's Resale Bid Form to Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, 500 North Shoreline, Suite 1111, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401, with 20% of the bid as earnest money made payable to Urbino "Benny" Martinez, Tax Collector, 408 W Travis St, Falfurrias, TX 78355. The form warns that "bidders should be prepared to wait at least 60 to 90 days for approval," after which the winner pays the full amount within 10 working days.
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
- Urbino "Benny" Martinez Jr. holds both the Sheriff and the County Tax Assessor-Collector posts, so the same official signs the bidder statement and conducts the sale. Sheriff's Office: 701 E. Rice St., P.O. Box 558, Falfurrias, TX 78355, (361) 325-3696 x 503.
- Sale notices and the resale list are posted on the Tax Assessor-Collector page under the "Property Tax Sales" and "Resale Taxes" headings. The county does not maintain a separate tax-sale website, so check that page for the current first-Tuesday notice before travelling.
- Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP is the delinquent-tax law firm: 500 N Shoreline Blvd Ste 1111, Corpus Christi, Texas 78401, (361) 888-6898, fax (361) 888-4405. Its property search at taxsales.lgbs.com carries Brooks County struck-off listings.
- Constables are the alternate selling officers named in the notice. Brooks County Constable Department: 404 W. Travis St., Falfurrias, TX 78355, (361) 325-5670 x 378.
- Property tax accounts can be searched and paid at the county's ACT tax portal linked from the Tax Assessor-Collector page.
- Resale bidding is competitive but slow: if a second bid arrives before the taxing units approve an earlier one, the firm holds an auction among bidders, and a bid covering the full amount of taxes, costs and liens may be accepted outright without considering lower bids.
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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