Burnet County, TX tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Burnet County's elected Tax Assessor-Collector, DeAnne Fisher, handles motor vehicle work and directs all property tax questions to Burnet Central Appraisal District. Her Burnet office is at Courthouse Annex North, 1701 E. Polk, Ste 96, Burnet, TX 78611, (512) 756-5494, bctac@burnetcountytexas.org, and a second office sits at Courthouse Annex South, 810 Steve Hawkins Pkwy., Marble Falls, TX 78654, (830) 798-3220. Both open 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.
• •Burnet CAD appraises and bills for 25 taxing units including Burnet County, Burnet CISD, Marble Falls ISD, the cities of Burnet, Marble Falls, Granite Shoals, Bertram, Meadowlakes, Highland Haven, Cottonwood Shores, Double Horn and Horseshoe Bay, nine ESDs, two MUDs and the Central Texas Water Conservation District. Chief Appraiser is Stan Hemphill.
• •The delinquent tax law firm is McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. (mvba), 223 South Pierce, Burnet, TX 78611, (512) 756-8291, principal office 700 Jeffrey Way, Round Rock, TX 78665. mvba's in-trust information sheet tells buyers to read the General Information page under the Tax Sales tab at mvbalaw.com before bidding.
• •Sale notices posted on the Burnet County Clerk's "Foreclosures & Trustee Sales" page are deed-of-trust foreclosures, not tax foreclosures. The clerk instructs that "All inquiries should be directed to the trustee designated on each notice." Tax sale notices were not posted on that page when checked.
• •The designated public sale area comes from a Burnet County Commissioners' Court certificate recorded September 28 with the County Clerk, naming the East side of the courthouse outside the County Clerk's office, and the East hallway inside as the inclement weather alternative.
• •Burnet County Clerk: Courthouse on the Square, 220 South Pierce Street, Burnet, TX 78611, (512) 756-5406, open 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday. Deeds, maps and plats sit with the County Clerk or the appraisal district; lawsuit files behind each sale sit with the District Clerk.
• •Burnet County Sheriff's Office runs a Civil Process Division reachable at (512) 756-8080, mailing address Burnet County Sheriff's Office, ATTN: Civil Division, P.O. Box 1249, Burnet, TX 78611. Its website carries no tax sale page. Four constable precincts also serve the county.
• •Research limits: WebSearch quota was exhausted at the start of this task, so discovery ran entirely through direct fetches of official county, appraisal district and mvba pages. Burnet County Sheriff's site required certificate verification to be bypassed via curl. No Burnet-specific mvba sale notice PDF exists at their county notice URL pattern for any month probed between June 2025 and August 2026.

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.Texas Tax Code 34.21 - Right of redemptionTex. Tax Code 34.21Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.01 - Sale of propertyTex. Tax Code 34.01Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.21 - Right of redemptionTex. Tax Code 34.21Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.03 - Disposition of excess proceedsTex. Tax Code 34.03Verified Jul 25, 2026

Governing statute

Tex. Tax Code Chapter 34Texas Tax Code 34.01 - Sale of propertyTex. Tax Code 34.01Verified Jul 25, 2026

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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