Cass County, TX tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Sales are conducted at the north entrance of the Cass County Courthouse on Houston Street in Linden, per a June 24, 2013 Commissioners' Court order recorded by the County Clerk as document 2013003071.
• •The Sheriff conducts the sale. The Cass County Tax Assessor-Collector, Angela Young, handles delinquent tax collection and payoff questions at 903-756-5513 (email tax.info@casscountytx.gov).
• •No tax sale list, sale calendar, or bidder registration form appears on the county website or on the Cass County Appraisal District site.
• •The County Clerk links its notice page as "Foreclosure and Tax Sales", but the page itself is headed "Foreclosure and Trustee Sale Notices" and carries substitute trustee mortgage sale notices only. Every posted sale date falls on a first Tuesday.
• •The Clerk's notice page states: "THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS NO INFORMATION REGARDING SALES HELD ON THE STEPS OF THE COURTHOUSE. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING TRUSTEE AND/OR FORECLOSURE SALES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE MORTGAGE COMPANY."
• •No online auction platform serves Cass County as far as could be verified. Cass does not appear in the Linebarger taxsales.lgbs.com county feed (28 counties, none of them Cass) and was not listed among mvba's August 2026 or September 2026 tax sale counties.
• •Cass County Sheriff's Office: Sheriff Larry Rowe, 604 Hwy 8N / P.O. Box 180, Linden, TX 75563, phone 903-756-7511.
• •Cass County Clerk: Amy L. Varnell, 100 E. Houston Street / P.O. Box 449, Linden, TX 75563, phone 903-756-5071. The Clerk records the sale location order and posts courthouse sale notices.
• •Perdue Brandon's website (pbfcm.com) was fetched and carries no tax sale listings, and its pages currently contain injected third party spam links, so it was not used as a source.

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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