Comanche County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Comanche 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 Comanche County, seat of Comanche: 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
- Registration
- Register in person at the sale, before bidding opens.
- County office
- 325-356-3101
On this page
How Comanche County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Comanche County Sheriff's Office. The county's posted notice runs under the heading "JOINT NOTICE OF SALE, THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF COMANCHE" and is signed "CHRIS POUNDS, Sheriff, Comanche County, Texas." It opens "BY VIRTUE OF ORDERS OF SALE issued pursuant to judgment decrees of the District Court of Comanche County, Texas."
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Register in person at the sale, before bidding opens.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register in person at the sale, before bidding opens. The county notice states: "Prior to the beginning of the tax sale, a person intending to bid is required to register with the person conducting the sale and present a valid Driver's License or identification card issued by a State agency or the United States government. The grantee named in the deed must be the same person who was the successful bidder. (Section 34.015 Texas Tax Code.)" Bidding is oral and payment is due the same day: "The property will be sold at public auction and will be sold for cash to the highest bidder, based on oral bids. Successful bidders must pay for their property with cash or a cashier's check. Personal checks will not be accepted." A defaulting bidder is liable for 20 percent of the property value plus costs under Rule 652 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The notice also flags the written-statement rule: "In certain counties, a person purchasing property at the tax sale may be required to present to the officer conducting the tax sale a written statement from the County Tax Assessor-Collector that the purchaser does not owe any delinquent taxes to the County or any school district or city in the County. A purchaser will NOT receive a deed to the property purchased at the tax sale until the written statement is presented to the officer." Call the tax office at 325-356-3101 to confirm whether Comanche County applies it.
Sale format and venue
Comanche County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Comanche 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 Delinquent Tax Sale Information (Joint Notice of Sale, 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 Comanche County Sheriff's Office. The county's posted notice runs under the heading "JOINT NOTICE OF SALE, THE STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF COMANCHE" and is signed "CHRIS POUNDS, Sheriff, Comanche County, Texas." It opens "BY VIRTUE OF ORDERS OF SALE issued pursuant to judgment decrees of the District Court of Comanche County, Texas." as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Comanche County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Delinquent Tax Sale Information (Joint Notice of Sale, PDF). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Register in person at the sale, before bidding opens. The county notice states: "Prior to the beginning of the tax sale, a person intending to bid is required to register with the person conducting the sale and present a valid Driver's License or identification card issued by a State agency or the United States government. The grantee named in the deed must be the same person who was the successful bidder. (Section 34.015 Texas Tax Code.)" Bidding is oral and payment is due the same day: "The property will be sold at public auction and will be sold for cash to the highest bidder, based on oral bids. Successful bidders must pay for their property with cash or a cashier's check. Personal checks will not be accepted." A defaulting bidder is liable for 20 percent of the property value plus costs under Rule 652 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The notice also flags the written-statement rule: "In certain counties, a person purchasing property at the tax sale may be required to present to the officer conducting the tax sale a written statement from the County Tax Assessor-Collector that the purchaser does not owe any delinquent taxes to the County or any school district or city in the County. A purchaser will NOT receive a deed to the property purchased at the tax sale until the written statement is presented to the officer." Call the tax office at 325-356-3101 to confirm whether Comanche County applies it.
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
- Comanche County sells redeemable tax deeds in person at the courthouse steps. The county notice confirms the statutory redemption terms: "There is a two year right of redemption for homestead property and property appraised as agricultural land. There is a 180 day right of redemption for all other property," running "from the date the purchaser's deed is filed for record in the deed records."
- The redemption premium is stated on the county notice as "purchase amount, deed recording fee, taxes paid by purchaser after the tax sale, and costs expended on the property, plus a redemption premium of 25 percent of the aggregate total during the first year or 50 percent of the aggregate total during the second year." The notice warns that costs are only reasonable maintenance, preservation, and safekeeping expenses, and advises against renovations during the redemption period.
- Minimum bids include taxes delinquent at the date of judgment but not the current tax year, and the buyer must pay taxes that accrued after judgment. The notice also warns that a purchase may still be subject to city or property owners association liens for demolition, mowing, or maintenance.
- Purchasers get a right of possession beginning 20 days after the deed is filed, per Section 33.51 of the Tax Code as cited on the county notice.
- Properties can be pulled before the gavel: "Subject properties may be withdrawn from the sale at any time prior to the sale, or at the sale, without notification to prospective purchasers."
- Two official addresses circulate for the tax office. The county's own Tax Assessor-Collector page lists 204 E Oak Ave, Comanche, TX 76442, while the Comanche Central Appraisal District site lists the Comanche Tax Office at 101 West Central Ave., Comanche, TX 76442, the courthouse address. Both list phone 325-356-3101. Call before mailing.
- Property tax counter hours on the county page are 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. A second office line is listed as 325-356-5790. The Comanche County Sheriff, who conducts the sale, is reachable at 325-356-7533.
- Deeds, maps, and plats sit with the County Clerk or the appraisal district, and the lawsuit files behind each tract are with the District Clerk. Comanche Central Appraisal District property search is at https://esearch.comanchecad.org/.
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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