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Cottle County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Cottle 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 Cottle County, seat of Paducah: 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
First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m., at the courthouse.
Format
In person
Registration
Show proof of eligibility to the Sheriff before bidding.
County office
806-492-3345
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How Cottle 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
Cottle County Sheriff. The county's tax sale notice is issued and signed by the Sheriff of Cottle County, Texas, acting on a tax warrant delivered by the clerk of the 50th District Court. Sheriff Mark Box, 806-492-3131.
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m., at the courthouse.
Registration
Show proof of eligibility to the Sheriff before bidding.
Sale list
Cottle County Public Notices (sheriff's sale notices and tract lists)
When it runs
First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m., at the courthouse. The county's most recent posted sale notice reads: "I will proceed to sell at 10:00 a.m. on the 4th day of February, 2025 at the South Door of the Cottle County Courthouse, in Paducah, Texas, the properties described below." February 4, 2025 was the first Tuesday of that month, matching the Texas first-Tuesday sale rule. Cottle is a very small county and does not sell every month. As of July 2026 no newer sale notice was posted on the county site, so the February 2025 notice is the most recent verified sale.
Registration and deposit

Show proof of eligibility to the Sheriff before bidding. The notice states in capitals: "ALL BIDDERS MUST NOW DISPLAY PROOF OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE." Section 34.015 requires a written statement from the county assessor-collector that the bidder owes no delinquent property taxes in the county. Obtain that statement before sale day by calling 806-492-3345. Bidding is oral and open at the courthouse door, and no online registration portal exists.

Sale format and venue
Cottle County runs its tax sale in person at the courthouse. There is no online bidding platform and no standing tax sale calendar page, so watch the Public Notices & News feed on the county homepage for each posted Notice of Sheriff's Sale. The February 4, 2025 notice covered 15 tracts across two mass suits, styled "Cottle County, et al vs. Owners of Various Properties Located Within Cottle County, Texas" (Cause No. 4663) and "City of Paducah, et al vs. Owners of Various Properties Located Within the City Limits of Paducah, Texas" (Cause No. 4664), both out of the 50th District Court. The tracts were low-value town lots in the Swearingen Townsites and the Original Town of Paducah. The notice recites that the sale satisfies "taxes, penalties, and interest and all costs of seizure and sale," so buyers take a redeemable deed subject to the owner's Tax Code Section 34.21 right of redemption. Billing note: the Texas Comptroller directory states of the Cottle County tax office, "This tax office does not collect property taxes," and property tax collection runs through the Cottle County Appraisal District. The same person, Kayla Box, serves as both the elected County Tax Assessor-Collector and the CAD chief appraiser, reachable at 806-492-3345. Separate resale channel: for struck-off properties held in trust for the taxing units (Tax Code Section 34.05), the appraisal district links to "Purchase City of Paducah Trust Properties" at Texas Communities Group LLC, a sealed-bid online list showing Paducah lots with a $50 minimum bid. Per its bid process, no deposit is due when bidding, the winner pays by cashier's check or money order within two weeks plus a $100 deed fee and a $40 to $80 recording fee, every taxing unit in the county must approve the bid, and buyers should allow up to three months for deed approval and recording. Bids are rejected if the buyer owes delinquent taxes or unpaid fines in the county. In person at the South Door of the Cottle County Courthouse, 815 9th Street, Paducah. No online auction platform is used for the sheriff's sale.
Source: Cottle County Notice of Sheriff's Sale, February 4, 2025 (PDF)· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Cottle County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Cottle 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

    Use Cottle County Public Notices (sheriff's sale notices and tract lists) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Show proof of eligibility to the Sheriff before bidding. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m., at the courthouse. 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 Cottle County Sheriff. The county's tax sale notice is issued and signed by the Sheriff of Cottle County, Texas, acting on a tax warrant delivered by the clerk of the 50th District Court. Sheriff Mark Box, 806-492-3131. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Cottle County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Cottle County Public Notices (sheriff's sale notices and tract lists). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Show proof of eligibility to the Sheriff before bidding. The notice states in capitals: "ALL BIDDERS MUST NOW DISPLAY PROOF OF COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 34.015 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY TAX CODE." Section 34.015 requires a written statement from the county assessor-collector that the bidder owes no delinquent property taxes in the county. Obtain that statement before sale day by calling 806-492-3345. Bidding is oral and open at the courthouse door, and no online registration portal exists.

  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

Cottle County Tax Assessor-Collector (Kayla Box, RPA, RTA)

806-492-3345

P.O. Drawer 908, Paducah, TX 79248. Physical: Cottle County Courthouse, 815 9th Street, Paducah, TX 79248. Fax 806-492-3107.

Official website

County notes

  • Sale format verified as in person from the county's own Notice of Sheriff's Sale: 10:00 a.m., South Door of the Cottle County Courthouse, Paducah. No online auction platform exists for this county, so no platform_url is reported.
  • Timing is drawn from a single posted notice (February 4, 2025, the first Tuesday of that month). Cottle is one of the least populated Texas counties and holds sales only when suits ripen, so treat the first-Tuesday pattern as the statutory default rather than a monthly guarantee.
  • The sale is driven by tax warrants out of the 50th District Court, filed with County-District Clerk Vickey Wederski. No delinquent-tax law firm (MVBA, Perdue Brandon, LGBS) was named on any county page, and Cottle does not appear on MVBA's upcoming tax sales list.
  • The Texas Comptroller directory states the Cottle County tax office does not collect property taxes; collection runs through the Cottle County Appraisal District (cottlecad.org), whose chief appraiser Kayla Box is also the elected County Tax Assessor-Collector, same phone 806-492-3345.
  • Struck-off trust properties are resold online by sealed bid through Texas Communities Group LLC, linked directly from the appraisal district's Useful Links page as 'Purchase City of Paducah Trust Properties'. This is a Section 34.05 resale channel, not the Section 34.01 sheriff sale.
  • The other foreclosure PDF on the county site ('Notice of Foreclosure Sale', October 7, 2025) is a private deed-of-trust foreclosure by First United Bank, not a tax sale, and was excluded from these facts.

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 Cottle 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 Cottle County hold tax deed sales?

Cottle County holds its tax deed sale once a year. First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m., at the courthouse. 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 Cottle County Sheriff. The county's tax sale notice is issued and signed by the Sheriff of Cottle County, Texas, acting on a tax warrant delivered by the clerk of the 50th District Court. Sheriff Mark Box, 806-492-3131. 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.

Where can I find the Cottle County tax sale list?

Cottle County posts its tax sale list at co.cottle.tx.us. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

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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