Denton County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Denton 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 Denton County, seat of Denton: 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
- GovEase
- Registration
- Bidders register and get approved on GovEase before the auction.
- County office
- 940-349-1600
On this page
How Denton County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Denton County Sheriff's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Bidders register and get approved on GovEase before the auction.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidders register and get approved on GovEase before the auction. Sale Rules paragraph 7: "A bidder who wishes to participate in the sale must register and be approved online through the GovEase website and upload a form of identification issued by a government agency (i.e., Driver's License)." No deposit is required before the sale, and the FAQs describe an online/live bid process. The winning bidder pays the full bid by ACH/E-Check through GovEase before 4 pm on the day of sale; payment plans are not accepted. Separately, Texas Tax Code section 34.015 requires an unexpired written statement from the Denton County Tax Assessor/Collector confirming the purchaser owes no delinquent taxes to the county, any school district, or any city in the county. Without that statement the officer will not deliver the deed. The county asks buyers to request it at least 5 business days before the sale using the notarized Request for Written Statement form with a $10 fee (cash or money order, no personal checks).
Sale format and venue
Denton County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Denton 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 Sheriff's Sale notices, rules and FAQs for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Bidding runs on GovEase; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Denton County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Denton County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Sheriff's Sale notices, rules and FAQs. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidders register and get approved on GovEase before the auction. Sale Rules paragraph 7: "A bidder who wishes to participate in the sale must register and be approved online through the GovEase website and upload a form of identification issued by a government agency (i.e., Driver's License)." No deposit is required before the sale, and the FAQs describe an online/live bid process. The winning bidder pays the full bid by ACH/E-Check through GovEase before 4 pm on the day of sale; payment plans are not accepted. Separately, Texas Tax Code section 34.015 requires an unexpired written statement from the Denton County Tax Assessor/Collector confirming the purchaser owes no delinquent taxes to the county, any school district, or any city in the county. Without that statement the officer will not deliver the deed. The county asks buyers to request it at least 5 business days before the sale using the notarized Request for Written Statement form with a $10 fee (cash or money order, no personal checks).
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
- Sale contact on the Sheriff's Sale page is Sgt. Gerald Wright, reachable through the county's Sheriff's Sale contact form at https://www.dentoncounty.gov/FormCenter/Contact-Forms-4/Sheriffs-Sale-176. No direct phone for him is published on that page.
- Bidder written statements come from the Tax Assessor/Collector, not the Sheriff. Denton County Tax Assessor / Collector, Mary and Jim Horn Government Center, 1505 E McKinney Street, Denton, TX 76209, phone 940-349-3500. Mail the notarized Request for Written Statement with the $10 fee to Dawn Waye, Tax Assessor/Collector, Attn: Tax Certificates, P.O. Box 90223, Denton, TX 76202.
- Source conflict to watch: the Tax Assessor/Collector's Delinquent Tax Sales page still says "Sheriff's Sales are conducted on the first Tuesday of each month at the Denton County Courts Building at 1450 E McKinney Street in Denton, Texas at 10 am," while the Sheriff's Sale page, the Sale Rules, the Sale FAQs, and the county's GovEase flyer all describe an online auction on GovEase. Treat the Sheriff's Office pages as current and confirm the venue before each sale.
- The county's GovEase flyer points bidders to the live auction login at https://liveauctions.govease.com/Account/Login and to bidder help at http://www.govease.com/bidderhelp.
- Sheriff's Sale Results are posted as PDFs at https://www.dentoncounty.gov/845/Sheriffs-Sale-Results. The most recent posted at the time of research was April 2026.
- The Sheriff's Office does not conduct trustee or lender foreclosure sales, only tax sales ordered by the district courts.
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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