El Paso County, TX tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •The El Paso Consolidated Tax Office "collects property taxes on behalf of all the 44 units of government that levy a tax within El Paso County," so it is the assessor-collector of record for property tax, not the county Tax Assessor-Collector. Address 221 N. Kansas, Suite 300, El Paso, TX 79901, phone (915) 212-0106. Unpaid amounts become delinquent February 1. Source: city_tax_office.
• •The Sec. 34.015 written statement of no delinquent taxes is requested from the City of El Paso Tax Office at P.O. Box 2992, El Paso, TX 79999-2992. The form must be notarized and must list all property the requester now owns or formerly owned in El Paso County or in any city or school district located at least partly in El Paso County. Source: ra_stmt_form.
• •The El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector is a separate office at 301 Manny Martinez Dr., 1st Floor, El Paso, TX 79905, phone 915-273-3430, email ctaxassessor@epcounty.com. Its department page names Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP as the county's delinquent tax collections firm and links to lgbs.com. Source: epc_tac, epc_dept_directory.
• •El Paso County Sheriff's Office, 3850 Justice Street, El Paso, TX 79938, phone 915-273-3800. The bidder letter on the auction site routes questions three ways: Realauction customer service toll free at (877) 361-7325 for site problems, Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson at (915) 533-6637 for the tax sale process, and the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Civil Section at (915) 538-2253 for everything else. Source: epc_sheriff, ra_bidder_letter.
• •Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP El Paso office: 221 North Kansas St., Suite 1400, El Paso, TX 79901, phone (915) 545-5481. The firm's Tax Sale Properties search at taxsales.lgbs.com carries El Paso County listings, including struck-off tracts marked Available for Future Sale with estimated minimum bids. Source: lgbs_elpaso_office, lgbs_taxsales.
• •Deposits and final payments are wire transfer only, sent to the El Paso County Auditor's Office payable to El Paso County. Each wire carries a $10.00 transaction fee, and using the pre-auction wire instructions for a post-auction payment triggers a $100 Wire Convenience Fee deducted from the escrow balance. Source: ra_faq.
• •The auction preview page cites Tex. Tax Code Sec. 34.011 and Sec. 34.015 as the bidder deposit and eligibility rules, and Sec. 34.01(a-1) as the authority for electronic bidding. Source: ra_preview_20260804.
• •Individual properties are routinely pulled before sale day. On the August 4, 2026 Linebarger list, 8 of the 12 scheduled tracts were marked Scheduled for Online Auction and 4 were marked Cancelled, so verify status on the auction site the morning of the sale. Source: lgbs_list_20260804.
• •The county's own epcounty.com site does not host a tax sale page. All sale mechanics live on the Realauction-operated El Paso County site at elpaso.texas.sheriffsaleauctions.com, which the county links out from as its official online auction. Source: epc_tac, ra_process.

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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