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Tax Sale Atlas

Gaines County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Gaines 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 state rules plus what the county publishes on Jul 27, 2026.

How tax deed sales work in Gaines County, seat of Seminole: 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 the Gaines County Courthouse, 101 S Main St, Seminole.
Format
In person
Registration
Gaines County publishes no bidder registration page.
County office
(432) 758-4008
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How Gaines 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
Gaines County Sheriff's Office
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
First Tuesday of the month at the Gaines County Courthouse, 101 S Main St, Seminole.
Registration
Gaines County publishes no bidder registration page.
Sale list
Foreclosures and Sales (county notice postings)
When it runs
First Tuesday of the month at the Gaines County Courthouse, 101 S Main St, Seminole. Notices posted by the county read: "sell on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, (that being the first Tuesday of said month), at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in the area designated by the County Commissioners Court at the hour of 10:00 o'clock, a.m. or within three hours thereafter". Other posted notices set 1:00 p.m. as the earliest time, with the place given as "At the County Courthouse of Gaines County, Texas, at the area between the west edge of the Courthouse's west porch and middle landing of inside stairs leading into the Courthouse from the west door". Gaines County publishes no separate tax sale calendar, so confirm each date with the offices below.
Registration and deposit

Gaines County publishes no bidder registration page. Under Texas Tax Code Section 34.015 a bidder must obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes are owed, then present it to the officer conducting the sale. Request that statement from the Gaines County Tax Assessor-Collector at 101 South Main St, Room 205, Seminole, TX 79360, (432) 758-4008, taxoffice@co.gaines.tx.us. Posted notices state terms of cash or certified funds for the full purchase price at the time of sale.

Sale format and venue
Gaines County has no dedicated tax sale page. The county posts every sale notice as a scanned PDF on its Foreclosures and Sales page, indexed by month and notice number back to 2014. Ten recent notices were opened and read (September 2026 through October 2025) and all were deed-of-trust substitute trustee sales rather than Tax Code Chapter 34 sales, so no live redeemable tax deed sale could be confirmed for this county. The Gaines County Appraisal District names Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott, L.L.P. as the delinquent tax attorneys, and that firm's public site carries no county sale listings. No online auction platform appears on any county source, so treat the sale as in person on the courthouse steps until the sheriff's office says otherwise. Verify the officer conducting a given sale, the exact date, and minimum bid with the Tax Assessor-Collector at (432) 758-4008 and the Sheriff's Office at (432) 758-9871 before bidding. In person at the Gaines County Courthouse (no online auction platform published by the county)
Source: Gaines County Foreclosures and Sales (notice postings)· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Gaines County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Gaines 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 Foreclosures and Sales (county notice postings) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Gaines County publishes no bidder registration page. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    First Tuesday of the month at the Gaines County Courthouse, 101 S Main St, Seminole. 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 Gaines County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Gaines County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Foreclosures and Sales (county notice postings). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Gaines County publishes no bidder registration page. Under Texas Tax Code Section 34.015 a bidder must obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes are owed, then present it to the officer conducting the sale. Request that statement from the Gaines County Tax Assessor-Collector at 101 South Main St, Room 205, Seminole, TX 79360, (432) 758-4008, taxoffice@co.gaines.tx.us. Posted notices state terms of cash or certified funds for the full purchase price at the time of sale.

  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

Gaines County Office of the County Tax Assessor-Collector

(432) 758-4008

101 South Main St, Room 205, Seminole, TX 79360

Official website

County notes

  • Tax Assessor-Collector is Tarran DeLeon. Seminole office: 101 South Main St, Room 205, Seminole, TX 79360, phone (432) 758-4008, fax (432) 955-1005, email taxoffice@co.gaines.tx.us. Hours Monday through Thursday 7:30 am to 5:00 pm, Friday 7:30 am to 12:00 pm.
  • A second tax office branch operates at 311 Hill St, Seagraves, TX 79359, phone (806) 932-6048.
  • Sheriff is J.A. Vest. Gaines County Law Enforcement Center, 305 E Avenue A, Seminole, TX 79360, 24-hour dispatch (432) 758-9871. The Sheriff's Office page carries no sale listings.
  • The Gaines County Constable page carries no name, direct phone, or sale information.
  • Gaines County Appraisal District links Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott, L.L.P. (pbfcm.com) as its delinquent tax attorneys. The firm's site publishes no county-by-county sale list.
  • Every posted notice sampled placed the sale at the area designated by the Commissioners Court under Texas Property Code Section 51.002, described as the west porch of the courthouse and the middle landing of the inside stairs leading in from the west door. A Chapter 34 tax sale would use the same designated area.
  • Notices are filed with Terri Berry, Gaines County Clerk, and scanned to the county site, so the Foreclosures and Sales page is the practical place to watch for a tax sale notice.
  • Gaines County is not among the counties listed on MVBA's upcoming Texas tax sale calendar.

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 Gaines 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 Gaines County hold tax deed sales?

Gaines County holds its tax deed sale once a year. First Tuesday of the month at the Gaines County Courthouse, 101 S Main St, Seminole. 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 Gaines County Sheriff's Office 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 Gaines County tax sale list?

Gaines County posts its tax sale list at co.gaines.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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