Gillespie County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Gillespie 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 Gillespie County, seat of Fredericksburg: 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
- Not published by Gillespie County.
- Registration
- No county bidder-registration page exists.
- County office
- 830-997-6519
On this page
How Gillespie County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Gillespie County Sheriff's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published by Gillespie County.
- Registration
- No county bidder-registration page exists.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No county bidder-registration page exists. Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.015 requires a bidder to present a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed; request that statement from the Gillespie County Tax Assessor-Collector at 830-997-6519 (101 West Main Street, Room 104, Fredericksburg). Verify current registration steps with the Sheriff's Office at 830-997-7585 before the sale.
Sale format and venue
Gillespie County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Gillespie 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 Gillespie CAD delinquent tax roll (report and data export) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Not published by Gillespie County. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Gillespie County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Gillespie County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Gillespie CAD delinquent tax roll (report and data export). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
No county bidder-registration page exists. Texas Tax Code Sec. 34.015 requires a bidder to present a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed; request that statement from the Gillespie County Tax Assessor-Collector at 830-997-6519 (101 West Main Street, Room 104, Fredericksburg). Verify current registration steps with the Sheriff's Office at 830-997-7585 before the sale.
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
- Gillespie County (county seat Fredericksburg) publishes no dedicated tax sale page. A full index of the official county site at gillespiecounty.gov was reviewed in July 2026 and contains no delinquent tax sale, sheriff sale, resale, or struck-off property page.
- No online auction platform is published by the county or the appraisal district. Treat this as an in person courthouse sale until the Sheriff's Office confirms otherwise.
- Property tax billing and collection for Gillespie County is handled by the Gillespie Central Appraisal District, not the county Tax Assessor-Collector. The Tax Assessor-Collector office at 101 West Main Street handles motor vehicle and title work; the appraisal district collections line is 830-997-9809.
- The appraisal district posts a county-specific delinquent tax roll report and a downloadable export on its Public Information page, refreshed monthly. This is the best public view of the delinquency pipeline, but it is not a scheduled sale list.
- Watch the County Clerk's Foreclosures and Trustee Sales page for any notice of sale filed with the clerk. Under House Bill 584 the county must post filed sale notices there without charge or registration.
- Gillespie County Sheriff's Office: 1601 East Main Street, Law Enforcement Center, Fredericksburg, TX 78624, phone 830-997-7585. The county lists conducting sales of seized and unclaimed properties among the Sheriff's duties.
- Texas is a redeemable deed state. Under Tax Code Sec. 34.21 the former owner may redeem within two years at a 25 percent or 50 percent premium for homestead, agricultural use, and mineral interests, and within 180 days at 25 percent for other property, so underwrite for a redemption, not a clean title on sale day.
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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