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Grimes County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Grimes 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 Grimes County, seat of Anderson: 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
Tax sale scheduled for October 6, 2026.Tuesday · 2026
Format
In person
Registration
No county-published bidder registration page exists for Grimes County.
County office
(936) 873-4465
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On this page

How Grimes 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
Sale is held at the Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson. Grimes County does not publish an officer-specific sale page; under Tex. Tax Code § 34.01 the conducting officer is the sheriff or constable. Delinquent tax collection and sale advertising are handled by the county's delinquent tax attorneys, McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen (MVBA) and Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson (LGBS), both named on the appraisal district site.
Frequency
annual
Next sale
Tax sale scheduled for October 6, 2026.
Registration
No county-published bidder registration page exists for Grimes County.
Sale list
Delinquent tax sale information (MVBA, the firm both the County Clerk and Grimes CAD link to)
When it runs
Grimes CAD posts: "Next Delinquent Tax Sale Scheduled for October 6, 2026. The next delinquent tax sale is scheduled for October 6, 2026 at the Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson, Texas." The County Clerk states the monthly sale window: "Foreclosure sales are held on the first Tuesday of each month at the south entrance to the Courthouse located at 100 Main Street in Anderson, Texas at 10:00 a.m." Tax sales follow the same first-Tuesday cadence, but Grimes runs them only when the delinquent tax attorneys have judgments ready, not every month.
Registration and deposit

No county-published bidder registration page exists for Grimes County. Texas Tax Code § 34.015 requires bidders to obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed in the county, and to present it to the conducting officer before bidding. Request that statement from the Grimes County Tax Assessor-Collector at (936) 873-4465. Bidding is on site; confirm accepted payment methods with the conducting officer or the delinquent tax attorney named on the notice of sale.

Sale format and venue
Grimes County runs a traditional in-person courthouse-steps redeemable deed sale. Nothing on the county, appraisal district, or attorney sites indicates an online auction for Grimes, so plan to attend in Anderson. The County Clerk page links to https://mvbalaw.com/tax-sales/ for delinquent tax sale information and to the Grimes CAD delinquent tax rolls; Grimes CAD lists both http://www.mvbalaw.com/tax-sales and http://taxsales.lgbs.com/ as its delinquent tax attorneys' sites. As of this check, MVBA's monthly listing page showed August 2026 and September 2026 sale counties and did not yet include Grimes, so the October 6, 2026 property list had not been posted. The county also posts monthly foreclosure notice PDFs on its 2026 Foreclosure Sales page, which mixes substitute-trustee (mortgage) notices with courthouse sale postings. Struck-off property from prior sales is resold under § 34.05; ask the tax office or MVBA for the trust property list. Purchasers take a redeemable deed subject to § 34.21 redemption. In person at the Grimes County Courthouse, south entrance, 100 Main Street, Anderson. No online auction platform found.
Source: Grimes County Appraisal District, home page (delinquent tax sale notice)· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Grimes County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Grimes 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 Delinquent tax sale information (MVBA, the firm both the County Clerk and Grimes CAD link to) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    No county-published bidder registration page exists for Grimes County. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Tax sale scheduled for October 6, 2026. 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 Sale is held at the Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson. Grimes County does not publish an officer-specific sale page; under Tex. Tax Code § 34.01 the conducting officer is the sheriff or constable. Delinquent tax collection and sale advertising are handled by the county's delinquent tax attorneys, McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen (MVBA) and Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson (LGBS), both named on the appraisal district site. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Grimes County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Delinquent tax sale information (MVBA, the firm both the County Clerk and Grimes CAD link to). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    No county-published bidder registration page exists for Grimes County. Texas Tax Code § 34.015 requires bidders to obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed in the county, and to present it to the conducting officer before bidding. Request that statement from the Grimes County Tax Assessor-Collector at (936) 873-4465. Bidding is on site; confirm accepted payment methods with the conducting officer or the delinquent tax attorney named on the notice 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

Grimes County Tax Assessor-Collector

(936) 873-4465

Grimes County Justice & Business Center, 270 FM 149 W, Anderson, TX 77830. Mailing: P.O. Box 455, Anderson, TX 77830

Official website

County notes

  • Grimes County's sale is in person at the courthouse in Anderson. No online bidding platform was found on any official source.
  • Dates conflict across official pages: Grimes CAD shows the next delinquent tax sale on October 6, 2026, while the County Clerk's Foreclosure Sales page still shows October 7, 2025 (page last updated 1/9/2026). Treat the CAD notice as current and confirm by phone before travelling.
  • Two delinquent tax law firms serve the county, MVBA and LGBS, so the sale list for a given taxing unit may appear on either firm's site.
  • Tax office contact verified: (936) 873-4465, 270 FM 149 W, Anderson, TX 77830, mailing P.O. Box 455.
  • Grimes CAD publishes annual delinquent tax rolls as PDFs (2008 through 2025), useful for pre-sale research but not the sale list itself.
  • The Grimes County Sheriff's website (grimescountyso.org) failed to load over TLS during this research, so no sheriff-side sale details were verified.

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 Grimes 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 Grimes County hold tax deed sales?

Grimes County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Grimes CAD posts: "Next Delinquent Tax Sale Scheduled for October 6, 2026. 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 Sale is held at the Grimes County Courthouse in Anderson. Grimes County does not publish an officer-specific sale page; under Tex. Tax Code § 34.01 the conducting officer is the sheriff or constable. Delinquent tax collection and sale advertising are handled by the county's delinquent tax attorneys, McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen (MVBA) and Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson (LGBS), both named on the appraisal district site. 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 Grimes County tax sale list?

Grimes County posts its tax sale list at mvbalaw.com. 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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