Hardeman County, TX tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Tax Assessor/Collector is Jan Evans. Physical address 300 South Main Street, Quanah; mailing address P.O. Box 30, Quanah, TX 79252-0030. Phone (940) 663-5221, fax (940) 663-2770, email hardemantax@co.hardeman.tx.us. The office page offers online tax payment through Certified Payments and a "Search Our Data" link to hardemancountytax.org, but says nothing about tax sales.
• •The Texas Comptroller directory lists the street address as 300 S. Main St., Quanah, Texas 79252-4016 while the county page prints 79252-0030 for the same street address. 79252-0030 is the P.O. Box 30 ZIP+4. Use the P.O. Box for mail.
• •The Texas Comptroller directory identifies the Hardeman County Tax Assessor-Collector as the Collecting Unit for consolidated taxing units, so this office collects county property taxes rather than the appraisal district.
• •Sheriff is Pat Laughery. Physical address 318 Mercer Street, Quanah; mailing P.O. Box 266, Quanah, TX 79252-0266; phone (940) 663-5374. The Sheriff's page carries no notice of sale of any kind.
• •Constable is Billy Walkup, phone (940) 663-2901, mailing P.O. Box 30, Quanah, TX 79252-0030. Under Texas Tax Code § 34.01 either the sheriff or a constable may conduct the sale, and neither office publishes notices online.
• •Hardeman County Appraisal District: chief appraiser Richard Petree (interim), 403 S. Main St., Quanah, TX 79252-4017, mailing P.O. Box 388, Quanah, TX 79252-0388, taxpayer liaison phone 940-663-2532, fax 940-663-6490, email hcad@qisd.net, site hardemancad.org. The CAD site has no tax sale, struck-off, or resale content.
• •The county tax portal at hardemancountytax.org is a property search and payment site only. It publishes no delinquent tax roll and no sale list. Its contact block renders dummy text ("test1", "test2", "test3") instead of real details, so it was not used as a contact source.
• •No online auction platform was verified for this county. Do not assume GovEase, RealAuction, or Bid4Assets coverage.
• •No sale list or delinquent list URL exists. Nothing was found on the county site or on any of the three statewide delinquent tax law firm portals checked.
• •Data quality is low because Hardeman County publishes no redeemable tax deed sale page. The contacts here are confirmed on the county's own official site and the Texas Comptroller directory; the sale mechanics fall back to the Texas statewide statutory defaults in Tax Code Chapter 34.

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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