Harrison County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Harrison 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 Harrison County, seat of Marshall: 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, matching the Texas statewide sale day.
- Format
- County site
- Registration
- Register online through the MVBA Tax Sales bidder registration page.
- County office
- (903) 935-8411
On this page
How Harrison County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Harrison County Tax Assessor-Collector, with the sale conducted by MVBA Law (McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C.), the county's designated delinquent tax attorney
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- First Tuesday of the month, matching the Texas statewide sale day.
- Registration
- Register online through the MVBA Tax Sales bidder registration page.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register online through the MVBA Tax Sales bidder registration page. The MVBA listing states: "Bidders are required to register online at least 24 hours prior to the start of the Tax Sale in order to be eligible to bid on properties." MVBA's general sale information adds that a bidder must register with the person conducting the sale and "present a valid Driver's License or identification card issued by a State agency or the United States government" under Section 34.015 Texas Tax Code, that "The grantee named in the deed must be the same person who was the successful bidder", and that in certain counties the purchaser must also present a written statement from the County Tax Assessor-Collector showing no delinquent taxes are owed before a deed will issue. Registration questions go to info@mvbataxsales.com.
Sale format and venue
Harrison County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Harrison 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 MVBA Monthly Tax Sales (Harrison County entry links to the MVBA online auction) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
First Tuesday of the month, matching the Texas statewide sale day. Bidding runs on County site; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Harrison County Tax Assessor-Collector, with the sale conducted by MVBA Law (McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C.), the county's designated delinquent tax attorney as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Harrison County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from MVBA Monthly Tax Sales (Harrison County entry links to the MVBA online auction). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Register online through the MVBA Tax Sales bidder registration page. The MVBA listing states: "Bidders are required to register online at least 24 hours prior to the start of the Tax Sale in order to be eligible to bid on properties." MVBA's general sale information adds that a bidder must register with the person conducting the sale and "present a valid Driver's License or identification card issued by a State agency or the United States government" under Section 34.015 Texas Tax Code, that "The grantee named in the deed must be the same person who was the successful bidder", and that in certain counties the purchaser must also present a written statement from the County Tax Assessor-Collector showing no delinquent taxes are owed before a deed will issue. Registration questions go to info@mvbataxsales.com.
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
Harrison County Tax Assessor-Collector (Harrison County Tax Office)
Harrison County Courthouse, 200 West Houston, Suite 108, PO Box 967, Marshall, TX 75671
Official websiteCounty notes
- County seat is Marshall. The Tax Assessor-Collector also staffs branch offices at 200 W Main, Hallsville, phone (903) 668-4156, and 165 W Texas Ave, Waskom, phone (903) 923-6083. Elizabeth Cook is listed as Interim Tax Assessor.
- The Harrison County Clerk records the sale postings. Heather Henigan, Harrison County Clerk, Harrison County Courthouse, 200 W. Houston, Suite 143, P.O. Box 1365, Marshall, TX 75671, phone (903) 935-8403. The Clerk's "Foreclosure & Tax Sales" section publishes dated sale-information PDFs and links to mvbataxsales.com.
- The Harrison County Sheriff's Office is at 200 West Houston, Marshall, Texas 75670, non-emergency (903) 923-4000, civil division (903) 923-6420. The Sheriff's own page carries no tax sale calendar or listings.
- The August 2026 online auction is a resale of property already struck off to the County of Harrison and the Harrison Central Appraisal District, so bidders should expect resale inventory rather than a first-pass foreclosure sale in that month.
- Property records for due diligence: Harrison County tax search at southwestdatasolution.com (dbkey=HARRISONTAX) and the Harrison Central Appraisal District at harrisoncad.net, both linked from the Tax Assessor-Collector page.
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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