Hopkins County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Hopkins 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 Hopkins County, seat of Sulphur Springs: 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
- Texas tax foreclosure sales run on the first Tuesday of the month under Tex.
- Format
- RealAuction
- Registration
- Bidding is online through the county's RealForeclose site.
- County office
- 903-438-4063
On this page
How Hopkins County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Hopkins County Constable's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Texas tax foreclosure sales run on the first Tuesday of the month under Tex.
- Registration
- Bidding is online through the county's RealForeclose site.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is online through the county's RealForeclose site. The Tax Foreclosure Sale Process page states: "Anyone may bid on the properties by registering on this site at least five (5) business days before the auction. One account will be established for each bidder." The FAQ adds that "a deposit equal to 5% of the bidders intended total bid must be made prior to the auction. This deposit must be made via ACH or wire transfer," that ACH takes 5 business banking days to settle and wires up to 48 hours, and that deposits must be settled and allocated to Hopkins County before the auction starts. Winning bidders owe the balance by 4:30 p.m. CT on the sale date, paid "via wire transfer or in person to the Linebarger Law Firm Representative located in the Hopkins County Tax office, 128 Jefferson St, Sulphur Springs, Texas." Linebarger's Hopkins County record answers bidder registration only with "For more information, contact the officer conducting the sale," so confirm any Tex. Tax Code § 34.015 written statement of no delinquent taxes with the Constable's office before you bid.
Sale format and venue
Hopkins County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Hopkins 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 Tax sale property list, Hopkins County (Linebarger) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Texas tax foreclosure sales run on the first Tuesday of the month under Tex. Bidding runs on RealAuction; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Hopkins County Constable's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Hopkins County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax sale property list, Hopkins County (Linebarger). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is online through the county's RealForeclose site. The Tax Foreclosure Sale Process page states: "Anyone may bid on the properties by registering on this site at least five (5) business days before the auction. One account will be established for each bidder." The FAQ adds that "a deposit equal to 5% of the bidders intended total bid must be made prior to the auction. This deposit must be made via ACH or wire transfer," that ACH takes 5 business banking days to settle and wires up to 48 hours, and that deposits must be settled and allocated to Hopkins County before the auction starts. Winning bidders owe the balance by 4:30 p.m. CT on the sale date, paid "via wire transfer or in person to the Linebarger Law Firm Representative located in the Hopkins County Tax office, 128 Jefferson St, Sulphur Springs, Texas." Linebarger's Hopkins County record answers bidder registration only with "For more information, contact the officer conducting the sale," so confirm any Tex. Tax Code § 34.015 written statement of no delinquent taxes with the Constable's office before you bid.
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
- The office that conducts the sale is the Hopkins County Constable, Precinct 1. The county lists Constable Dennis Findley at 128k Jefferson St., Sulphur Springs, TX 75482, phone (903) 438-4001.
- The Tax Assessor-Collector office is open "Monday - Friday 8:00 am until 4:30 pm" and lists 903-438-4063 for tax and voter registration, 903-438-4067 for motor vehicle, and fax 903-438-4015.
- Linebarger's Hopkins County record still lists a physical sale location, "at the Southwest steps, 118 Church Street of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of Sulphur Springs, Texas," while the county's own auction site states sales are now conducted entirely online. Read the published notice of sale for each specific sale.
- Notice of sale is published in the Sulphur Springs News Telegram, per Linebarger's Hopkins County record.
- Payment goes to the "Linebarger Law Firm" by wire transfer, or in person to the Linebarger representative located inside the Hopkins County Tax Office at 128 Jefferson St.
- Struck-off inventory exists. Linebarger's Hopkins County feed showed 2 struck-off parcels marked "Available for Future Sale" on 2026-07-26, both in Sulphur Springs (Carter Street and Oma Street). Linebarger's Hopkins County record states: "Property that is not sold at a tax sale and is struck off to the taxing jurisdictions in trust will be offered at a later date."
- The Hopkins County Sheriff's Office page carries no tax sale content. Do not route bidders there. Sheriff Lewis Tatum, 298 Rosemont, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482, (903) 438-4040.
- The Linebarger portal is an Angular single page app with no server-rendered county deep link. The two API URLs cited in sources return the Hopkins County sale detail and property records directly and are the falsifiable evidence for the sale location, hours, payment, and notice facts.
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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