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Lee County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Lee 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 Lee County, seat of Giddings: 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 at 10:00 AM.
Format
In person
Registration
No online bidder portal.
County office
(979) 542-2640
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How Lee 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
Lee County Sheriff's Office conducts the sale (the Sheriff's site carries a dedicated Sheriffs Sales section). Delinquent tax suits, sale postings and property listings are handled by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP (LGBS) on behalf of the Lee County taxing units, and the sale is physically held at the Lee County Tax Assessor-Collector's office building.
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM.
Registration
No online bidder portal.
Sale list
LGBS Tax Sale Properties map and list (filter to Lee County, TX)
When it runs
First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM. The LGBS Lee County detail states the sale location is "at the front door of the Lee County Tax Office located at 898 East Richmond, Giddings, TX 78942." and that "Sales are typically scheduled for: 10:00 AM". The LGBS FAQ states: "Public Tax Sales may only be conducted on the first Tuesday of the month except when January 1 or July 4 occurs on the first Tuesday. Then Sales may be conducted on the first Wednesday of the month." Lee County does not hold a sale every month. As of July 26, 2026 no Lee County sale date appeared on the LGBS scheduled-sales list; the only Lee County record was a struck-off tract marked "Available for Future Sale". Notice of sale is published in the Giddings Times.
Registration and deposit

No online bidder portal. The LGBS Lee County detail states, under Bidder Registration: "For more information, contact the officer conducting the sale." Payment terms for Lee County are listed as "Cash or Cashier's Check", with the payee also referred to the officer conducting the sale. Bidders should also obtain the Texas Tax Code Section 34.015 written statement that no delinquent taxes are owed, issued by the Lee County Tax Assessor-Collector, before bidding.

Sale format and venue
This is an IN PERSON sale, not an online auction. Bidding happens at the front door of the Lee County Tax Office at 898 East Richmond, Giddings, TX 78942, not on an auction platform, so there is no platform URL. Lee County's own websites publish no sale calendar: the Sheriff's Sheriffs Sales page reads in full, "We will post information regarding Sheriff's Sales as it comes available.", and neither the county Tax Assessor-Collector page nor leetax.org mentions tax sales, struck-off property or a delinquent-tax law firm. Sale logistics therefore come from LGBS, the county's delinquent-tax counsel, whose Lee County record supplies the location, the 10:00 AM start, the cash or cashier's check payment rule and the Giddings Times publication. Buyers get a redeemable Sheriff's Deed subject to the Texas Tax Code Chapter 34 right of redemption. Struck-off tracts held in trust by the taxing units can come back for resale under Section 34.05; call the Tax Assessor-Collector at (979) 542-2640 for the current trust list, since no public struck-off list is posted on a county site.
Source: Lee County, TX county sale details (sale location, sale time, payment method, bidder registration, notice publication) served by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, the county's delinquent-tax law firm, and displayed on taxsales.lgbs.com· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Lee County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Lee 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 LGBS Tax Sale Properties map and list (filter to Lee County, TX) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    No online bidder portal. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM. 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 Lee County Sheriff's Office conducts the sale (the Sheriff's site carries a dedicated Sheriffs Sales section). Delinquent tax suits, sale postings and property listings are handled by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP (LGBS) on behalf of the Lee County taxing units, and the sale is physically held at the Lee County Tax Assessor-Collector's office building. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Lee County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from LGBS Tax Sale Properties map and list (filter to Lee County, TX). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    No online bidder portal. The LGBS Lee County detail states, under Bidder Registration: "For more information, contact the officer conducting the sale." Payment terms for Lee County are listed as "Cash or Cashier's Check", with the payee also referred to the officer conducting the sale. Bidders should also obtain the Texas Tax Code Section 34.015 written statement that no delinquent taxes are owed, issued by the Lee County Tax Assessor-Collector, before bidding.

  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

Lee County Tax Assessor-Collector (Lee County Tax Office), David Matthijetz

(979) 542-2640

898 E. Richmond St., Suite 103, Giddings, TX 78942. The Lee County Tax Office lists this as both the physical and mailing address; TxDMV lists the mailing ZIP+4 as 78942-4252. Fax (979) 542-3787. A branch office operates at 8871 US 77, Lexington, TX 78947, phone (979) 773-2266.

Official website

County notes

  • Sale conducting office: Lee County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Garrett Durrenberger, 2122 FM 448 (mailing P.O. Box 98), Giddings, TX 78942, non-emergency (979) 542-2800, hours Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Its Sheriffs Sales page is an unfinished stub and currently posts no sale list or schedule.
  • Lee County Tax Office hours are Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM per leetax.org.
  • Caution on one LGBS field: the Lee County "Struck-Off Properties" answer served by LGBS is boilerplate copied from another county and repeatedly names the "Lampasas Central Appraisal District" as the office taking sealed bids. That text should not be applied to Lee County. Verify struck-off and trust-property purchase procedure directly with the Lee County Tax Assessor-Collector.
  • As of July 26, 2026 the LGBS feed showed exactly one Lee County record, a struck-off tract at 396 Clark Ln, Giddings, TX 78942, status "Available for Future Sale", with an estimated minimum bid of $8,498.52 against an appraised value of $50,491. Minimum bid figures on the LGBS site are described as estimates only; the officer conducting the sale sets and announces the actual minimum bid.
  • Lee County did not appear on the MVBA upcoming Texas tax sales page (https://mvbalaw.com/tax-sales/month-sales/), which was checked and lists other Central Texas counties. LGBS is the firm publishing Lee County sale data.
  • The Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Lee County Clerk are separate posting points. The County Clerk at 843 East Industry, Giddings, TX 78942 posts private trustee and foreclosure sale notices, which are NOT tax sales, at a posted location on the west side of the County Clerk's office.
  • Two county web domains are live and both carry the same tax assessor-collector contact block: www.co.lee.tx.us and leecountytx.gov. Neither publishes tax sale notices.

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 Lee 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 Lee County hold tax deed sales?

Lee County holds its tax deed sale once a year. First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM. 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 Lee County Sheriff's Office conducts the sale (the Sheriff's site carries a dedicated Sheriffs Sales section). Delinquent tax suits, sale postings and property listings are handled by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP (LGBS) on behalf of the Lee County taxing units, and the sale is physically held at the Lee County Tax Assessor-Collector's office building. 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 Lee County tax sale list?

Lee County posts its tax sale list at taxsales.lgbs.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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