Liberty County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Liberty 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 Liberty County, seat of Liberty: 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 the courthouse door in the City of Liberty.
- Format
- In person
- County office
- 936-336-4633
On this page
How Liberty County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Liberty County Sheriff's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- First Tuesday of the month, at the courthouse door in the City of Liberty.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is in person and registration happens at the sale: "At the time the sale begins, all bidders must be registered with the Officer who conducts the sale." The buyer must also produce an unexpired written statement from the Liberty County Tax Assessor-Collector that no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed to the county, school district or municipality (Texas Tax Code 34.015). County delinquent tax counsel instructs bidders: "You must obtain your tax certificate from the liberty county tax office 2 weeks before the auction." The sale is for cash, and purchasers receive "an ordinary type of Sheriffs Deed which is without warranty, express or implied."
Sale format and venue
Liberty County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Liberty 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 Sheriff's Tax Auction notice and property list (Davis, Fielder & Sylvia, PLLC) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
First Tuesday of the month, at the courthouse door in the City of Liberty. 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.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Liberty County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Liberty County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Sheriff's Tax Auction notice and property list (Davis, Fielder & Sylvia, PLLC). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is in person and registration happens at the sale: "At the time the sale begins, all bidders must be registered with the Officer who conducts the sale." The buyer must also produce an unexpired written statement from the Liberty County Tax Assessor-Collector that no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed to the county, school district or municipality (Texas Tax Code 34.015). County delinquent tax counsel instructs bidders: "You must obtain your tax certificate from the liberty county tax office 2 weeks before the auction." The sale is for cash, and purchasers receive "an ordinary type of Sheriffs Deed which is without warranty, express or implied."
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 sale is in person only. The notice places it "at the Courthouse door of said County, in the City of Liberty, Texas" and names no online auction site.
- Bidders must register with the officer conducting the sale at the time the sale begins, and must show an unexpired written statement from the Liberty County Tax Assessor-Collector that no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed. County counsel advises getting that tax certificate about two weeks before the auction.
- Payment is cash and the deed is an ordinary Sheriff's Deed without warranty, so title and condition risk sit entirely with the bidder.
- The Tax Assessor-Collector's own Tax Sale Listings document directs buyers to the delinquent tax attorney or to the Tax Assessor-Collector's office for a list. Area contacts named on it are David Taylor at (936) 336-4633 for Liberty ISD, Hardin ISD and Hull-Daisetta ISD property, and Mike Fielder at (936) 258-5536 for Dayton ISD, Devers ISD, Cleveland and Tarkington ISD property.
- Struck-off trust property that did not sell at a Sheriff's sale is offered by written resale offer, listed by school district at https://dfstxlaw.com/tax-properties-for-sale/, with links to Liberty County Appraisal District records at esearch.libertycad.com.
- Tax Assessor-Collector branch offices: 304 Campbell, Cleveland, TX 77327, (281) 593-8415; 1300 West Clayton Street, Dayton, TX 77535, (936) 258-4705. The Liberty County Sheriff's Office is at 5345 North Main, Liberty, TX 77575, (936) 336-4500.
- The county payment portal libertycountytax.com handles property tax search and payment only and carries no tax sale information.
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.
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