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Llano County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Llano 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 Llano County, seat of Llano: 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, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central.
Format
RealAuction
Registration
Bidding is fully online through the county auction site.
County office
325-247-4165
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How Llano County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

No Texas office sells tax lien certificates to investors.

Tax deed sale

RealAuction
Run by
Llano County Sheriff's Office (sale conducted by the Sheriff under an order of sale from the District Court of Llano County; the Llano County Tax Assessor-Collector posts the notices)
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
First Tuesday of the month, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central.
Registration
Bidding is fully online through the county auction site.
Sale list
TAX SALES / TRUSTEE LISTS (Notice of Sale)
When it runs
First Tuesday of the month, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central. The December 2025 Notice of Sale reads: properties will be offered "on the first Tuesday in December, 2025, the same being the 2nd day of said month, Pursuant to Texas Tax Code 34.01" and the sale runs "between the hours of 10 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m. on said day, beginning at 10:00 AM." The auction FAQ states: "The sales are conducted between 10:00 a.m. CT and 4:00 p.m. CT. All sales will cease at 4:00 p.m. CT on the day of the sales and any sales not completed may be reposted for a future date." Llano posts a Notice of Sale only when properties are ready, so check the Tax Assessor-Collector page rather than assuming a sale every month.
Registration and deposit

Bidding is fully online through the county auction site. The FAQ states anyone may bid "by registering here at least five (5) business days before the auction" and that "a deposit equal to 5% of the bidders intended total bid must be in place prior to the auction." The deposit must be made by ACH or wire transfer and must be settled and allocated in the bidder's account before the auction starts. ACH takes 5 business banking days to settle and wires can take 48 hours. One account is established per bidder. Properties are auctioned in sale number order and sold to the highest bidder, and the county may remove a property from the auction at any time. The balance of a winning bid is due within 24 hours of the close of the online sale.

Sale format and venue
Llano County runs its tax foreclosure sales online, not on the courthouse steps. The Notice of Sale cites a "Resolution To Allow Online Auctions For Tax Foreclosure Sales And To Adopt Rules Governing Online Auctions" adopted by vote of the Commissioners Court on August 8, 2022 and recorded as instrument number 2206609 in the Official Real Property Records of Llano County. Sheriff Marquis Cantu signed the December 2025 notice. Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, L.L.P. acts as delinquent tax attorney for the plaintiff taxing units, and the notice lists (512) 634-3701 for questions. Each notice tabulates sale number, cause number and judgment date, account number and order issue date, style of case, legal description, adjudged value, and estimated minimum bid. The notice states the minimum bid is the lesser of the judgment amount plus interest and costs or the adjudged value, that a higher minimum applies to an owner or a party to the suit, that all sales are subject to cancellation without prior notice, that additional taxes may have accrued since judgment, and that any property sold remains subject to the defendants' right of redemption. The Tax Assessor-Collector office collects property taxes and hosts the sale notices; it does not conduct the auction.
Register on RealAuction
Source: Llano County Notice of Sale dated October 31, 2025 for the December 2, 2025 sale, signed by Sheriff Marquis Cantu· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Llano County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Llano 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 TAX SALES / TRUSTEE LISTS (Notice of Sale) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Bidding is fully online through the county auction site. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    First Tuesday of the month, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central. Bidding runs on RealAuction; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Llano County Sheriff's Office (sale conducted by the Sheriff under an order of sale from the District Court of Llano County; the Llano County Tax Assessor-Collector posts the notices) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Llano County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from TAX SALES / TRUSTEE LISTS (Notice of Sale). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidding is fully online through the county auction site. The FAQ states anyone may bid "by registering here at least five (5) business days before the auction" and that "a deposit equal to 5% of the bidders intended total bid must be in place prior to the auction." The deposit must be made by ACH or wire transfer and must be settled and allocated in the bidder's account before the auction starts. ACH takes 5 business banking days to settle and wires can take 48 hours. One account is established per bidder. Properties are auctioned in sale number order and sold to the highest bidder, and the county may remove a property from the auction at any time. The balance of a winning bid is due within 24 hours of the close of the online sale.

  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

Llano County Tax Assessor-Collector (Kris Fogelberg)

325-247-4165

100 West Sandstone, P.O. Box 307, Llano, Texas 78643

Official website

County notes

  • The Tax Assessor-Collector main office sits at 100 West Sandstone in Llano, across from the county courthouse, open 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Branch offices operate at 101 Ferguson Rd., Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657 (830-598-2296) and 8347 RR 1431, Buchanan Dam, TX 78609 (512-793-2052), both Monday through Friday 8:30am to 4:00pm. Source: llano_tac.
  • The auction site FAQ cites Texas Property Tax Code Sections 34.01(a-1) and 34.05(d) as the authority for conducting the sale online, which covers both first-time foreclosure sales and resales of struck-off property. Source: llano_realauction_faq.
  • The Realauction platform hosts many Texas counties on the same system (Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Caldwell, Cameron, Dallas, El Paso, Ellis, Galveston, Gregg, Hopkins, Jackson, Kaufman, Matagorda, Montgomery, Nueces, Orange, San Patricio, Smith, Travis, Tyler, Victoria, Wilson), so bidder mechanics carry over across those counties. Source: llano_realauction.
  • The December 2, 2025 notice listed 8 sale items with estimated minimum bids from $668.00 to $12,030.20, including Buchanan Lake Village and Horseshoe Bay subdivision lots plus a mobile home. That is a small, land-heavy docket typical of Hill Country counties. Source: llano_notice_of_sale.
  • The Llano County property search runs on Southwest Data Solutions; tax payments go through www.isouthwestdata.com or IVR at 877-690-3729 with Jurisdiction Code 6691. Source: llano_tac.
  • Notice of Sale PDFs use date-stamped file names under /upload/page/0069/ on the county site, so the durable entry point is the TAX SALES / TRUSTEE LISTS accordion on the Tax Assessor-Collector page rather than any single PDF URL. Source: llano_tac.
  • The auction site returns HTTP 403 to plain automated fetches but loads normally with a standard browser user agent. Treat it as browser-only for any future scraping.

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 Llano 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 Llano County hold tax deed sales?

Llano County holds its tax deed sale once a year. First Tuesday of the month, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central. 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 Llano County Sheriff's Office (sale conducted by the Sheriff under an order of sale from the District Court of Llano County; the Llano County Tax Assessor-Collector posts the notices) 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 Llano County tax sale list?

Llano County posts its tax sale list at llanocounty.gov. 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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