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Mills County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Mills 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 Mills County, seat of Goldthwaite: 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
No fixed annual date.
Format
In person
Registration
Mills CAD posts no county bidder-registration form or deposit schedule.
County office
(325) 648-3879
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How Mills 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
Mills County Sheriff or Constable, under an order of sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Mills County. Sale notices and results are posted by Mills Central Appraisal District, which handles collections for the taxing units.
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
No fixed annual date.
Registration
Mills CAD posts no county bidder-registration form or deposit schedule.
Sale list
Mills CAD Tax Sales (Notices of Sale)
When it runs
No fixed annual date. Sales are held only when properties are struck off to sale, always on a first Tuesday. Mills CAD states: "When a tax sale occurs they are held the first Tuesday of the month located at the North Door of the County Courthouse at 1011 4th Street in the City of Goldthwaite, Texas. Sale is set between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m." and "Upcoming tax sales will be posted 3 weeks prior to sale." Posted notices show an irregular cadence: June 1 2021, March 1 2022, February 7 2023, May 4 2023, April 2 2024, and July 1 2025 (the most recent notice on the page as of this check).
Registration and deposit

Mills CAD posts no county bidder-registration form or deposit schedule. The July 1, 2025 Notice of Sale states the Sheriff or Constable "will proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder all the right, title, and interest of the defendants in such suit(s)," bidding opening at 10:00 AM. Mills CAD adds: "Winning bidders have until 5 p.m. that same day to pay for the property at the Mills Central Appraisal District located at 901 Sixth Street, Goldthwaite, Texas." Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 a bidder must obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed, so contact the Mills County Tax Assessor-Collector at (325) 648-3879 before the sale to confirm the current procedure.

Sale format and venue
Mills County runs its redeemable tax deed sales in person only. There is no online auction platform and no online bidding portal. Bidders stand at the North Door of the Mills County Courthouse, 1011 4th Street, Goldthwaite, and pay cash to the highest bidder. Notices are posted about three weeks ahead on the Mills CAD Tax Sales page, and older notices move to a Previous Tax Sales archive. Each notice lists cause number, judgment date, account number, style of case, legal description, adjudged value, and an estimated minimum bid. The July 1, 2025 notice carried two tracts with estimated minimum bids of $1,605.00 and $1,196.00 against adjudged values of $67,840.00 and $95,740.00, one a 0.118 acre Goldthwaite townsite lot and one a 10.708 acre rural tract in the Archibald Thompson Survey. Suits are styled with Mills Central Appraisal District as lead plaintiff, so the CAD is the practical point of contact for the list rather than a private delinquent-tax law firm. The notice preserves the statutory redemption right: any property sold "shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the said property, or their interest therein, within the time and in the manner provided by law." Mills CAD also runs separate tax warrant sales, which seize business personal property and can be held at the property location at any time with no special posting requirement, so they are not the same as the first-Tuesday real property sale. The Mills County Sheriff's Office website carries no sale notices or civil process pages, so the Mills CAD Tax Sales page is the only reliable published list.
Source: Mills Central Appraisal District, Tax Sales page (sale timing, venue, terms, notice archive)· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Mills County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Mills 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 Mills CAD Tax Sales (Notices of Sale) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Mills CAD posts no county bidder-registration form or deposit schedule. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    No fixed annual date. 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 Mills County Sheriff or Constable, under an order of sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Mills County. Sale notices and results are posted by Mills Central Appraisal District, which handles collections for the taxing units. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Mills County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Mills CAD Tax Sales (Notices of Sale). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Mills CAD posts no county bidder-registration form or deposit schedule. The July 1, 2025 Notice of Sale states the Sheriff or Constable "will proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder all the right, title, and interest of the defendants in such suit(s)," bidding opening at 10:00 AM. Mills CAD adds: "Winning bidders have until 5 p.m. that same day to pay for the property at the Mills Central Appraisal District located at 901 Sixth Street, Goldthwaite, Texas." Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 a bidder must obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed, so contact the Mills County Tax Assessor-Collector at (325) 648-3879 before the sale to confirm the current procedure.

  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

Mills County Tax Assessor-Collector (Lori King, CTOP)

(325) 648-3879

P.O. Box 56, Goldthwaite, TX 76844. Physical office: 1011 4th Street, 3rd Floor of the Mills County Courthouse, Goldthwaite, TX 76844. Hours Monday to Thursday 8:00 am to 4:45 pm, Friday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Official website

County notes

  • Sale venue is fixed by the notice: the North Door of the Mills County Courthouse, 1011 4th Street, Goldthwaite, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., with bidding opening at 10:00 AM.
  • Payment is cash, due at Mills Central Appraisal District, 901 Sixth Street, Goldthwaite, by 5 p.m. on the sale day.
  • Two offices matter here. Mills Central Appraisal District (325-648-2253) publishes the notices and takes sale proceeds. The Mills County Tax Assessor-Collector (325-648-3879) is the office that issues the Tax Code 34.015 written statement a bidder needs.
  • Mills is a small rural county and sales are sporadic rather than monthly. Watch the Mills CAD Tax Sales page, since notices appear only about three weeks before a sale and drop off to the Previous Tax Sales archive afterward.
  • Notices publish an estimated minimum bid alongside adjudged value, which gives an opening-price read before you travel to Goldthwaite.

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 Mills 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 Mills County hold tax deed sales?

Mills County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No fixed annual date. 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 Mills County Sheriff or Constable, under an order of sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court of Mills County. Sale notices and results are posted by Mills Central Appraisal District, which handles collections for the taxing units. 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 Mills County tax sale list?

Mills County posts its tax sale list at millscad.org. 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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