Montgomery County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, seat of Conroe: 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.
- Format
- RealAuction
- County office
- (936) 539-7897
On this page
How Montgomery County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Montgomery County Constables (Precincts 1 through 5), with the Montgomery County Tax Office, Tammy J. McRae, Tax Assessor-Collector, issuing the required Written Statement
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The county states the sale is held on the "First Tuesday of every month at 10 a.m. (unless holiday, then following business day)."
Registration and deposit
Two steps. First, register and bid on the Realauction site at montgomery.texas.realforeclose.com; the county states that "Bidders must register through the Real Auction website" and that "All of the rules and procedures for tax sales are noted at the Real Auction website. Free bidder training is also provided through the website." Second, obtain the Texas written statement of no delinquent taxes (bidder certificate) from the Tax Assessor-Collector: complete and notarize the Request for Written Statement and deliver it in person or by US Mail, with $10 in cash, cashier's check or money order payable to Tammy J. McRae, to Montgomery County Tax Office, Attn: Research Department, 400 N. San Jacinto St., Conroe, TX 77301, no later than 5 business days before the sale. Allow 3 to 5 business days for research and issuance. The certified Written Statement is valid for 90 days and must be received by the Tax Office at least 24 hours before the sale starts. A valid certified Written Statement is required for each sale a bidder participates in.
Sale format and venue
Montgomery County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Montgomery 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 Auction calendar and sale listings (RealForeclose) 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
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 Montgomery County Constables (Precincts 1 through 5), with the Montgomery County Tax Office, Tammy J. McRae, Tax Assessor-Collector, issuing the required Written Statement as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Montgomery County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Auction calendar and sale listings (RealForeclose). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Two steps. First, register and bid on the Realauction site at montgomery.texas.realforeclose.com; the county states that "Bidders must register through the Real Auction website" and that "All of the rules and procedures for tax sales are noted at the Real Auction website. Free bidder training is also provided through the website." Second, obtain the Texas written statement of no delinquent taxes (bidder certificate) from the Tax Assessor-Collector: complete and notarize the Request for Written Statement and deliver it in person or by US Mail, with $10 in cash, cashier's check or money order payable to Tammy J. McRae, to Montgomery County Tax Office, Attn: Research Department, 400 N. San Jacinto St., Conroe, TX 77301, no later than 5 business days before the sale. Allow 3 to 5 business days for research and issuance. The certified Written Statement is valid for 90 days and must be received by the Tax Office at least 24 hours before the sale starts. A valid certified Written Statement is required for each sale a bidder participates in.
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 notes
- Sale day and time: first Tuesday of every month at 10 a.m., moving to the following business day when the first Tuesday is a holiday.
- Sales are conducted by the Montgomery County Constables entirely online through Realauction's RealForeclose platform at montgomery.texas.realforeclose.com; Commissioners Court approved the move on July 27, 2021.
- Bidders need both a Realauction account and a certified Written Statement (bidder certificate) from the Tax Assessor-Collector; the certificate costs $10, takes 3 to 5 business days, is valid 90 days, and must be on file at least 24 hours before the sale.
- The Request for Written Statement must be notarized and received by the Tax Office no later than 5 business days before the sale, addressed to Attn: Research Department, 400 N. San Jacinto St., Conroe, TX 77301.
- County-held struck-off inventory is published separately as Tax Trust Listings (Excel and PDF) on the Tax Office's Tax Trust Property page; the county cautions that amounts shown on those lists are informational only.
- The county points prospective buyers to the Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson Interested Buyer Notification Program at taxsales.lgbs.com for email alerts on Montgomery County listings.
- Constables still conduct execution sales (non tax) under Texas law; those are separate from the online tax foreclosure sales.
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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