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Potter County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Potter 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 Potter County, seat of Amarillo: 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, held only when foreclosed properties are ready.
Format
In person
County office
(806) 342-2600
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How Potter 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
Potter County Sheriff's Office (the Sheriff sells under an Order of Sale issued by the district court; the Potter County Tax Assessor-Collector publishes the property list and answers questions about properties pulled from the sale)
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM, held only when foreclosed properties are ready.
Sale list
Notice of Sheriff's Sale (Potter County Sheriff)
When it runs
First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM, held only when foreclosed properties are ready. The Tax Office home page states: "Our next Sheriff Sale will be Tuesday, May 5th, 2026 11th Floor Auditorium Santa Fe Building @ 10 AM". The Sheriff's Notice of Sale reads: "I will proceed to sell at 10:00 A.M. on the 5th day of May, 2026 which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the 11th Floor auditorium, Santa Fe Building, located at 9th and Polk of said POTTER County, in the City of AMARILLO, Texas".
Registration and deposit

Live in-person bidding at the sale; the county's published sale documents do not describe an online or advance registration portal. The Tax Office sale list states "MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE TO BID AND/OR PURCHASE PROPERTY" and "*** ALL SALES ARE FINAL ***". Payment instructions on the same list: "PLEASE MAKE PAYMENT BY 3:00 P.M. THE DAY OF THE SALE AT THE POTTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CIVIL DIVISION) 900 S POLK ST, 12th FLOOR SUITE 1212 AMARILLO, TEXAS" and "FOR PAYMENT QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL (806)379-2938". Texas Tax Code 34.015 also requires a bidder to present a written statement from the county assessor-collector that no delinquent taxes are owed; confirm the county's current procedure for obtaining it by calling the Tax Office at (806) 342-2600.

Sale format and venue
Potter County runs a live, in-person redeemable tax deed sale. There is no online auction platform. The sale is held in the auditorium on the 11th floor of the Santa Fe Building, 900 S Polk St, Amarillo, and is conducted by the Sheriff on the first Tuesday of the month under Orders of Sale from the district courts. The Sheriff's Office posts scanned Notice of Sheriff's Sale documents at pottercountysheriff.org/sheriffs-sale, and the Tax Assessor-Collector posts a courtesy PDF list of the properties with estimated minimum bids, linked from the Tax Office home page (most recent posted list: May 2026, at https://www.pottercountytax.com/media/May%202026%20website%20%20Sheriff%20Sale%20PDF%202.pdf). That list carries per-property cause numbers, legal descriptions, account numbers and an "Estimated Bid", marks pulled properties "WITHDRAWN", and warns "THESE PROPERTIES ARE BEING SOLD SUBJECT TO 2026 TAXES" with each entry also showing prior-year taxes still owed. The list is explicitly informal: "THIS LIST IS PROVIDED AS A COURTESY. TO VERIFY THE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE THE LEGAL NOTICE IN THE MONDAY EDITION OF THE AMARILLO GLOBE NEWSPAPER." For property characteristics the county directs buyers to the Potter-Randall Appraisal District at 5701 Hollywood Rd, (806) 358-1601, www.prad.org, and for zoning to the City of Amarillo at (806) 378-3000. To check whether a property was pulled from the sale, call (806) 342-2607 or email pcto@co.potter.tx.us. The Tax Office FAQ confirms the foreclosure path: "A lawsuit for tax lien foreclosure can be filed with the District Clerk's office and a judgment subsequently granted by the court. The Delinquent Tax Attorney, with approval from the Potter County Tax Office, can then proceed to tax sale." The delinquent-tax law firm is not named on the county sites. Buyers take a redeemable deed subject to the Texas Tax Code 34.21 redemption period. Verify the next sale date before travelling, since sales occur only in months with properties ready and the county sites are updated per sale.
Source: Potter County Tax Office (Tax Assessor-Collector) home page· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Potter County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Potter 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 Notice of Sheriff's Sale (Potter County Sheriff) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.

  3. Sale day

    First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM, held only when foreclosed properties are ready. 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 Potter County Sheriff's Office (the Sheriff sells under an Order of Sale issued by the district court; the Potter County Tax Assessor-Collector publishes the property list and answers questions about properties pulled from the sale) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Potter County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Notice of Sheriff's Sale (Potter County Sheriff). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Live in-person bidding at the sale; the county's published sale documents do not describe an online or advance registration portal. The Tax Office sale list states "MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE TO BID AND/OR PURCHASE PROPERTY" and "*** ALL SALES ARE FINAL ***". Payment instructions on the same list: "PLEASE MAKE PAYMENT BY 3:00 P.M. THE DAY OF THE SALE AT THE POTTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CIVIL DIVISION) 900 S POLK ST, 12th FLOOR SUITE 1212 AMARILLO, TEXAS" and "FOR PAYMENT QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL (806)379-2938". Texas Tax Code 34.015 also requires a bidder to present a written statement from the county assessor-collector that no delinquent taxes are owed; confirm the county's current procedure for obtaining it by calling the Tax Office at (806) 342-2600.

  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

Potter County Tax Assessor-Collector (Potter County Tax Office), Thomas Warren

(806) 342-2600

900 South Polk, Suite 106, Amarillo, TX 79101. Mailing: PO Box 2289, Amarillo, TX 79105-2289

Official website

County notes

  • Sale office: the Potter County Sheriff conducts the auction; the Potter County Tax Assessor-Collector publishes the list and handles pulled-property questions.
  • In-person only. No online auction platform and no platform URL. Venue is the 11th floor auditorium of the Santa Fe Building, 900 S Polk St, Amarillo.
  • Timing: first Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM. Most recent notice posted by the county covers Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
  • Payment is due by 3:00 PM on the day of the sale at the Sheriff's Office Civil Division, 900 S Polk St, 12th Floor Suite 1212, Amarillo. Payment questions: (806) 379-2938.
  • Bidders must be at least 18. All sales are final. Properties sell subject to the current tax year.
  • The county tax list is a courtesy document; the controlling notice runs in the Monday edition of the Amarillo Globe newspaper.
  • Due diligence contacts published by the county: Potter-Randall Appraisal District, 5701 Hollywood Rd, (806) 358-1601, www.prad.org (property detail) and City of Amarillo, (806) 378-3000 (zoning).
  • Sheriff's Office main line: (806) 379-2900, 13103 NE 29th Ave, Amarillo, TX 79111. Civil Department: (806) 379-2938.
  • The sheriff's sale notices are posted as scanned images rather than machine-readable text, so any scraper for this county needs OCR.

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 Potter 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 Potter County hold tax deed sales?

Potter County holds its tax deed sale once a year. First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM, held only when foreclosed properties are ready. 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 Potter County Sheriff's Office (the Sheriff sells under an Order of Sale issued by the district court; the Potter County Tax Assessor-Collector publishes the property list and answers questions about properties pulled from the sale) 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 Potter County tax sale list?

Potter County posts its tax sale list at pottercountysheriff.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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