Presidio County, TX tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Nancy Valdez Arevalo is the Presidio County Tax Assessor-Collector. Marfa office (432) 729-4081, fax (432) 729-4920, email ctac@co.presidio.tx.us. A second office sits at the Presidio County Annex Building A, 300 E. O'Reilly St., Presidio, Texas 79845, phone (432) 229-3204. Both use the same mailing address, P.O. Box 848, Marfa, Texas 79843.
• •The Texas Comptroller county directory lists Presidio County as the collecting office for the county, school districts, cities and the Big Bend Regional Hospital District, with street address 301 Highland St., Marfa, Texas 79843.
• •Presidio County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Danny Dominguez, 320 N. Highland Avenue, Marfa, Texas 79843, non-emergency (432) 729-4308. The Notice of Sheriff's Sale is signed "Sheriff, Presidio County, Texas," confirming the sheriff conducts the sale under Tex. Tax Code section 34.01.
• •Sale notices are posted by the county clerk. Carolina Catano, County Clerk, Presidio County Courthouse 1st Floor, 300 N. Highland Avenue, Marfa, (432) 729-4812. The county keeps a Current Public Notices page and a Past Public Notices archive.
• •Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott LLP is the county's delinquent tax law firm. Its 2026 Notice of Seizure states that "Presidio County, by and through the Presidio County Tax Office intends to seize the abandoned property listed on the attached Exhibit A. The property will be sold at public auction without further notice unless all delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest are paid before the sale of the property." The notice was posted February 6, 2026 at the Presidio County Courthouse in Marfa, the Presidio County Annex in Presidio, and the Presidio County Appraisal District in Marfa.
• •Struck-off properties held in trust for the taxing units are marketed by Texas Communities Group (P.O. Box 792, Lubbock, TX 79408, 806-839-2724, molly@texascg.com). The Presidio County Appraisal District links to the Presidio County and City of Presidio bidding lists at texascg.com, and a county-posted trust property flyer lists Presidio County parcels with "PLACE BID TODAY!! www.texascg.com or CALL US: 806.839.2724."
• •Presidio County Appraisal District, 107 East Texas Street, Marfa, TX 79843, (432) 729-3431, chief appraiser Cynthia Ramirez. The district appraises only and routes all collection questions to the county Tax Assessor-Collector.
• •Bidders buy a redeemable deed. Texas Tax Code section 34.21 gives the former owner two years to redeem homestead, agricultural-use and mineral property at a 25 percent premium in year one and 50 percent in year two, and 180 days at 25 percent for other property. Many Presidio County tracts sell as surface interest only with minerals reserved, so read each tract description in the notice before bidding.

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.Texas Tax Code 34.21 - Right of redemptionTex. Tax Code 34.21Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.01 - Sale of propertyTex. Tax Code 34.01Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.21 - Right of redemptionTex. Tax Code 34.21Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.03 - Disposition of excess proceedsTex. Tax Code 34.03Verified Jul 25, 2026

Governing statute

Tex. Tax Code Chapter 34Texas Tax Code 34.01 - Sale of propertyTex. Tax Code 34.01Verified Jul 25, 2026

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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