Red River County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Red River 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 Red River County, seat of Clarksville: 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, when properties are set for sale.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- Register in person on sale day.
- County office
- 903-427-3009
On this page
How Red River County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Red River County Tax Assessor-Collector (Audra Long) publishes the sale list; the delinquent tax suits and the sale list are handled by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, Delinquent Tax Division, and bidder registration is taken by the Linebarger representative attending the sale
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- First Tuesday of the month, at 10:00 AM, when properties are set for sale.
- Registration
- Register in person on sale day.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register in person on sale day. Linebarger's Red River County record states: "Individuals wishing to bid on property at the sale must register with the Linebarger representative attending the sale prior to the start of the sale." Payment is due to the payee "Linebarger Law Firm" by "Cashier's Check or Money Order." Texas Tax Code 34.015 separately requires a bidder to present a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed. Red River County does not post that request form online, so contact the Tax Assessor-Collector at 903-427-3009 or tax.office@redrivercountytx.gov to obtain it before the sale.
Sale format and venue
Red River County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Red River 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 Linebarger tax sale property search (select Red River County, TX) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
First Tuesday of the month, at 10:00 AM, when properties are set for sale. 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.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Red River County Tax Assessor-Collector (Audra Long) publishes the sale list; the delinquent tax suits and the sale list are handled by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, Delinquent Tax Division, and bidder registration is taken by the Linebarger representative attending the sale as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Red River County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Linebarger tax sale property search (select Red River County, TX). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Register in person on sale day. Linebarger's Red River County record states: "Individuals wishing to bid on property at the sale must register with the Linebarger representative attending the sale prior to the start of the sale." Payment is due to the payee "Linebarger Law Firm" by "Cashier's Check or Money Order." Texas Tax Code 34.015 separately requires a bidder to present a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed. Red River County does not post that request form online, so contact the Tax Assessor-Collector at 903-427-3009 or tax.office@redrivercountytx.gov to obtain it before the sale.
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 offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- County seat is Clarksville. The Tax Assessor-Collector is Audra Long; the office is open 8AM to 5PM Monday through Thursday and is CLOSED FRIDAY, so plan pre-sale paperwork around a four day week. Email: tax.office@redrivercountytx.gov.
- The county Tax Assessor-Collector page carries the line "To View Tax Sales Properties: lgbs.taxsales.com (seach Red River County, TX)". That hostname does not resolve; the working Linebarger site is taxsales.lgbs.com. The county page prints it as plain text, not a clickable link.
- Neither the Red River County Sheriff page nor the County Clerk, District Clerk, Constable, or Public Notices pages carry tax sale postings. The Sheriff page lists Sheriff Jimmy Caldwell, 500 N Cedar St., Clarksville, TX 75426, phone 903-427-3838. The Constable page lists Shawn Roden at the Red River County Courthouse, 400 North Walnut Street. Texas Tax Code 34.01 assigns the sale to the sheriff or a constable, but no official county page names which officer conducts the Red River County sale.
- The county's online property tax payment portal is redriver.propertytaxpayments.net. It returned a bot challenge rather than page content when fetched, so nothing from it is reported here.
- redrivercad.org is a private TaxNetUSA property search site that states "This private website is paid for by sponsorships, and is not affiliated with any government agency." It is not an official source and was excluded.
- The Red River County Property Sale List PDF is published per sale date at a dated URL under taxsalesib.lgbs.com and will change or disappear after the sale. Use the taxsales.lgbs.com search for the current list.
- Plaintiff taxing units on the August 2026 list include Clarksville Independent School District, City of Clarksville, City of Annona, City of Avery, and Red River County itself; cause numbers are filed in the 102nd District Court.
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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