Sabine County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Sabine 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 state rules plus what the county publishes on Jul 27, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Sabine County, seat of Hemphill: 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
- Sabine County publishes no tax-sale calendar.
- Registration
- No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published.
- County office
- 409-787-2257
On this page
How Sabine County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Sabine County Sheriff's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Sabine County publishes no tax-sale calendar.
- Registration
- No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published. Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires a bidder to hold a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, so request that statement from the Sabine County Tax Assessor-Collector at 213 Market Street, Hemphill, ahead of the sale. Confirm deposit and payment terms with the Sheriff's Office.
Sale format and venue
Sabine County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Sabine 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 Delinquent Tax Roll Listing (weekly XLSX) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Sabine County publishes no tax-sale calendar. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Sabine County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Sabine County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Delinquent Tax Roll Listing (weekly XLSX). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published. Texas Tax Code 34.015 requires a bidder to hold a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, so request that statement from the Sabine County Tax Assessor-Collector at 213 Market Street, Hemphill, ahead of the sale. Confirm deposit and payment terms with the Sheriff's Office.
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
- Tax Assessor-Collector is Martha M. Stone. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 3:45 P.M., and the office does not close for lunch unless posted.
- The Tax Assessor-Collector posts a delinquent tax roll spreadsheet refreshed weekly. The version live at research time was labeled "Delinquent Tax Roll Listing as of 06/24/2026" and the file link changes with each update, so start from the office page rather than bookmarking the file.
- Sheriff George Griffith runs the Sabine County Sheriff's Office at PO Box 848, Hemphill, TX 75948, phone 409-787-2266. Under Texas Tax Code 34.01 the sheriff or a constable conducts the sale, but no Sabine County page states which officer cries the tax sale.
- Sabine County has two constable precincts: Precinct 1, David West, 936-201-2274, and Precinct 2, Johnnie Jackson, 409-787-5248, both at 201 Main Street, Hemphill.
- Sale notices are filed with County Clerk Jamie Clark, 280 Main Street Suite 100, Hemphill, TX 75948, phone 409-787-3786, and surface in the county's online Foreclosure Notices repository at sabine.easydocs.us.
- Because Sabine County publishes no tax-sale page, platform or calendar, run_by and the registration rule reflect the Texas statutory default rather than a verified county procedure.
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.
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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