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Somervell County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Somervell 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 Somervell County, seat of Glen Rose: 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
In person
Registration
No registration procedure is published on the county website.
County office
254-897-2419
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How Somervell 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
Somervell County Sheriff's Office
Frequency
annual
Registration
No registration procedure is published on the county website.
Sale list
County public notices (Postings and Foreclosure Notices)
When it runs
First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 AM at the courthouse door in Glen Rose, held only in months when the district courts have issued orders of sale. The county's notice dated June 25, 2026 reads: "I will proceed to sell at 10:00 AM on the 4th day of August, 2026, which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the Official Door of the Courthouse of said SOMERVELL County, in the City of GLEN ROSE, Texas." The earlier notice filed September 22, 2025 used identical wording for a November 4, 2025 sale.
Registration and deposit

No registration procedure is published on the county website. The Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson tax sale record for Somervell County answers "Bidder Registration:" with "For more information, contact the officer conducting the sale" and lists payment as "Cash or Cashier's Check." Contact the Somervell County Sheriff's Office at 254-897-2242 before the sale, and secure the Texas Tax Code 34.015 written statement that you owe no delinquent taxes in the county.

Sale format and venue
Somervell County runs its delinquent tax foreclosure sale as an in person sheriff sale, not an online auction. The Sheriff sells under orders of sale issued by the 18th and 249th District Courts to satisfy tax judgments, and the county posts the Notice of Sheriff Sale as a PDF under Community, then Public Notices. The June 25, 2026 notice listed four tracts for the August 4, 2026 sale, one annotated as removed on July 15, 2026, and stated that each property sells to satisfy the judgment "plus all taxes, penalties, interest and attorney fees accrued to the date of sale and all costs recoverable by law in favor of each jurisdiction." Somervell County also appears on the Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson tax sale site, which gives the sale location as "at the South Door, 100 Barnard Street of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of Glen Rose, Texas" and sale time as 10:00 AM; that site listed no scheduled Somervell properties when checked. In person at the Somervell County Courthouse door in Glen Rose. No online auction platform.
Source: Notice of Sheriff Sale, Somervell County, dated June 25, 2026 (PDF)· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Somervell County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Somervell 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 County public notices (Postings and Foreclosure Notices) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    No registration procedure is published on the county website. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    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 Somervell County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Somervell County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from County public notices (Postings and Foreclosure Notices). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    No registration procedure is published on the county website. The Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson tax sale record for Somervell County answers "Bidder Registration:" with "For more information, contact the officer conducting the sale" and lists payment as "Cash or Cashier's Check." Contact the Somervell County Sheriff's Office at 254-897-2242 before the sale, and secure the Texas Tax Code 34.015 written statement that you owe no delinquent taxes in the county.

  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

Somervell County Tax Assessor-Collector

254-897-2419

102 NE Vine Street, P.O. Box 305, Glen Rose, TX 76043

Official website

County notes

  • Somervell County has no dedicated tax sale web page. The sale is a sheriff sale and the only county-published sale document is the Notice of Sheriff Sale PDF posted under Community, then Public Notices.
  • The sale is conducted in person at the courthouse door in Glen Rose. No online bidding platform is used, so bidders must attend.
  • Sales occur only when the district courts have issued orders of sale, so some first Tuesdays pass with no Somervell sale.
  • The November 4, 2025 notice named the taxing units as Somervell County, City of Glen Rose, Glen Rose Independent School District, Somervell Hospital District, and Somervell County Water Improvement District.
  • The Texas Comptroller county directory states under the Somervell County tax assessor-collector entry: "This tax office does not collect property taxes. When a county tax assessor does not collect property taxes, the county appraisal district may be responsible for collecting some or all local property taxes." Confirm with the Sheriff's Office which office issues the Tax Code 34.015 written statement of no delinquent taxes before bidding.
  • Sheriff's Office contact for sale questions: Somervell County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Alan West, 750 E. Gibbs Boulevard, P.O. Box 3268, Glen Rose, TX 76043, phone 254-897-2242.
  • The Texas Comptroller directory lists the tax assessor-collector as April Gann with street address 107 N.E. Vernon St.; the county's own department page lists April Gore Gann at 102 NE Vine Street. The county page was used as the current address.
  • Somervell County appraisal district contact per the Comptroller directory: Chief Appraiser Wes Rollen, 112 Allen Dr., Glen Rose, TX 76043, phone 254-897-4094.

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 Somervell 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 Somervell County hold tax deed sales?

Somervell County holds its tax deed sale once a year. 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 Somervell County Sheriff's Office 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 Somervell County tax sale list?

Somervell County posts its tax sale list at somervell.co. 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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