Tarrant County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Tarrant 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 Tarrant County, seat of Fort Worth: 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
- Monthly, on the first Tuesday.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- Bidder registration is required and must be completed before the sale starts.
- County office
- 817-884-1100
On this page
How Tarrant County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Tarrant County Constable, Precinct 3 (Constable Darrell Huffman), Delinquent Tax Sales Division
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Monthly, on the first Tuesday.
- Registration
- Bidder registration is required and must be completed before the sale starts.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidder registration is required and must be completed before the sale starts. The county states: "Bidders MUST register prior to 10 a.m. We will no longer accept registrations after the sale has begun." Two documents are needed. (1) Tax Sale Bidder Authorization, the unexpired written statement under Texas Tax Code Section 34.015 confirming no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed to the county or to any school district or municipality in the county. It is issued by the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector's Office at 100 E. Weatherford St., Fort Worth (Tarrant County Administration Building, first floor), costs $10, and takes about two weeks from request to issuance; questions go to 817-884-1186. Without it the constable cannot issue a deed. (2) Tax Sale Bidder Registration, either downloaded and brought on sale day or submitted through the county's Online Bidder Registration portal at https://tcbpm.tarrantcounty.com/suite/?signin=native (the county publishes the shared sign-in credentials on its Delinquent Tax Sales page). Online registrants must upload copies of the bidder authorization and photo identification. Bidders buying in the name of a company must also supply an Assumed Name Certificate or Franchise Tax Account Status with officers and directors, a signed letter on company letterhead granting authority to act, the company's bidder authorization, and the individual's driver license or state ID.
Sale format and venue
Tarrant County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Tarrant 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 Monthly Tax Sales Listings (Constable Precinct 3) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Monthly, on the first Tuesday. 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 Tarrant County Constable, Precinct 3 (Constable Darrell Huffman), Delinquent Tax Sales Division as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Tarrant County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Monthly Tax Sales Listings (Constable Precinct 3). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidder registration is required and must be completed before the sale starts. The county states: "Bidders MUST register prior to 10 a.m. We will no longer accept registrations after the sale has begun." Two documents are needed. (1) Tax Sale Bidder Authorization, the unexpired written statement under Texas Tax Code Section 34.015 confirming no delinquent ad valorem taxes are owed to the county or to any school district or municipality in the county. It is issued by the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector's Office at 100 E. Weatherford St., Fort Worth (Tarrant County Administration Building, first floor), costs $10, and takes about two weeks from request to issuance; questions go to 817-884-1186. Without it the constable cannot issue a deed. (2) Tax Sale Bidder Registration, either downloaded and brought on sale day or submitted through the county's Online Bidder Registration portal at https://tcbpm.tarrantcounty.com/suite/?signin=native (the county publishes the shared sign-in credentials on its Delinquent Tax Sales page). Online registrants must upload copies of the bidder authorization and photo identification. Bidders buying in the name of a company must also supply an Assumed Name Certificate or Franchise Tax Account Status with officers and directors, a signed letter on company letterhead granting authority to act, the company's bidder authorization, and the individual's driver license or state ID.
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
- Two offices split the work: the Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector issues the Section 34.015 bidder authorization (written statement) and hosts the Delinquent Tax Sales landing page, while Constable Precinct 3 conducts every delinquent tax sale in the county.
- The sale is a live, in-person outcry auction on the 1895 Courthouse steps at 100 W. Weatherford St., Fort Worth. No online bidding platform is used.
- Budget about two weeks and $10 to obtain the bidder authorization from the Tax Assessor-Collector before a sale date, since the constable cannot issue a deed without it.
- Constable Precinct 3 Delinquent Tax Sales Division: Southlake Government Complex, 1400 Main Street, Suite 240, Southlake, TX 76092, 817-581-3610 Option 2. The precinct's main office is the Northeast Courthouse, 645 Grapevine Highway, Suite 110, Hurst, TX 76054.
- Registration closes at 10 a.m. when the sale begins; company bidders need extra entity paperwork.
- Only cash, cashier's checks, or money orders payable to Constable Darrell Huffman are accepted, in exact amounts, within one hour after the sale.
- Monthly listings for 2026 published on the county site include June 2, July 7, August 4, and September 1. The Delinquent Tax Sales page was last modified February 17, 2026.
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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