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Taylor County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Taylor 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 Taylor County, seat of Abilene: 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
Register in person with the person conducting the sale before bidding starts.
County office
(325) 676-9381
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How Taylor 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
Taylor County Sheriff's Office, Civil Division, conducting the sale for the Central Appraisal District of Taylor County (the district collects property taxes for Taylor County)
Frequency
annual
Registration
Register in person with the person conducting the sale before bidding starts.
Sale list
Taylor CAD announcements: tax sale bid sheets, FAQ and results
When it runs
Quarterly. The Taylor CAD Tax Sale FAQ states: "Tax sales are held on the first Tuesday of March, June, September, and December each year." The Sheriff's Office Civil Division lists the same cadence: "Quarterly Sales, held the first Tuesday in March, June, September & December." The FAQ adds: "Tax sales are held at the Taylor County Courthouse, 300 Oak, Abilene, Texas. The sale begins at 10:00 am." The most recently documented sale notice reads "June 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM."
Registration and deposit

Register in person with the person conducting the sale before bidding starts. The sale notice states a bidder "is required to register with the person conducting the sale and present a valid driver's license or identification card issued by a state agency or the United States government," and a person bidding for a corporation or entity "must provide documentation showing that the person is authorized to bid on behalf of that corporation or entity." The grantee named in the deed must be the same person or entity that was the successful bidder (Texas Tax Code Section 34.015). Each bid sheet carries a Bidder's Acknowledgement form marked "COMPLETE THIS FORM PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE SALE," with a bidder registration number, printed grantee name, address, phone, driver license number and signature. Winning bidders must pay in full by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the sale by cash or cashier's check payable to the Central Appraisal District of Taylor County. A bidder who fails to pay is liable for 20 percent of the property value plus default costs under Rule 652 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. For the in-trust (struck-off) sale, a $38.00 deed recording fee is added to each bid and the winning oral bid is "submitted to the taxing units for approval."

Sale format and venue
Taylor County runs an in-person, oral-bid redeemable deed sale at the courthouse. There is no online auction platform and no online bidding: the sale notice describes "public auction to the highest bidder based on oral bids" at "Taylor County Courthouse, 300 Oak, Abilene, Texas." Two separate sales run the same morning. The delinquent tax sale covers properties foreclosed under judgment, and the In-Trust Properties Sale resells property previously struck off to the taxing units (Texas Tax Code 34.05); the in-trust notice locates that sale in the "Jury Assembly Room / First Floor of Taylor County Courthouse / 300 Oak St" and advises bidders to "arrive 30 minutes prior to the time of the sale to go thru the security equipment." One quirk matters for research: the Taylor County Tax Assessor/Collector states "THE TAYLOR COUNTY TAX-ASSESSOR DOES NOT DETERMINE PROPERTY VALUES OR TAX RATES, NOR DOES THE TAYLOR COUNTY TAX-ASSESSOR COLLECT PROPERTY TAX." Property tax collection and the sale notices sit with the Central Appraisal District of Taylor County at taylor-cad.org. Sale documents also cover Callahan County parcels, titled "CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT OF TAYLOR COUNTY AND THE COUNTY OF CALLAHAN, TEXAS." Bid sheets list tract number, suit number, style, legal description, account number, judgment tax year, approximate address and minimum bid; the minimum bid "includes taxes which were delinquent at the date of judgment" and excludes the current tax year, and the buyer pays all taxes accruing after judgment. Buyers get "an ordinary type of Sheriff's Deed which is WITHOUT WARRANTY," title is not guaranteed, and title insurance "may be difficult" to obtain. Redemption follows the statute: two years for homestead property, agricultural-use land and mineral interests, 180 days for everything else, with a 25 percent premium in year one and 50 percent in year two on the aggregate total. The purchaser takes possession 20 days after the deed is recorded (Texas Tax Code 33.51). Municipal liens for demolition, mowing or maintenance and POA dues may survive the sale. The sale notices give an Abilene phone of 325-672-4870 for questions about the sale, alongside the appraisal district; the notices do not name the delinquent tax law firm behind that number, so it is left unstated here. The Sheriff's Civil Division also notes it posts upcoming sheriff's sales on its Facebook page and that "Tax Sale information is posted at the Taylor County Courthouse, and on the Central Appraisal District's website." In person, live oral bidding at the Taylor County Courthouse
Source: Central Appraisal District of Taylor County: Tax Sale Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Taylor County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Taylor 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 Taylor CAD announcements: tax sale bid sheets, FAQ and results for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Register in person with the person conducting the sale before bidding starts. 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 Taylor County Sheriff's Office, Civil Division, conducting the sale for the Central Appraisal District of Taylor County (the district collects property taxes for Taylor County) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Taylor County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Taylor CAD announcements: tax sale bid sheets, FAQ and results. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Register in person with the person conducting the sale before bidding starts. The sale notice states a bidder "is required to register with the person conducting the sale and present a valid driver's license or identification card issued by a state agency or the United States government," and a person bidding for a corporation or entity "must provide documentation showing that the person is authorized to bid on behalf of that corporation or entity." The grantee named in the deed must be the same person or entity that was the successful bidder (Texas Tax Code Section 34.015). Each bid sheet carries a Bidder's Acknowledgement form marked "COMPLETE THIS FORM PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE SALE," with a bidder registration number, printed grantee name, address, phone, driver license number and signature. Winning bidders must pay in full by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the sale by cash or cashier's check payable to the Central Appraisal District of Taylor County. A bidder who fails to pay is liable for 20 percent of the property value plus default costs under Rule 652 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. For the in-trust (struck-off) sale, a $38.00 deed recording fee is added to each bid and the winning oral bid is "submitted to the taxing units for approval."

  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

Central Appraisal District of Taylor County (property tax collection and tax sale notices)

(325) 676-9381

1534 S. Treadaway Blvd., Abilene, TX 79602. Mailing: P.O. Box 1800, Abilene, TX 79604

Official website

County notes

  • Property taxes for Taylor County are collected by the Central Appraisal District of Taylor County, not by the county Tax Assessor/Collector. The Tax Assessor/Collector page states plainly that the office does not collect property tax and points taxpayers to taylor-cad.org.
  • The redeemable deed sale is in person only, by oral bid, at the Taylor County Courthouse, 300 Oak Street, Abilene, starting at 10:00 a.m. No online auction platform is used.
  • Two sales run the same morning: the delinquent tax sale (judgment foreclosures) and the In-Trust Properties Sale, which resells parcels previously struck off to the taxing units. In-trust bids are subject to approval by the taxing units and carry a $38.00 deed recording fee.
  • Payment is due by 5:00 p.m. on the sale date, cash or cashier's check payable to the Central Appraisal District of Taylor County. Failure to pay exposes the bidder to 20 percent of the property value plus default costs under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 652.
  • Bidder registration happens on site before bidding opens, with a state or federal photo ID and, for entity bidders, written proof of authority. The bid sheet includes a Bidder's Acknowledgement form the county asks bidders to print and complete before arriving.
  • Sale documents cover both Taylor County and Callahan County parcels under a shared caption, so verify which county a tract sits in before bidding.
  • Taylor County Tax Assessor/Collector (motor vehicle, registration and license functions): Kay Middleton, 400 Oak St., Suite 105, Abilene, TX 79602; mailing P.O. Box 3762, Abilene, TX 79604; phone (325) 674-1224.
  • Taylor County Sheriff's Office Civil Division is at 450 Pecan Street, Abilene, TX 79602 and posts upcoming sheriff's sales on its Facebook page.
  • The sale notices list an Abilene phone of 325-672-4870 for sale questions. The notices do not identify the delinquent tax law firm operating that line, so the firm name is not recorded here.

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 Taylor 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 Taylor County hold tax deed sales?

Taylor 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 Taylor County Sheriff's Office, Civil Division, conducting the sale for the Central Appraisal District of Taylor County (the district collects property taxes for Taylor County) 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 Taylor County tax sale list?

Taylor County posts its tax sale list at taylor-cad.org. 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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