Val Verde County, TX tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •County seat is Del Rio. The courthouse is at 400 Pecan Street, Del Rio, TX 78840, main line 830-774-7501.
• •Elected official: Elodia Garcia, RTA Assessor Collector. Office hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fax 830-775-7282. Vehicle registration 830-774-7532, voter registration 830-774-7528.
• •The Tax Assessor Collector's office sits in the Alice Mae Fitzpatrick Building at 309 Mill Street, a separate building from the courthouse where the sale is held.
• •Val Verde County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez, 295 FM 2523 (Hamilton Road), Del Rio, TX 78840, phone 830-774-7513. The office lists "Conducting sales of seized and unclaimed properties" among the sheriff's statutory duties.
• •The Tax Assessor Collector's office collects for Comstock ISD, San Felipe Del Rio CISD, Val Verde County Farm to Market, Val Verde County Hospital District, and the City of Del Rio.
• •The County Clerk's Foreclosures page carries deed of trust and substitute trustee sale notices, not tax foreclosure sale notices, so it is not the tax sale calendar.

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.Texas Tax Code 34.21 - Right of redemptionTex. Tax Code 34.21Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.01 - Sale of propertyTex. Tax Code 34.01Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.21 - Right of redemptionTex. Tax Code 34.21Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Texas Tax Code 34.03 - Disposition of excess proceedsTex. Tax Code 34.03Verified Jul 25, 2026

Governing statute

Tex. Tax Code Chapter 34Texas Tax Code 34.01 - Sale of propertyTex. Tax Code 34.01Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.

See the full Texasrules and every county →