Williamson County, TX tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Williamson 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 Williamson County, seat of Georgetown: 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 officer conducting the sale before bidding opens.
- County office
- 512-943-1601
On this page
How Williamson County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Williamson County Constable's Office, with the sale posted and administered by the county's delinquent tax law firm, McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. (MVBA)
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Register in person with the officer conducting the sale before bidding opens.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register in person with the officer conducting the sale before bidding opens. The county sheet says: "All bidders must register to bid prior to the sale with the person conducting the sale. If you do not register prior to the beginning of the sale, you may not bid." Registration starts about 9:45 a.m. on sale day at the northeast side of the Williamson County Justice Center Annex, 4th and Martin Luther King, Georgetown. Bidders must present a valid driver's license or an identification card issued by a state agency or the United States government. Anyone bidding for a corporation, LLC, or limited partnership must bring a power of attorney or other written authorization. Under Tax Code 34.015(b) the constable executes the deed only to the person who actually bid. Winning bidders get two hours after the sale ends to produce cash or a cashier's check for the exact amount, payable to Williamson County. Personal checks are refused, and the constable's office cannot make change. The deed recording fee is due at the close of the sale, $25.00 for a typical two-page deed, payable in cash or by personal check to the County Clerk of Williamson County. The Section 34.015 written statement that the buyer owes no delinquent taxes in Williamson County is obtained after the sale, carries no fee, and stays valid for 90 days. The constable will not deliver or record the deed until the buyer produces it, and the deed then arrives by mail three to four weeks after the sale.
Sale format and venue
Williamson County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Williamson 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 MVBA upcoming Texas tax sales and bid sheets for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
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.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Williamson County Constable's Office, with the sale posted and administered by the county's delinquent tax law firm, McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. (MVBA) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Williamson County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from MVBA upcoming Texas tax sales and bid sheets. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Register in person with the officer conducting the sale before bidding opens. The county sheet says: "All bidders must register to bid prior to the sale with the person conducting the sale. If you do not register prior to the beginning of the sale, you may not bid." Registration starts about 9:45 a.m. on sale day at the northeast side of the Williamson County Justice Center Annex, 4th and Martin Luther King, Georgetown. Bidders must present a valid driver's license or an identification card issued by a state agency or the United States government. Anyone bidding for a corporation, LLC, or limited partnership must bring a power of attorney or other written authorization. Under Tax Code 34.015(b) the constable executes the deed only to the person who actually bid. Winning bidders get two hours after the sale ends to produce cash or a cashier's check for the exact amount, payable to Williamson County. Personal checks are refused, and the constable's office cannot make change. The deed recording fee is due at the close of the sale, $25.00 for a typical two-page deed, payable in cash or by personal check to the County Clerk of Williamson County. The Section 34.015 written statement that the buyer owes no delinquent taxes in Williamson County is obtained after the sale, carries no fee, and stays valid for 90 days. The constable will not deliver or record the deed until the buyer produces it, and the deed then arrives by mail three to four weeks after the sale.
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
- The county moved its website from wilco.org to wilcotx.gov. Old wilco.org department URLs 301-redirect to wilcotx.gov, so cite the wilcotx.gov addresses.
- The county's own information sheet still lists the Tax Office main address as 904 S. Main Street, Georgetown. That address is stale. The county Property Tax page states the Georgetown Tax Office relocated from 904 S. Main St. to the Williamson County Administration Building at 1848 Texas Trail, Georgetown, TX 78626. Use 1848 Texas Trail.
- Two offices split the roles. The Tax Assessor-Collector (512-943-1601) holds bid sheets and issues the Section 34.015 no-delinquent-taxes statement. The Williamson County Constable's Office conducts the sale, takes payment, and executes the deed.
- MVBA's General Property Tax Sales Information page links to a Williamson County sale sheet at https://mvbalaw.com/wp-content/TaxUploads/WilliamsonCountySaleInfo_Official.pdf, but that link returns HTTP 404. It was not used as a source. The county's own information sheet at wilcotx.gov carries the same detail and does load.
- MVBA's Upcoming Tax Sales page lists only the counties selling in the current cycle. Williamson County was absent from the August 2026 listing, which is consistent with the county's statement that it holds roughly 6 to 8 sales a year rather than one every month.
- MVBA runs some Texas counties online through mvbataxsales.com, GovEase, or RealAuction, but Williamson County is not one of them. Do not attach an online platform URL to this county.
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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