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Winkler County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Winkler 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 state rules plus what the county publishes on Jul 27, 2026.

How tax deed sales work in Winkler County, seat of Kermit: 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.

Announcements
Winkler County publishes no tax sale calendar.
Format
In person
Registration
Winkler County publishes no bidder registration page.
County office
432-586-3465
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How Winkler 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
Winkler County Tax Assessor-Collector (the Winkler County Tax Office, Minerva Soltero) collects delinquent property taxes. Any Texas Tax Code Chapter 34 sale would be conducted by the Winkler County Sheriff's Office or a county Constable at the courthouse. Winkler County publishes no tax sale page, calendar, or bidder page on its official website.
Frequency
annual
Registration
Winkler County publishes no bidder registration page.
Sale list
County Clerk posted sale notices
When it runs
Texas Tax Code 34.01 sets tax sales on the first Tuesday of the month between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Winkler County publishes no tax sale calendar. Sale notices the county does post confirm the courthouse runs on that first-Tuesday window: a Notice of Foreclosure Sale filed with the Winkler County Clerk gives "Date: February 3, 2026" and "The sale will begin no earlier than 10:00 a.m. or no later than three hours thereafter. The sale will be completed by no later than 4:00 p.m." A second notice gives "Date of Sale: April 7, 2026" at "1:00 PM or within three hours thereafter." Both are deed-of-trust trustee sales, not tax sales.
Registration and deposit

Winkler County publishes no bidder registration page. Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 a bidder must first obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, then present it to the officer conducting the sale. Request that statement from the Winkler County Tax Office at 100 E. Winkler Street, First Floor Courthouse, Kermit, or call 432-586-3465. Confirm whether a sale is actually scheduled before traveling.

Sale format and venue
Winkler County does not publish a tax sale page. The complete county site map lists no tax sale, sheriff sale, or delinquent tax page, and the County Tax Assessor-Collector page plus the county tax portal at tax.co.winkler.tx.us cover payments, vehicle registration, and voter registration only. The county's own audited financial report for the year ended December 31, 2025 states: "Although the County makes little effort to collect delinquent taxes through foreclosure proceedings, delinquent taxes on property not otherwise collected are generally paid when there is a sale or transfer of the title on property." Treat Winkler as a very low volume tax sale county and call the Tax Assessor-Collector before planning a trip. The only sale notices the county posts online sit under the County Clerk's Notices and Citation by Publication tabs, and every current item there is a deed-of-trust trustee sale rather than a Tax Code Chapter 34 tax sale. Those notices do establish the courthouse sale area: the February 2026 Notice of Foreclosure Sale gives the place as "the West Entrance of the Winkler County Courthouse, 100 East Winkler Street or any other place designated for real property foreclosures under Texas Property Code section 51.002 and by the Commissioners Court of Winkler County, Texas." No delinquent tax law firm was named on any official Winkler County source, and no online auction platform serving Winkler County was verified, so assume an in person courthouse sale. No online auction platform published. Winkler County posts sale notices for in person sales at the county courthouse.
Source: Winkler County, Texas - Annual Financial Report for the Year Ended December 31, 2025 (Notes to Financial Statements, Property Tax)· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Winkler County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Winkler 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 Clerk posted sale notices for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Winkler County publishes no bidder registration page. 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 Winkler County Tax Assessor-Collector (the Winkler County Tax Office, Minerva Soltero) collects delinquent property taxes. Any Texas Tax Code Chapter 34 sale would be conducted by the Winkler County Sheriff's Office or a county Constable at the courthouse. Winkler County publishes no tax sale page, calendar, or bidder page on its official website. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Winkler County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from County Clerk posted sale notices. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Winkler County publishes no bidder registration page. Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 a bidder must first obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, then present it to the officer conducting the sale. Request that statement from the Winkler County Tax Office at 100 E. Winkler Street, First Floor Courthouse, Kermit, or call 432-586-3465. Confirm whether a sale is actually scheduled before traveling.

  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

Winkler County Tax Assessor-Collector

432-586-3465

100 E. Winkler Street, First Floor Courthouse, Kermit, TX 79745. Mailing: P.O. Box Drawer T, Kermit, TX 79745

Official website

County notes

  • Tax Assessor-Collector Minerva Soltero, Chief Tax Deputy Felisha Perez. Office hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Fax 432-586-6925.
  • Winkler County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Darin Mitchell): 1300 South Bellaire Street, Kermit, TX 79745, mailing P.O. Box 860, phone 432-586-3461, fax 432-586-3902, email wcso@co.winkler.tx.us, open Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm.
  • Constables Leon Stroud (Precincts 1 and 3) and Carl Garrett (Precincts 2 and 4) share P.O. Box 860, Kermit, TX 79745 and phone 432-586-3461 with the Sheriff's Office.
  • County Clerk Pam Greene records real property instruments and posts sale notices: 100 East Winkler Street, 1st Floor, Kermit, TX 79745, mailing P.O. Box 1007, phone 432-586-3401. The clerk's page links a Winkler County Clerk Self-Service Web record search.
  • Winkler County Appraisal District (winklercad.org) provides parcel search, interactive maps, and records or reports, but publishes nothing about tax sales or delinquent tax enforcement.
  • The county tax portal at tax.co.winkler.tx.us offers property search and a tax estimator only. It carries no delinquent list, no struck-off or resale list, and no sale notices.
  • No Winkler County entry appeared on the MVBA upcoming tax sales listing at the time of research, and no county-published delinquent tax law firm was identified.

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 Winkler 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 Winkler County hold tax deed sales?

Winkler 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 Winkler County Tax Assessor-Collector (the Winkler County Tax Office, Minerva Soltero) collects delinquent property taxes. Any Texas Tax Code Chapter 34 sale would be conducted by the Winkler County Sheriff's Office or a county Constable at the courthouse. Winkler County publishes no tax sale page, calendar, or bidder page on its official website. 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 Winkler County tax sale list?

Winkler County posts its tax sale list at co.winkler.tx.us. 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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