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Young County, TX tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Young 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 Young County, seat of Graham: 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
First Tuesday of the month.
Registration
No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published online.
County office
940-549-1393
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How Young County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

No Texas office sells tax lien certificates to investors.

Tax deed sale

Run by
Young County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Travis Babcock), with the Young County Tax Assessor-Collector (Christy Centers) handling delinquent tax accounts and bidder statements
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
First Tuesday of the month.
Registration
No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published online.
When it runs
First Tuesday of the month. Young County does not publish a tax sale calendar. Its own Property Sales page states sales are held "on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:00am on the North Entrance of the Young County Courthouse, Young County, Graham, Texas," and a Notice of Sale filed with the County Clerk for April 7, 2026 places the sale "Under the portico at the north entrance of the Young County Courthouse steps, located at 516 Fourth Street, Graham, Texas, 76450, or as otherwise designated by the Young County Commissioner's Court." Both cited notices are mortgage substitute trustee sales rather than tax foreclosures, but they establish the county's designated first Tuesday sale place. Texas Tax Code 34.01 sets the same first Tuesday window for tax foreclosure sales.
Registration and deposit

No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published online. Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 a bidder must obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, then present it at the sale. Request that statement from the Young County Tax Assessor-Collector at 940-549-1393, 417 Second Street, Suite 113, Graham, TX 76450.

Sale format and venue
Verified in person. No online auction platform was found for Young County on any official page, so no platform URL is given. The county website has no tax sale, sheriff sale, or struck-off property section: the Tax Assessor-Collector, Sheriff, Treasurer, and Appraisal District pages carry no sale information. The only sale notices the county posts online (Property Sales page and County Clerk page) are substitute trustee and mortgage foreclosure notices under Property Code 51.002. Buyers should call the Tax Assessor-Collector at 940-549-1393 or the Sheriff at 940-549-1555 to confirm whether a tax sale is scheduled and to obtain the property list, since tax sale notices are posted at the courthouse and filed with the County Clerk rather than published on a county web page. Young County is a redeemable deed jurisdiction: the former owner may redeem under Texas Tax Code 34.21, two years at a 25 percent to 50 percent premium for homestead, agricultural-use, and mineral interests, and 180 days at 25 percent for other property.
Source: Young County Property Sales (notice of sale postings)· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Young County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Young 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

    A county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the office and platform details on this page before relying on a copied list.

  2. Register to bid

    No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published online. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    First Tuesday of the month. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Young County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Travis Babcock), with the Young County Tax Assessor-Collector (Christy Centers) handling delinquent tax accounts and bidder statements as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Young County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    The county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the county office contacts below and confirm the advertised parcels directly before you price a bid.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    No county-specific bidder registration procedure is published online. Under Texas Tax Code 34.015 a bidder must obtain a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent property taxes are owed, then present it at the sale. Request that statement from the Young County Tax Assessor-Collector at 940-549-1393, 417 Second Street, Suite 113, Graham, TX 76450.

  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

Young County Tax Assessor-Collector

940-549-1393

417 Second Street, Suite 113, Graham, TX 76450

Official website

County notes

  • Tax Assessor-Collector: Christy Centers, 417 Second Street, Suite 113, Graham, TX 76450, phone 940-549-1393, fax 940-549-5160, email c.centers@youngcounty.org. Hours Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. A branch office operates at 117 S. Grand Suite B, Olney, TX 76374, phone 940-564-2334.
  • Young County Sheriff: Travis Babcock, Young County Courthouse, 516 Fourth Street, Graham, TX 76450, phone 940-549-1555. The Sheriff page lists no sale notices.
  • Young County Clerk: Tina Gilliam, 516 Fourth Street, Room 104, Graham, TX 76450, phone 940-549-8432. Sale notices are filed here; the notices posted online are mortgage foreclosures, not tax foreclosures.
  • Young Central Appraisal District: 505 5th Street, Graham, TX 76450, mailing P.O. Box 337, Graham, TX 76450-0337, phone 940-549-2392, chief appraiser Jesse D. Blackmon. Property search at https://esearch.youngcad.org/. The district publishes no delinquent tax or tax sale material.
  • No online auction platform, no delinquent tax law firm, and no downloadable sale list could be confirmed from any official Young County page. Young County did not appear on the MVBA upcoming Texas tax sale list checked in July 2026, and the Linebarger (LGBS) county API returned a paginated response that did not confirm Young County either way, so no collection firm is asserted here.
  • Designated sale place per the county's own posted notices: the north entrance portico of the Young County Courthouse, 516 Fourth Street, Graham, TX 76450, first Tuesday of the month.

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 Young 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 Young County hold tax deed sales?

Young County holds its tax deed sale once a year. First Tuesday of the month. 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 Young County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Travis Babcock), with the Young County Tax Assessor-Collector (Christy Centers) handling delinquent tax accounts and bidder statements 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.

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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