Texas Properties With Back Taxes: Tax Delinquent Properties for Sale List 2026

A property has back taxes when its owner has not paid the property tax bill. In Texas the county can then sell it at a tax sale.

8,482 tax delinquent properties are on Texas county lists right now, with another 1,334 from sales that have already been held (see the past sales view), across 109 counties, 37 of them with a sale date published. In Texas the county calls this the tax sale property listings (you will also see sheriff's sale, struck-off properties). Every row below comes from the county's own published list; the parcel numbers, addresses and opening bids are the county's figures, last retrieved 2026-11-10.

Watch: researching a tax lien before you buy

A narrated walkthrough: find tax liens by county, read the Research Score, risk flags and sources, set your maximum bid and save a Deal Radar.

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If you came here for tax liens, start in Property Research and choose Tax Lien.

Liens without a set sale date sit under Timing not assigned yet. That includes over the counter liens you can buy now, with no auction.

Pick a state and a county. I'll use Maricopa County, Arizona.

Tick Mapped only to see each lien on the map, and switch to aerial imagery to look at the property from above.

Open a lien to see the full research.

The Research Score grades it from A to D, out of one hundred, and shows where the points come from.

Estimated value and confidence gives you a value range, and tells you how far to trust it. It's a starting point, not an appraisal.

Risk flags come up before you buy: whether it's still available, liens that may survive, and a source that may be out of date. Open one to see what to check.

The due diligence checklist shows the lien to value ratio and the back taxes, and what you still need to verify yourself.

Sources and freshness links every fact back to the county's own record.

Then calculate your maximum bid. You get a comfortable range, a caution range, and the price where you should stop.

Back in Research, mark it as a bid candidate, and add private notes that only you can see.

Save your search as a Deal Radar, and new matches come to you by email.

That's tax liens: from a county to a lien worth buying, with every fact sourced to the county.

Counties with a published list

CountyParcelsPast salesNext saleLowest opening bid
Dallas1,107602026-12-01$100
Harris8062702026-12-01$555
Tarrant898502026-12-01$420
Jefferson4862026-12-01$882
Navarro428132026-12-01$303
Orange437not yet posted$600
Galveston395352026-12-01$734
Jasper328222026-12-01$75
Hidalgo20639not yet posted$2,000
Liberty225not yet posted$225
San Patricio218not yet posted$250
Leon168not yet posted$500
Bexar145162026-12-01$250
Montgomery161not yet posted$1,000
Polk98402026-12-01$360
El Paso115212026-12-01$50
Cameron107262026-12-01$210
Atascosa119not yet posted$300
Angelina86312026-12-01$400
Victoria1162026-12-01$1,350
Hunt112not yet posted$6,039
Nueces85152026-12-01$3,000
Starr94not yet posted$1,799
Ector85not yet posted$3,137
Lamar8312026-12-01$1,383
Matagorda82not yet posted$1,000
Gregg812026-12-01$880
Mclennan79not yet posted$2,360
Live Oak75not yet posted$760
Tyler6862026-12-01$186
Val Verde66not yet posted$500
Henderson5382026-12-01$1,265
Smith538not yet posted$818
Grayson4911not yet posted$2,574
Marion572026-12-01$500
Cass53not yet posted$500
Red River467not yet posted$3,660
Wichita3017not yet posted$500
Jim Wells46not yet posted$4,393
Llano46not yet posted$807
Denton2520not yet posted$7,526
Zavala452026-12-01$1,760
Wood42not yet posted$1,700
Duval38not yet posted$1,200
Wise1127not yet posted$1,750
Jackson362026-12-01$680
Ellis2952026-12-01$4,184
Frio34not yet posted$1,505
Morris2014not yet posted$200
Fort Bend294not yet posted$2,800
Hardin322026-12-01$610
Maverick302not yet posted$2,827
Upshur32not yet posted$1,116
Parker301not yet posted$1,205
Harrison030not yet posted$1,112
Hays1910not yet posted$1,668
Kaufman253not yet posted$5,660
Van Zandt272026-12-01$1,088
Shelby26not yet posted$1,610
Bee222026-12-01$1,220

49 more counties in the member research view.

The first 5 from the Texas list

The first 5 current parcels as published by the counties, no account needed. Owner of record, research scores, maps, filters, reports and CSV export are in the member research view.

AddressCountyOpening bidSale date
4000 GRIGGS RD # 126, HOUSTONHarris$2,633,987
401 Broad StWichita$1,259,947
4930 BROOKVIEW DR BROOKVIEW DR, DALLASDallas$1,058,607
4930 BROOKVIEW DR, DALLASDALLAS$1,058,607
7610 WALLISVILLE RD, HOUSTONHARRIS$760,267

8,477 more Texas properties are on this list. Create a free account to open them in the research view.

How Texas sells tax delinquent property

Sale type
Judicial tax foreclosure deed sale and struck-off resale
Investor return
Flat redemption premium (not annual interest): 25% of the total if redeemed in year 1, 50% if redeemed in year 2, for homestead/agricultural/mineral property; 25% flat for other property redeemed within the 180-day window. Premium applies regardless of how early redemption occurs.
Redemption period
2 years from filing of the purchaser's deed for residential homestead, agricultural-use land, and mineral interests; 180 days for all other property.
Bidding method
highest bid (deed)
Typical sale season
Monthly, commonly first Tuesday

Purchaser gets a deed at the sale but the former owner can redeem; the 25%/50% figures are one-time penalties on the total, not per-annum rates, and redemption length depends on property class (Tax Code §34.21).

Statutory terms last verified 2026-07-29; see the Texas investing profile for the sources and the TaxLienSimple Index score.

Where Texas counties publish the list

The office that publishes this notice is not the same in every state: it can be the treasurer, the tax collector, the clerk, the sheriff, the court, or the auction platform named on the county page. Before you rely on a row, check four things on the county's own page — the posted date, the sale date, whether the record is current or historical, and the official link you took it from. Our guide to finding and verifying a list walks through that check and how to keep the result as a watchlist: how to find and verify a tax sale list.

What this page does not show

Everything above is the sale itself: the date, the platform, the statutory terms and the county's own sources, free and without an account. What it does not show is the property-level detail, or the 409 other county and city sales tracked alongside this one.

  • The 9,816 parcels published for Texas. Opening bids, addresses and assessed values, with the official source on each row. This page shows a sample.
  • The full sale calendar. 410 tracked county and city sales, filterable by date, state and sale type, instead of one page at a time.
  • 330,391 parcels across 939 counties. Searchable nationwide, with a research score and the pre-bid warnings behind it.

A free account previews two counties and needs no card. Paid plans start with a 7-day trial for $1.99 and carry a 7-day money-back guarantee. TaxLienSimple is a research platform: we publish the records and the sources, we do not sell properties and we make no claim about what any certificate or parcel is worth.

Texas tax delinquent property questions

Where can I find a list of tax delinquent properties for sale in Texas?

Each Texas county publishes its own list before the sale, usually on the treasurer, tax collector or revenue commissioner site or through its auction platform. TaxLienSimple collects those county lists into one place: 9,816 parcels across 109 counties right now, each linked to the county's official listing.

Can I buy a property with delinquent taxes in Texas?

Texas runs judicial tax foreclosure deed sale and struck-off resales. Purchaser gets a deed at the sale but the former owner can redeem; the 25%/50% figures are one-time penalties on the total, not per-annum rates, and redemption length depends on property class (Tax Code §34.21). Redemption: 2 years from filing of the purchaser's deed for residential homestead, agricultural-use land, and mineral interests; 180 days for all other property. Investor return: Flat redemption premium (not annual interest): 25% of the total if redeemed in year 1, 50% if redeemed in year 2, for homestead/agricultural/mineral property; 25% flat for other property redeemed within the 180-day window. Premium applies regardless of how early redemption occurs.

What is the lowest opening bid on the Texas list?

The lowest opening bid on the current Texas list is $50. Opening bids are the county's figure (taxes, interest and costs owed), not the property's value.

When is the next tax sale in Texas?

The next tracked sale is Dallas on 2026-12-01; 37 Texas counties have a sale date published.