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Calhoun County (county seat Port Lavaca) sells tax foreclosed property in person. McCreary, Veselka, Bragg and Allen, P.C. (MVBA) runs Calhoun County tax sales. The firm's own December 2026 bid sheet is a Calhoun County Appraisal District and State of Texas sale sheet, and it directs questions to the MVBA Port Lavaca office at (361) 552-4560, ext. 106. Purchasers receive a Sheriff's Deed and pay the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. The county Tax Assessor-Collector is Azalia Bonuz, 211 S. Ann Street, Port Lavaca, TX 77979, (361) 553-4433, as the county's own current tax office page names her; the Texas Comptroller directory still shows an earlier officeholder at the same address and phone.

Venue or platform: In person at a public auction on oral bids, in the Calhoun County Courthouse Lobby, 211 S. Ann St., Port Lavaca, TX 77979. The December 1, 2026 sale begins at 10:00 AM.

Next sale: Tuesday, December 1, 2026, at 10:00 AM. Confirmed on the firm's own page: Calhoun County appears on the MVBA December 2026 tax sales list headed "December Tax Sales (Tuesday, December 1, 2026)", and the MVBA bid sheet is headed "DELINQUENT TAX SALE - CALHOUN COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, CALHOUN COUNTY, TEXAS" for December 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM in the Courthouse Lobby, with MVBA as seller.

4 tracts. The MVBA bid sheet for December 1, 2026 lists 4 tracts: 3 regular sale tracts in Port Lavaca and 1 resale tract in Seadrift held in trust.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	Tuesday, December 1, 2026, at 10:00 AM
Sale pattern	NOT PUBLISHED as a standing schedule. No official Calhoun County source publishes how often tax sales are held. Texas Tax Code Section 34.01 puts a Chapter 34 sale on the first Tuesday of a month, and a dated December 2026 sale is published below.
Format	In person
Venue or platform	In person at a public auction on oral bids, in the Calhoun County Courthouse Lobby, 211 S. Ann St., Port Lavaca, TX 77979. The December 1, 2026 sale begins at 10:00 AM.
Who conducts	McCreary, Veselka, Bragg and Allen, P.C. (MVBA) runs Calhoun County tax sales. The firm's own December 2026 bid sheet is a Calhoun County Appraisal District and State of Texas sale sheet, and it directs questions to the MVBA Port Lavaca office at (361) 552-4560, ext. 106. Purchasers receive a Sheriff's Deed and pay the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. The county Tax Assessor-Collector is Azalia Bonuz, 211 S. Ann Street, Port Lavaca, TX 77979, (361) 553-4433, as the county's own current tax office page names her; the Texas Comptroller directory still shows an earlier officeholder at the same address and phone.
The list	The parcel list is the MVBA bid sheet for the sale, posted on the MVBA site. The December 1, 2026 sheet lists the tracts to be sold, each with its suit number and style, a property description and approximate address, an account number, a judgment through tax year, and a minimum bid. The sheet also prints a Bidder's Acknowledgement registration form, marked "COMPLETE THIS FORM PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE SALE".

Sources: MVBA, Texas Tax Sales Monthly Updates, December Tax Sales. MVBA, Calhoun County bid sheet, December 1, 2026. Calhoun County Tax Assessor-Collector page. Confirm with the conducting officer or the county tax office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and properties are withdrawn when owners pay or courts stay the sale.

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How Texas tax sales work

A taxing unit sues, and the court orders the sale. Delinquent taxes become a lien; a taxing unit (county, city, school district) sues to foreclose it, or the property is seized under a tax warrant. The sheriff or a constable conducts the sale.
The sale is the first Tuesday of the month. By statute (Tax Code Section 34.01), a sale runs between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM on the first Tuesday, at the courthouse or the place the commissioners court has designated. If the first Tuesday is January 1 or July 4, it moves to the first Wednesday. A county authorized for online sales runs them on the same day, closing at 4:00 PM.
The minimum bid is set by the judgment. A property cannot sell for less than the lesser of the total amount due under the judgment (taxes, penalties, interest, other judgment amounts, court costs and the costs of sale) or the adjudged value the judgment states (Section 34.01(j)).
You prove you owe no delinquent taxes before you get a deed. The officer cannot deliver a deed until the buyer exhibits a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector showing no delinquent taxes owed to the county, or to the school districts and municipalities inside it (Section 34.015). The statement costs no more than $10 and expires after 90 days. Some counties run a registration system instead (Section 34.011), where bidders register with the assessor-collector before the sale begins; Harris County on this page set is one.
The deed vests the defendant's interest, with no warranty. The officer prepares the deed (Section 34.01(m)). It vests the interest the defendant owned, subject only to the redemption right below, certain restrictive covenants and liens recorded before January 1 of the lien year, and valid easements of record (Section 34.01(n)). The tax liens included in the judgment are extinguished by the sale.
Texas is a redeemable deed state. If the property was a residence homestead, land designated for agricultural use, or a mineral interest, the former owner has two years from the date the purchaser's deed is filed for record to redeem, paying the bid, the recording fee, and what the purchaser paid in taxes, penalties, interest and costs, plus a premium of 25 percent of that total in the first year or 50 percent in the second (Section 34.21). Every other property carries a 180 day redemption period with a premium of up to 25 percent. During the redemption period the buyer has no right to use the property or collect rents.
What does not sell is struck off, then resold. If no bid reaches the minimum, the officer bids the property off to the taxing unit that brought the suit, for itself and the other taxing units in it (Section 34.01(j)). That unit may resell at any time by public or private sale (Section 34.05): a public resale can go for any amount, and a private sale must meet a floor, the lesser of the judgment market value or the total judgments, unless every taxing unit entitled to proceeds consents to less.

How registration works in Calhoun County

Prior to the beginning of the tax sale, a person intending to bid is required to register with the person conducting the sale and present a valid driver's license or identification card issued by a state agency or the United States government. A person intending to bid on behalf of a corporation or entity must provide documentation showing that the person is authorized to bid on behalf of that corporation or entity as an owner, manager, member or other duly authorized agent. The grantee named in the deed must be the same person, or corporation or entity on whose behalf the person bid, as the successful bidder (Section 34.015, Texas Tax Code). The sheet also bars a bidder, or the corporation or entity on whose behalf the person is bidding, who is prohibited from purchasing or acquiring an interest in real property in Texas by Section 5.253 of the Texas Property Code due to an affiliation with a designated country as defined by Section 5.251 of the Texas Property Code.

The deed names the registered bidder. Register in the name that should hold title; an officer cannot deliver a deed to someone other than the successful bidder.
The statement expires. A Section 34.015 statement is good for 90 days from issuance. A monthly bidder keeps it current rather than re-requesting it in sale week.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Payment, Calhoun County	The property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder based on oral bids. Successful bidders must pay for their property with cash or a cashier's check payable to Calhoun County Sheriff's Office. Any bidder who fails to make payment shall be held liable for twenty percent of the value of the property plus costs incurred as a result of the bidder's default pursuant to Rule 652 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. A person registering to bid on behalf of a corporation, LLC, or other legal entity will be personally liable for payment of the bid amount if the legal entity does not timely pay. The minimum bid amount is set out beside each tract on the bid sheet and includes taxes which were delinquent at the date of judgment. This does not include the current tax year. Purchasers will be required to pay all taxes which accrued subsequent to the date of judgment. Purchasers receive an ordinary type of Sheriff's Deed which is WITHOUT WARRANTY, express or implied. Title to property is NOT guaranteed, and obtaining title insurance may be difficult. Property is sold "AS IS" with all faults. All sales are final. There are no refunds.
Deposit, Calhoun County	NOT PUBLISHED. The MVBA Calhoun County bid sheet states no bidder deposit, and the Texas Tax Code sets no deposit.
Minimum bid (state law)	The property cannot be sold for less than the lesser of the total amount due under the judgment (taxes, penalties, interest, other judgment amounts, court costs and the costs of sale) or the adjudged value stated in the judgment (Tax Code Section 34.01(j)). A different floor can apply to a bidder who owns an interest in the property or was a party to the suit.
Redemption: homestead, agricultural, mineral	Two years from the date the purchaser's deed is filed for record. The former owner redeems by paying the bid amount, the deed recording fee, and the taxes, penalties, interest and costs the purchaser paid, plus a premium of 25 percent of that total in the first year or 50 percent in the second (Section 34.21). While the period runs, the buyer has no right to use the property or collect rents.
Redemption: all other property	180 days from the date the purchaser's deed is filed for record, on the same payment terms, with a premium of up to 25 percent (Section 34.21).
Deed and title	The officer prepares a deed to the purchaser (Section 34.01(m)). It vests the interest the defendant owned, subject only to the redemption right, certain restrictive covenants and liens recorded before January 1 of the lien year, and valid easements of record (Section 34.01(n)). It is not a warranty deed, and the tax liens included in the judgment are extinguished by the sale.
Excess proceeds	If a property sells for more than the judgment, the excess is distributed under Section 34.02 and paid into the court for the former owner to claim. It is not the buyer's money and it is not a discount on the bid.

Struck off and tax resales: the leftover list

When a Calhoun County property draws no bid at or above the minimum, the officer bids it off to the taxing unit that brought the suit. That unit holds it in trust for the other taxing units and may resell it at any time, by public or private sale, under Tax Code Section 34.05. Public resales can go for any amount; a private sale must meet the statutory floor unless every taxing unit entitled to proceeds consents to less. Resale deeds remain subject to any redemption period still running, priced from the taxing unit's own deed date. The December 1, 2026 MVBA bid sheet carries a resale section for properties held in trust by the taxing units, offered under Section 34.05 of the Texas Tax Code. It lists one resale tract in Seadrift, Lot 4, Block 126, Seadrift Townsite, held in trust since 1947, with a minimum bid of $86,650. No separate standing struck off list beyond the bid sheet resale section is published on the official sources.

Before you bid

Check the list in sale week and again on sale morning. Owners pay, courts stay sales, and officers withdraw properties right up to the start. A list you researched last week is not the list that sells.
Price the redemption period, not just the bid. On a homestead, agricultural or mineral parcel the former owner can redeem for two years from the deed recording date and you cannot use the property or collect rents meanwhile. The premium (25 percent in year one, 50 percent in year two) is the compensation if it happens. Bid like the wait is real.
The deed carries no warranty. What the defendant owned is what you get, subject to the recorded easements and covenants the statute preserves. Liens outside the judgment, access, zoning and condition are the buyer's homework, and buyers who need marketable title plan title work after the redemption period runs.
Set the maximum before the sale opens. The free Max-Bid Calculator below works backwards from your resale or hold value to the highest bid you can pay, with the costs shown.

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