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Johnson County (county seat Cleburne) sells tax foreclosed property in person. Johnson County tax foreclosure sales are conducted by the sheriff or a constable of the county, and the county Constable Sale page organises the sales by precinct, with Precinct 1 and Precinct 2 in one group and Precinct 3 and Precinct 4 in the other. The Precinct 4 lists read for this check are issued by Constable Troy Fuller, Precinct 4, at 2 North Main Street, Suite B6, Cleburne, and the firm footer on those lists is Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins and Mott, LLP, which answers questions on the items listed.

Venue or platform: In person on the courthouse steps in Cleburne, at the place designated by the Commissioners Court, between 10 AM and 4 PM. The constable lists state that sales are held on the courthouse steps, and no online bidding platform is published on the county Constable Sale page.

Next sale: Tuesday, December 1, 2026, at 10 AM, for Precinct 3 and Precinct 4, as published on the county Constable Sale page.. A dated sale is actually published here and not only a standing rule: the Johnson County Constable Sale page lists a Tax Sale Notice for Tuesday, December 1, 2026 under Tax Sales in Precinct 3 and Precinct 4. The contents and parcel count of that December notice were not read for this check, so no December count is stated in this record. Properties may be withdrawn from the sale for various reasons without being removed from the listing, and the county directs bidders to call 817 556 6163 to learn whether any property has been withdrawn.

No parcel count for the December 1, 2026 Precinct 3 and Precinct 4 notice was read for this check, so no count is stated as official. For scale only, the most recent constable list read in full, for Tuesday, September 1, 2026 in Precinct 4, carried a small number of tracts and marked several of them removed from sale, which shows that Johnson County lists shrink before sale day and that the December count must be read from the notice itself.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	Tuesday, December 1, 2026, at 10 AM, for Precinct 3 and Precinct 4, as published on the county Constable Sale page.
Sale pattern	The first Tuesday of the month, scheduled for 10 AM, inside the statutory 10 AM to 4 PM window in Texas Tax Code Section 34.01. The county publishes a separate Tax Sale Notice for each sale date on its Constable Sale page, split between Precinct 1 and Precinct 2 and Precinct 3 and Precinct 4.
Format	In person
Venue or platform	In person on the courthouse steps in Cleburne, at the place designated by the Commissioners Court, between 10 AM and 4 PM. The constable lists state that sales are held on the courthouse steps, and no online bidding platform is published on the county Constable Sale page.
Who conducts	Johnson County tax foreclosure sales are conducted by the sheriff or a constable of the county, and the county Constable Sale page organises the sales by precinct, with Precinct 1 and Precinct 2 in one group and Precinct 3 and Precinct 4 in the other. The Precinct 4 lists read for this check are issued by Constable Troy Fuller, Precinct 4, at 2 North Main Street, Suite B6, Cleburne, and the firm footer on those lists is Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins and Mott, LLP, which answers questions on the items listed.
The list	The list posts on the county Constable Sale page as a Tax Sale Notice for the sale date, with cause numbers, account numbers and the attorney office for each property, and the firm lists for Precinct 4 also show the legal description and address where available, the estimated minimum bid and the appraisal district account number. Several law firms list their own properties on their own sites, and addresses can be traced through the Johnson County Tax Office site and the Johnson County Appraisal District data search using the account number on the list. All sales are as is, to the highest bidder, on a buyer beware basis, with no warranty of any kind and subject to the former owner right of redemption.

Sources: Constable Sale, Johnson County, TX. Johnson County Sales for September 1, 2026, Constable Precinct 4, Johnson County, TX. Texas Tax Code, Chapter 34 (official text). 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 Johnson County

Register in person before the sale and obtain the bidder authorization statement in advance. The county states that a bidder must come to the Constable Office, Room 104, to register before 10 AM on the day of the sale, and that a buyer must furnish the officers a copy of the written authorization from the Johnson County Tax Assessor Collector Office before a constable deed is issued. The county states that the statement costs 10 dollars and that the time required to obtain it is approximately two weeks from request to issuance, and it gives the Tax Assessor Collector phone as 817 558 0122.

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, Johnson County	A constable sale list read for this check, for Precinct 1, states that cashier checks or money orders for purchase must be made payable to the Johnson County District Clerk. No payment deadline, cash rule or wire rule beyond that instrument and payee instruction was published in the county sources read here, so no deadline is stated in this record. Taxes may be due beyond the amounts in the minimum bids and must be paid separately from the bid amount.
Deposit, Johnson County	No deposit is published on the Johnson County Constable Sale page or in the constable sale lists read for this check. The only advance money the county publishes is the 10 dollar cost of issuing the Section 34.015 statement.
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 Johnson 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. No dedicated struck off or resale list is published on the Johnson County Constable Sale page read for this check. Under Texas Tax Code Section 34.05, property bid off to a taxing unit may be sold by that unit at any time by public or private sale, or offered at a public resale conducted by the sheriff or a constable on request of the taxing unit, and any Johnson County resale should be confirmed with the constable precinct that holds the property and with the firm that listed the original sale.

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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