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Orange County tax sales

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Orange County (county seat Orange) sells tax foreclosed property online. A tax sale is an auction conducted on property that has been foreclosed on due to unpaid property tax, governed by Section 34 of the Texas Property Tax Code, as the Orange County Tax Assessor/Collector FAQ states it. The county Tax Public Notices page links buyers to the Sheriff Sale Auction site. The county pages do not name the individual officer who conducts the sale or a delinquent tax law firm.

Venue or platform: Online at orange.texas.sheriffsaleauctions.com, the Sheriff Sale Auction site linked from the county Tax Public Notices page. Sales begin at 10:00 am.

Next sale: No dated December 2026 sale published. Tuesday, December 1, 2026 is the first Tuesday of December under the standing Texas rule, but the county publishes the standing pattern of two to three sales a year rather than a dated December 2026 notice, and the county auction website itself could not be opened for reading, so a December listing there is unverified.

No official total published. No current Orange County tax sale parcel count for a December 2026 sale is published on the official sources.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	No dated December 2026 sale published
Sale pattern	Tax sales may only be held on the first Tuesday of a month. Orange County tax sales are generally held two to three times a year, and are advertised in the local newspaper, the Orange Leader, for three consecutive weeks prior to the date of the sale.
Format	Online
Venue or platform	Online at orange.texas.sheriffsaleauctions.com, the Sheriff Sale Auction site linked from the county Tax Public Notices page. Sales begin at 10:00 am.
Who conducts	A tax sale is an auction conducted on property that has been foreclosed on due to unpaid property tax, governed by Section 34 of the Texas Property Tax Code, as the Orange County Tax Assessor/Collector FAQ states it. The county Tax Public Notices page links buyers to the Sheriff Sale Auction site. The county pages do not name the individual officer who conducts the sale or a delinquent tax law firm.
The list	The county Tax Public Notices page carries the sale links, including a Tax Sale Listing link and the Sheriff Sale Auction site, where the properties for an online sale are listed. The struck off Trust Property Listing is published separately by the Tax Assessor/Collector (see the struck off note).

Sources: Orange County Tax Assessor/Collector, Property Tax Sale FAQs. Orange County, Tax Public Notices. Orange County Tax Assessor/Collector, trust property bid packet, revised August 29, 2023. Orange County, Trust Property Listing, February 26, 2026. 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 Orange County

Registration and bidding run through the online auction website at orange.texas.sheriffsaleauctions.com; the county Tax Sale Listing notice directs buyers to that site for information on when and how to bid and register. The tax sale is a public auction and any member of the public may bid. A written statement is not required in order to bid, but a purchaser who is awarded property must exhibit an unexpired written statement from the Tax Assessor/Collector before a deed can be delivered, obtained by submitting the form titled Request for TAC Written Statement of Delinquent Taxes; written statements expire on the 90th day after issuance.

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, Orange County	Successful bidders are expected to pay for the property within 24 hours. The county FAQ refers bidders to the online auction website for the acceptable forms of payment and publishes no accepted forms of its own. All tax sale purchases are final.
Deposit, Orange County	NOT PUBLISHED. No official Orange County page states a bidder deposit for the online tax sale, 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 Orange 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. Properties that do not sell at a tax sale are struck off as properties in trust to the county. Trust properties are eligible for bid through a 30 day sealed bid or an open bid process conducted by the Tax Assessor/Collector, and a listing of trust properties is obtained from the Tax Assessor/Collector office and published on the county site as the Trust Property Listing (the listing dated February 26, 2026 is the current published list). Only bids at the tax sale minimum bid amount are accepted at this time. A bid is submitted on a Bid Submission Form with a Written Statement of Delinquent Taxes and payment by cashier check or money order payable to the Orange County Tax Office, in person or by mail, addressed to P.O. Box 1568, Orange, TX 77631-1568. A resale auction of property still in trust is held at least once a year, online, at a reduced amount.

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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