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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed Redeemable |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Austin county, Texas is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.
Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Austin county, Texas.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Austin county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Austin county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.
The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Austin county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Austin county, Texas allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Austin county, Texas lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Texas laws and competition, savvy Austin county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Texas tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Texas tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Carolyn Bilski | County Judge | cbilski@austincounty.com |
| Wilbert Frank Jr. | Commissioner, Precinct 2 | |
| David Hubenak | Commissioner | |
| David Ottmer | Commissioner | |
| Randy Reichardt | Commissioner | |
| Travis Koehn | Criminal District Attorney | |
| J. Royce Burger | Sheriff | richard@phoenix.net |
| Robert Burger | Constable | |
| Leon Kollatschny | Constable | |
| Sammy Miller | Constable | |
| Dave Schulz | Constable | |
| Suzanne Edwards | Treasurer | |
| Betty Jez | Auditor | |
| Janice Kokemor | Tax Assessor Collector | jkokemor@industryinet.com |
| Carrie Gregor | County Clerk | countyc@industryinet.com |
| Sue Murphy | District Clerk |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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