Bexar County, Texas

Redeemable Deed2,127,737 residentsLive auctions →

County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.

Sale typestate default

Redeemable Deed

Redemption periodstate default

2 years for homestead/ag/mineral properties; 6 months for all other property

Investor returnstate default

25% penalty in year one, 50% in year two (homestead/ag); 25% flat for the 6-month category

Governing statutestate default

Texas Tax Code Title 1, Subtitle E, Ch. 34

Notes

Redeemable deed. Bexar County Sheriff (Judicial Services Civil Division) conducts in-person tax foreclosure auctions. Property lists historically via taxsales.lgbs.com; sold by legal description. Municipal code-compliance liens not included in the judgment can survive.

Auction logistics

Format

In-person

Frequency

First Tuesday of every month, 10:00 a.m., west side of Bexar County Courthouse (100 Dolorosa / E. Nueva & S. Main area), San Antonio

Platform

Bexar County Sheriff — Tax Sale (Judicial Services Civil Division) ↗

Deposit rules

No advance deposit. Obtain a Written Statement Regarding Delinquent Taxes / bidder certificate from the Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector ($10 fee; allow ~10 business days; valid 90 days). Register with the Sheriff's Judicial Services office (200 N. Comal) the week before the sale and the Monday before — day-of registration is not allowed; re-register each sale. Payment: exact cashier's check or money order payable to Bexar County Sheriff's Office due the day of sale (up to ~2 hours after). Failure to pay can ban bidding for one year.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

HOA/POA liens can survive a Texas tax sale if the association recorded its lien and was not properly joined/notified in the foreclosure suit. Federal tax liens survive. City code-compliance liens not included in the tax judgment are not extinguished by the sale — research with City Code Compliance and deed records before bidding.

Quiet title

Not legally mandatory, but title companies generally require a completed suit to quiet title before insuring, because of statutory redemption rights and possible un-joined lienholders.

Deal maths for Texas

Assessment ratio: 1× of market value
Typical quiet title: $1,800–$5,000 · 5 mo
Recording and transfer: $400

Texas requires appraisal at 100% of market value as of Jan 1 (Tex. Tax Code § 23.01).

Offices and records

Tax collector

Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector ↗

Clerk of court

Bexar County Clerk (real property / official records) ↗

Property appraiser

Bexar Appraisal District (BCAD) ↗

GIS / parcel map

BCAD Map Search ↗

Areas trending up

Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.

Southtown / King William

Walkable core adjacent to downtown San Antonio with continued adaptive reuse and tourism/job adjacency into 2026

Stone Oak / North Central

Large-scale residential absorption and medical/retail employment nodes on the north side

Brooks / Southeast SA

Former base redevelopment and relative affordability supporting south-side population growth