Bowie County, Texas

Redeemable Deed91,992 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

Texas redeemable tax-deed. Bowie County posts foreclosure and sheriff-sale notices on the county site (co.bowie.tx.us). Tax sales have run as online MVBA Tax Sales cycles (e.g. Bowie CAD / County online property tax sale documented on mvbataxsales.com) and traditional first-Tuesday courthouse sales — confirm active format on the current attorney/county notice. Tax Assessor-Collector at Courthouse, 710 James Bowie Drive, New Boston. CAD: bowieappraisal.com. Texarkana bi-state MSA / I-30 corridor.

Auction logistics

Format

Online (MVBA cycles) and/or in-person first Tuesday — confirm per notice

Frequency

First Tuesday when inventory posts; periodic MVBA online tax-sale events when scheduled

Platform

Bowie County Tax Foreclosure (MVBA online / Sheriff per notice) ↗

Deposit rules

Online: register on mvbataxsales.com at least 24 hours before sale per MVBA rules; deposit/settlement per platform terms. In-person: certified funds day-of. No-delinquent-tax statement from Tax Assessor-Collector often required before deed. Sold AS IS, redeemable.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Redeemable tax deed; federal and HOA liens can survive; verify municipal liens in Texarkana city limits.

Quiet title

Common after redemption for marketable title.

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

Bowie County Tax Assessor-Collector ↗

903-628-6730

Clerk of court

Bowie County Clerk — Foreclosure postings ↗

Property appraiser

Bowie Central Appraisal District ↗

GIS / parcel map

Bowie CAD parcel / GIS resources ↗

Areas trending up

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

Texarkana / I-30 commercial corridor

Bi-state retail and logistics employment with primary housing demand

New Boston / county-seat edge

Government and school employment with relative entry inventory

Wake Village / Nash fringe

Suburban SF liquidity adjacent to Texarkana core