Polk County, Texas

Aug 4, 2026 · 39 days ago

Redeemable Deedscheduledvia Linebarger (LGBS)

Parcels

Opening bids

$214,422

14 lot(s) have no published opening bid

Redemption

730 days

25% flat penalty

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

HOA/POA and some municipal liens can survive if not properly joined. Federal tax liens survive. Statutory redemption: 2 years homestead/ag/mineral; 180 days other property from deed recording. Full title search mandatory.

Polk County rules

Sale type: Redeemable Deed
Redemption period: 2 years for homestead/ag/mineral properties; 6 months for all other property
Investor return: 25% penalty in year one, 50% in year two (homestead/ag); 25% flat for the 6-month category
Governing statute: Texas Tax Code Title 1, Subtitle E, Ch. 34
Population: 54,258 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person (Sheriff/tax sale at Dunbar Gym)
Frequency: First Tuesday of the month (or first Wednesday if Jan 1 / July 4) when parcels are posted — verify current notices
Platform: Polk County Sheriff / Clerk — Foreclosure & Tax Sales (Dunbar Gym, Livingston)936-327-6801
Deposit rules: No typical advance online deposit for in-person TX tax sales. Highest bidders generally pay cash, cashier's check, money order, or other accepted forms per notice (Clerk accepts cashier's checks, money orders, checks, credit cards, cash for certain postings — confirm tax-sale payee). Must present Tax Assessor-Collector statement that purchaser owes no delinquent taxes (Tex. Tax Code §34.015). AS IS sheriff's deed without warranty.

Title risk

Not legally mandatory, but title companies generally require quiet title before insuring a Texas tax-sale deed for resale/refinance.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Polk County Tax Assessor-Collector936-327-6801
Clerk of court: Polk County Clerk (foreclosure postings; deed records)
Property appraiser: Polk Central Appraisal District936-327-2174
GIS / parcel map: Polk CAD map search / GIS

Areas trending up

Livingston / US-59 county-seat core — Government services and highway retail with the steadiest local SF demand
Lake Livingston / Onalaska recreation fringe — Second-home and retirement demand supporting lake-adjacent inventory
Corrigan / north timber corridor — Relative-value workforce housing with forest-products employment adjacency

Notes

Texas redeemable tax-deed county. Polk County Sheriff/tax foreclosure and trustee sales are held first Tuesday of the month, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., at Dunbar Gym, 1103 Dunbar St, Livingston (location designated effective Aug 10, 2022). Notices posted 21 days prior on courthouse board and polkcountyapps.net/easydocs/foreclosure/. Judicial tax sales after judgment also appear via Linebarger (taxsales.lgbs.com) and occasional Bid4Assets listings. Tax Assessor-Collector / CAD for bidder no-delinquent-tax statements. Livingston / Lake Livingston East Texas market.

4 sources

Inherited from Texas rather than researched for Polk: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Download PropStream list (45 parcels, CSV)

Parcel	Address	Opening bid	Assessed	Spread	Status
10084001800	MIDWAY LOOP W · LIVINGSTON	$19,053	$331,250	$312,197	sold
O0150001000	203 ADDICKS · LIVINGSTON	$12,903	$193,989	$181,086	cancelled
N1000017610	176 EUCKERS · LIVINGSTON	$4,552	$177,824	$173,272	cancelled
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Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Texas requires appraisal at 100% of market value as of Jan 1 (Tex. Tax Code § 23.01). Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.