Tarrant County, Texas Tax Delinquent Properties for Sale List

Key Takeaways

• The Tarrant County tax delinquent list comes in two free official forms: the Tax Assessor-Collector's weekly tax roll file and Constable Precinct 3's monthly sale listings.
• The next Tarrant County tax sale on the county's calendar is December 1, 2026; sales run on the first Tuesday of every month at about 10 a.m.
• Bidders must get a $10 bidder authorization from the Tax Assessor-Collector's Office, which takes about two weeks, and pay with cashier's checks or money orders only.
• Under Texas Tax Code Section 34.21, a homestead, agricultural or mineral interest can be redeemed until the second anniversary of the deed filing; other property can be redeemed until the 180th day.
• Sales are as is, to the highest bidder, on a buyer beware basis, and you cannot bid through a friend or relative.

Goliath Data publishes this guide and sells property data software, mentioned below. County and state details were checked on Tarrant County's and the state's own sites on November 5, 2026, and can change. This is not legal advice.

The Tarrant County tax delinquent list comes in two official forms, both free online: the Tax Assessor-Collector's weekly tax roll file, which includes the delinquent accounts that office collects, and Constable Precinct 3's monthly sale listings, which cover the Tarrant County, Texas tax delinquent properties actually headed to auction.

Want every account? Use the roll. Want something you can bid on? Use the listings. The next sale on the county's calendar is December 1, 2026.

What Goliath's records show for Tarrant County

Tarrant County, TX currently has 1 tax-delinquent property on record in Goliath's records, with data current as of July 6, 2026.

These figures come from Goliath's records as of the dates shown. They are our snapshot, not a county count: the constable's December listing alone has more accounts than that single tax record. For tax accounts, trust the county's files below.

How do you get the Tarrant County, Texas tax delinquent properties list?

The Tarrant County delinquent tax list: the weekly roll

The Tarrant County Tax Assessor-Collector posts its tax roll as a zip download. The file is built on Fridays and goes up the following Monday, holidays aside. The newest one on the page when we looked was dated October 30, 2026.

Expect some work. It is a flat file of roughly two million records, mixing current and delinquent taxes, and you will need a text editor such as Notepad++ to open it. The zip holds a Master File, a Receivable File and a Text File, and you may need all three. The county publishes a definition layout for the columns and offers no technical support.

Cost: no charge through the website, or $100 if you want it on a CD or uploaded to your FTP site. Other tax roll questions go to TaxPublicInformationRequest@tarrantcountytx.gov.

If you only need to check one house, the roll is overkill. Our unpaid property tax guide covers that lookup, and the delinquent tax roll explainer goes deeper on what a roll is.

The sale list: Constable Precinct 3

Constable Precinct 3 runs all delinquent tax sales in the county and posts a page per sale. The December 1, 2026 listing showed 25 entries marked For Sale and 5 marked Withdrawn when we read it, all under Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson. Those numbers will move before sale day.

Each listing gives a cause number, account number and status, not a street address. To turn one into a house, run the account through the Tax Office's account search or the Tarrant Appraisal District. The firms also post their own lists: Linebarger and Perdue Brandon, both linked from the constable's page.

A withdrawn property can linger on the listing, so call 817-581-3610, Option 2, before you make a special trip. Withdrawals happen for reasons like a bankruptcy filing, an owner paying in full, or a technical problem with the order of sale.

The constable's FAQ also names the old-school route: sale notices run weekly in the Fort Worth Commercial Recorder for three weeks before each sale. Results stay posted for 45 days, marked withdrawn, struck off or sold.

When is the Tarrant County tax sale?

Sales run on the first Tuesday of every month at about 10 a.m. The FAQ places them on the steps of the 1895 Courthouse, 100 W. Weatherford St., Fort Worth. It was last updated in October 2024, so confirm the spot by phone.

You must be there yourself. A friend or relative cannot bid for you, and knowingly buying in someone else's name is a Class B misdemeanor under the statute the constable quotes.

How do you register as a Tarrant County bidder?

1. Get your bidder authorization early. Go to the Tax Assessor-Collector's Office, 100 E. Weatherford St., first floor of the Administration Building. It costs $10 and takes about two weeks, so a mid-November start is already tight for December. Questions: 817-884-1186.
2. Register. Use the online bidder form with your authorization and ID ready to upload, or bring the paper form on the day. Registration closes at 10 a.m., once the sale starts.
3. Buying for a company? Add an assumed name certificate or Franchise Tax Account Status, an officer's signed letter on letterhead, the company's authorization, and your ID.
4. Bring exact funds. The sale page takes cashier's checks and money orders, payable to Constable Darrell Huffman, and you get up to one hour after the sale. No wires, cards or financing. Bring checks in varied amounts, since change is not given.

How does redemption work on a Tarrant County tax sale purchase?

Winning bidders get a Constable's Deed, which the taxing entities' attorneys file with the County Clerk. The clock for the former owner starts at that filing. Tax Code Section 34.21 gives two tracks:

So a homestead bought at the December sale can sit in limbo for two years. During that time the former owner has no right to use or possess it under Section 34.21(h). The premium is calculated on your bid plus recording fee, taxes, penalties, interest and allowable costs.

Under Section 34.015, the bidder statement expires 90 days after issue. If you are bidding through several months, renew it.

Any property that draws no sufficient bid is struck off to a taxing entity, which then owns it and decides what to do with it, according to the constable. Tax Code Section 34.05 lets that unit resell it, publicly or privately, subject to any redemption right.

What should you check before you bid in Tarrant County?

• Condition: sales are "as is," to the highest bidder on a "buyer beware basis." The listing does not give you permission to walk the property, and the constable says so. Look from the street.
• Questions: the constable sends property questions to your attorney, so have one before you bid.
• Title: your deed carries what the defendant owned, subject to redemption and certain older recorded covenants and easements (Section 34.01(n)).

To compare, see our Dallas County page or the wider Texas list.

Beyond the county files

The roll tells you who is behind, but not whether there is also a probate or an absentee owner in the picture, and it will not give you a phone number.

Goliath does that part as data and software, not as a lead seller. Lists come from signals such as tax delinquency, probate, pre-foreclosure, equity milestone and time in home, each keeping the source record, with skip tracing and a CRM built in. Ramp is $1,499 a month. That is a premium price, and a one-county weekend investor may do fine with the free files above.