(Mobile Homes ONLY)
Mobile Homes seized and sold in place: ← click on link to see current listing
Once seized, if a mobile home
is occupied or unoccupied with a lower
value, the mobile home will be sold “in place”. This sale will take place on the second floor
of the Hunt County Court House in the common (hallway) area at a time and date
designated by the posting of a “Notice
of Tax
Mobile Homes seized and sold in
storage: ← click on link to see
current listing
Once seized, if a mobile home
is unoccupied with an acceptable value which justifies cause that it be held in
storage in an effort to preserve that value, the mobile home will be
transported to a storage facility within Hunt County and held there until all
taxes and seizure cost are paid by property owner or lien holder, or until it
is offered for sale. This sale will take
place at the storage facility location, at a time and date designated by the
posting of a “Notice of Tax
Sale”. This “Notice
of Tax Sale” will be posted on a bulletin board on the first floor of the
Hunt County Court House, at the storage location, and will be published in a
local publication one time within 10 days prior to sale.
Rules & Procedures of
sale:
·
Mobile
homes are sold “as is – where is” with no warranties
and no refunds.
·
Mobile
homes that are “sold in place” will be auctioned from the second
floor common area of the Hunt County Court House. These mobile homes remain located at their
“situs address” on the property. They should be considered to be on private
property, and may only be viewed at a distance.
Entering onto the property could be considered trespassing.
·
Mobile
homes to be sold at the storage facility will be made available to be viewed
one hour prior to sale only!
·
This
is an Open/Public auction. Bidding will
begin with a “minimum bid” amount which covers the taxes, penalties
and interest owed to the taxing jurisdictions of Hunt County as well as the
cost involved in seizing and selling the property. Properties with be awarded to highest
successful bidder.
·
Interested
bidders should arrive at the auction location 15 minutes early to allow time
for registration and bidder number assignment.
·
If
high bidder forfeits by not rendering payment, he/she may face legal
proceedings (see RULE 652
Purchaser Failing to Comply below) for failure to do so. Under these circumstances the property would
be awarded to the next highest bidder for that property.
·
Payment
must be made by 3:30PM the day of the sale by cashiers
check, or postal money order only, made payable to the Hunt
County
·
Upon
receipt of payment purchaser will receive a receipt to serve as proof of
payment until a “Bill of Sale” has been processed and filed with
the County Clerks Office. Processing the
Bill of Sale will normally occur within 24 hours of sale. It is recommended that purchaser insure their
property at the conclusion of the sale and issue of payment receipt from the
·
Purchases
made at the storage facility must be removed within three days of the sale. Any additional time required must be approved
by the Tax Office, and will incur additional storage fees of $20.00 per day, to
be paid to Tax Office before property will be released for transport.
·
Purchases
made on the Court House steps - The purchaser at a Tax Sale accepts
responsibility of any eviction process which may be required to gain possession
of the property. It is the
purchaser’s responsibility to coordinate with the land owner for the
removal and transport of the purchased property from the land.
TEXAS RULES
OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
PART IV. RULES RELATING TO ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGS
SECTION 3.
EXECUTIONS
RULE 652.
PURCHASER FAILING TO COMPLY
If any person
shall bid off property at any sale made by virtue of an execution, and shall
fail to comply with the terms of the sale, he shall be liable to pay the
plaintiff in execution twenty per cent on the value of the property thus bid
off, besides cost, to be recovered on motion, five days notice of such motion
being given to such purchaser; and should the property on a second sale bring
less than on the former, he shall be liable to pay to the defendant in
execution all loss which he sustains thereby, to be recovered on motion as
above provided.
Notes and
Comments Source: Art. 3821, unchanged.
If you would like to have more detailed instructions, you may visit the Hunt
County