Mobile Homes ONLY
(Land/Real property is not
included)
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 Tax Office!
Payment should be submitted 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 (per section if mobile home is a
double wide or triple wide), 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