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Tex. Tax Code § 34.04 • Fort Bend County

Fort Bend County Tax Deed Surplus & Excess Proceeds Feed

Automated daily intelligence for Fort Bend County (Richmond, TX). Our pipeline ingests official filings from the Fort Bend County District Clerk (Trust & Excess Proceeds Registry), filters out institutional entities, and delivers verified individual owner surplus claims every morning by 7:30 AM EST.

Governing Statute Tex. Tax Code § 34.04
Claim Window 2 Years from Date of Tax Sale
Statutory Benchmark 25% statutory cap (Tex. Tax Code § 34.04(i))
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Fort Bend County Official Records

County Registry Richmond, TX
Registry Authority Fort Bend County District Clerk (Trust & Excess Proceeds Registry)
Governing Statute Tex. Tax Code § 34.04
Statutory Claim Window 2 Years from Date of Tax Sale
Official Portal Link Fort Bend County District Clerk (Trust & Excess Proceeds Registry) Portal →
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Docket / Parcel ID Jurisdiction Record Titleholder Surplus Pool Fee Benchmark Dossier
24-DCV-████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] Fort Bend Co., TX K. & W. R█████████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] $349,158.27 $87,289.57 View Dossier →
24-DCV-████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] Fort Bend Co., TX K. & A. H███████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] $184,260.63 $46,065.16 View Dossier →
25-DCV-████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] Fort Bend Co., TX R. & V. P█████████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] $157,853.17 $39,463.29 View Dossier →
19-DCV-████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] Fort Bend Co., TX J. & W. S███████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] $148,310.69 $37,077.67 View Dossier →
19-DCV-████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] Fort Bend Co., TX C. & F. S████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] $136,053.28 $34,013.32 View Dossier →
23-DCV-████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] Fort Bend Co., TX K. & A. R████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] $129,551.03 $32,387.76 View Dossier →
18-DCV-████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] Fort Bend Co., TX E. & P. L████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] $128,761.91 $32,190.48 View Dossier →
23-DCV-████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] Fort Bend Co., TX B. & K. W██████ [SUBSCRIBER KEY REQUIRED] $100,427.32 $25,106.83 View Dossier →

Fort Bend County Recovery Procedure & Verification

When a tax deed auction or sheriff's tax sale closes above the upset bid in Fort Bend County, the clerk deposits excess funds into the statutory court registry. Under Tex. Tax Code § 34.04, junior lienholders have initial notice priority, after which remaining funds belong to the record titleholder or heirs.

Surplus Docket's automated crawler monitors Fort Bend County filings daily, excludes institutional and bank-owned records, flags estates for heir search, and formats an actionable CSV and Excel feed ready for practitioner due diligence (lien examination remains firm responsibility).

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