Travis County, Texas
Travis County surplus funds recovery
Austin-area appreciation is extreme, which makes the gap between an older payoff and a current sale price larger here than almost anywhere in the state.
If your Travis County property sold for more than you owed
The surplus belongs to you, or to your heirs. It does not go back to the lender and it is not the county's money. It sits with the court until somebody with standing files a claim and a judge signs an order releasing it.
We track Travis County sales, reconstruct payoffs, and look at what else was recorded against the property before quoting anyone a number. Then a licensed Texas attorney files the claim and appears at the hearing. You pay nothing unless funds are recovered.
Both kinds of sale, both handled here
- Mortgage foreclosure — first-Tuesday trustee's sales. Excess is held by the trustee and, unclaimed, deposited into the Travis County court registry.
- Delinquent property tax sale — excess proceeds go to the clerk and generally must be claimed within two years of the sale before they are distributed to the taxing units.
When the owner has died
A large share of unclaimed Travis County surpluses sit behind a single obstacle: nobody has proved who the heirs are. We build documented family trees, locate heirs who have moved or changed names, and prepare the affidavit of heirship the court will want to see. It is the part other companies abandon, and it is the reason those files close here.
Cities we cover in Travis County
Also serving Pflugerville, Manor, Del Valle and the rest of Travis County.
Travis County questions
How do I know if my Travis County foreclosure produced a surplus?
Compare the bid recited in the recorded Substitute Trustee's Deed against what was owed on the loan at the time of the sale. Both are reconstructable from public records in Travis County, and doing that reconstruction is exactly what our free review is.
Who holds excess proceeds in Travis County?
Foreclosure surpluses that go unclaimed are deposited into the registry of the court in Travis County and released only on a court order. Tax-sale excess proceeds are held by the clerk of the court that ordered the sale.
How long do I have to claim in Travis County?
Texas tax-sale excess proceeds generally must be claimed within two years of the sale. Foreclosure surpluses held in a court registry have their own timelines and are exposed to competing lienholder claims, so earlier is materially better.
The owner passed away. Can the family still claim?
Yes. The claim becomes an asset of the estate and passes to the legal heirs. What the court needs is a documented heirship record, which is a core part of what we build.
Check a Travis County property
Tell us the address and roughly when it sold. We will tell you what we find.