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Tax debt on the public record, Texas side and Arkansas side

Two free files. One counts delinquent-tax lawsuits in Bowie County district courts for fifteen fiscal years. The other summarizes the July 23, 2026 state tax-land auction for Miller County, Arkansas.

Bowie County, Texas: tax suits in district court

Bowie County district courts took in 289 new tax cases in the year ending August 31, 2025, closed 270, and had 194 still active at year end. Across FY2011–FY2025 there were 4,347 filings, an average of 290 a year, ranging from 443 (FY2013) down to 211 (FY2024).

The pending pile has shrunk by more than half since FY2011, when 499 cases were open at year end, because dispositions (4,644 over the period) outran filings. Tax cases are a large slice of the civil docket here: 38.2% of all new civil filings in FY2025, close to the 15-year average of 39.1%. In FY2025, 152 cases ended in a judgment after a bench trial and 114 were non-suited or dismissed by the plaintiff, the usual result when an account is paid.

Bowie County CSV

FY (Sept–Aug)	Pending at start	New tax suits	Disposed	Judgment after bench trial	Non-suited / dismissed by plaintiff	Pending at year end	All civil filings	Tax share of civil
2,011	490	371	362	148	186	499	919	40.4%
2,012	499	213	388	246	138	328	714	29.8%
2,013	329	443	365	149	215	408	855	51.8%
2,014	408	258	321	174	145	350	638	40.4%
2,015	350	366	324	155	167	392	707	51.8%
2,016	392	262	336	143	187	323	611	42.9%
2,017	323	261	230	107	113	353	620	42.1%
2,018	353	228	239	108	124	342	657	34.7%
2,019	342	325	302	134	165	368	899	36.2%
2,020	368	394	330	145	182	432	1,007	39.1%
2,021	432	222	342	170	172	312	715	31.0%
2,022	312	254	282	116	161	284	643	39.5%
2,023	284	250	279	146	113	249	717	34.9%
2,024	249	211	274	159	104	194	630	33.5%
2,025	194	289	270	152	114	194	757	38.2%

Miller County, Arkansas: the July 2026 tax-land auction

Arkansas works differently. Real estate that stays tax-delinquent is certified to the Commissioner of State Lands, who auctions it. The Miller County auction was held in Texarkana, Arkansas on July 23, 2026. Our summary of the Commissioner's posted results:

64 parcels listed; 46 sold and 1 redeemed by the owner before the sale closed.
Winning bids totaled $334,528.73. The median bid was $800; 28 of 46 sold for under $1,000 and 7 for $5,000 or more (top bid $85,000).
17 parcels drew no bid, 9 of them inside the City of Texarkana. They carry $38,211.48 in listed amounts due (median $869.62) and move to the post-auction sale 30 days after the auction date.

Miller County auction summary CSV

Method

Bowie County. Texas Office of Court Administration, Court Activity Database, “District Court Activity Detail” for Bowie County, one report for each fiscal year (September 1–August 31) from FY2011 through FY2025, exported to Excel on October 12, 2026. From the civil section we read the “Tax” column: pending at start, New Cases Filed, Total Cases Disposed, After Non-Jury Trial, Non-Suited or Dismissed by Plaintiff, pending at end. Civil filings come from the Total column. The share column is our arithmetic.

Miller County. Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands, post-sale results page for Miller County, retrieved October 12, 2026. The page lists owner and bidder names; we publish counts and dollar totals only, with no names or parcel numbers. Status codes on that page: SL (sold) and RE (redeemed).

Caveats

Bowie figures cover district courts only and count cases, not parcels; one suit can bundle several accounts.
OCA's opening pending count may differ from the prior year's closing count because of clerk corrections.
The Miller summary covers one auction. Amounts due on unsold parcels are as listed by the Commissioner and may change with redemptions.
Nothing has been estimated or filled in.

Free to reuse with credit to the original agencies and “compiled by Texarkana Tax Resolution.” For the rules behind the numbers read past-due property tax in Bowie and Miller counties, or print the community kit.

Sources: Texas OCA Court Activity Reporting · Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands, Miller County post-sale results · Texas Tax Code Ch. 33