Alexandria City, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Alexandria City, seat of Alexandria: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- No fixed annual date.
- Format
- County site
- Registration
- Timed online-only auction with pre-bidding.
- County office
- 703-746-4800
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How Alexandria City sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Special Commissioner of Sale, Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, appointed by the Circuit Court of the City of Alexandria
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No fixed annual date.
- Registration
- Timed online-only auction with pre-bidding.
When it runs
No fixed annual date. Each auction is scheduled after the Circuit Court of the City of Alexandria enters a decree of sale, which has worked out to roughly one sale a year. The most recent notice set pre-bidding open with bidding to "begin to close on Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 11:00 am EST"; the two sales before it closed Wednesday, May 8, 2024 and Monday, November 18, 2024, both at 11:00 am. Suits to sell further parcels were advertised as commencing on April 20, 2026 and July 13, 2026, so the next auction follows those cases through court.
Registration and deposit
Timed online-only auction with pre-bidding. All interested bidders must register and be approved by TACS before bidding, and registration and bidding are free at tacssale.com. Bidders without internet access can have an account created and bids placed by calling (804) 548-4408 or emailing [email protected]. You cannot bid if you owe delinquent taxes to the City of Alexandria or are a defendant in any pending delinquent tax matter.
Sale format and venue
Alexandria is an independent city and holds its own judicial tax sales under Va. Code 58.1-3965. The special commissioner offers the deed at public auction and every sale is subject to confirmation by the Circuit Court of the City of Alexandria, which may also reject a bid it considers unreasonable against the property's estimated value. The high bidder posts a deposit of 25 percent of the bid or $1,000, whichever is higher, capped at $20,000 per parcel, plus a 5 percent buyer's premium with a $250 minimum. Bids under $1,000 are paid in full at the auction. Deposit and premium are due within seven days of the auction close, and the balance plus deed recording costs within fifteen days of court confirmation. Cashier's checks and money orders are payable to the City of Alexandria; wire transfer is preferred and cash and personal checks are refused. Property conveys by special warranty deed, as is and where is, subject to easements and rights of record, with no title insurance offered, so order an independent title search and inspect within the limits of the law before bidding. Subsequent taxes prorate from the auction date to the buyer. Owners can stop a sale by redeeming, paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest, costs and fees. Parcels can be withdrawn right up to the close: the August 2025 sale marked one of its three listed properties as removed. Sales through 2024 ran on the For Sale At Auction platform at forsaleatauction.biz; the current auctions run on TACS Sale.
Source: Special Commissioner's Sale of Real Estate Auction Notice, Taxing Authority Consulting Services· Verified Aug 23, 2026
Alexandria City tax sale list and auction calendar
For Alexandria City tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.
Get the advertised list
Use Upcoming Virginia special commissioner tax sale auctions for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
No fixed annual date. Bidding runs on County site; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Special Commissioner of Sale, Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, appointed by the Circuit Court of the City of Alexandria as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Alexandria City
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Upcoming Virginia special commissioner tax sale auctions. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Timed online-only auction with pre-bidding. All interested bidders must register and be approved by TACS before bidding, and registration and bidding are free at tacssale.com. Bidders without internet access can have an account created and bids placed by calling (804) 548-4408 or emailing [email protected]. You cannot bid if you owe delinquent taxes to the City of Alexandria or are a defendant in any pending delinquent tax matter.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Virginia due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Alexandria is one of Virginia's 38 independent cities. It is a county equivalent, lies inside no county, and runs its own treasury and its own tax sales. Do not work Arlington County or Fairfax County listings expecting to find Alexandria parcels.
- The city publishes real estate tax billing and payment information but no sale calendar of its own. Watch the special commissioner's auction listings for scheduled sales, and call the Treasury Division at 703-746-4800 for payoff or redemption figures on a specific parcel.
- Auction questions go to the special commissioner, not to City Hall: (804) 545-2377 or (804) 548-4408, [email protected], or by mail to Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, Attn: City of Alexandria Tax Sale, P.O. Box 31800, Henrico, VA 23294-1800.
- The special commissioner offers an email alert list that notifies subscribers roughly three weeks before a scheduled auction, which is the earliest reliable warning for an Alexandria sale.
- Recent Alexandria offerings have been condominium units and townhouses rather than raw land, including units on Holmes Run Parkway, South Columbus Street and Murtha Street.
Virginia rules
- Redemption
- An owner listed in the published notice, or the owner's heirs, devisees, successors, and assigns, may redeem the real estate at any time before the date set for the judicial sale by paying into court everything due. The right ends when the sale happens; Virginia gives no redemption window after the hammer falls and no redemption window after the deed is recorded. Partial payment does not redeem the property and does not suspend, invalidate, or moot the suit. The treasurer may instead suspend the sale by entering an installment agreement with the owner running no more than 72 months, and an owner who defaults on such an agreement cannot enter a second one for the same property for three years. The same before-the-sale-only cutoff applies on the nonjudicial track under 58.1-3975. What does exist after the sale is not redemption but a challenge: a party served only by publication may petition for a rehearing for good cause within 90 days of the order confirming the sale.
- Deed deposit
- No statewide deposit percentage exists. Article 4 leaves the terms of sale to the special commissioner and the confirming court, so the deposit is whatever the advertised terms of that sale require. Read the terms of sale published with each auction and confirm accepted funds with the commissioner before bidding.
- Surplus proceeds
- The former owner and the owner's heirs, devisees, successors, or assigns are entitled to the surplus received from the sale above the taxes, penalties, interest, reasonable attorney fees, costs, and any liens chargeable on the parcel, and the burden is on the claimant to prove entitlement. If no claim is made within two years after the date the sale is confirmed, the clerk pays the money to the locality that received the sale proceeds. On the nonjudicial track, excess proceeds sit in an interest-bearing escrow account held by the treasurer, a claimant has two years from the date of sale to schedule a hearing in circuit court, and unclaimed money goes to the locality's general fund.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does Alexandria City, Virginia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
Tax deeds. Virginia sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the county sells the property itself at a public tax sale.
How often does Alexandria City hold tax deed sales?
Alexandria City holds its tax deed sale once a year. No fixed annual date. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Virginia's redemption rule: Until the date set for the sale. Virginia has no post-sale redemption period. Call the Special Commissioner of Sale, Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, appointed by the Circuit Court of the City of Alexandria as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.
Where can I find the Alexandria City tax sale list?
Alexandria City posts its tax sale list at taxva.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.
Verified Aug 23, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
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