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Appomattox County, VA tax sales

How tax deed sales work in Appomattox County, seat of Appomattox: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

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Next sale
Sales are held irregularly, roughly every one to two years, and land in early summer.
Format
County site
Registration
Registration is free.
County office
434-352-5200
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How Appomattox County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

Virginia localities do not sell tax lien certificates to investors. The locality holds its own first-priority tax lien and enforces it through a judicial sale of the property.

Tax deed sale

Online auction
Run by
Special Commissioner of Sale appointed by the Appomattox County Circuit Court, represented by Sands Anderson PC, with the auction conducted by For Sale At Auction, Inc.
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Sales are held irregularly, roughly every one to two years, and land in early summer.
Registration
Registration is free.
Sale list
Tax delinquent real estate auctions
When it runs
Sales are held irregularly, roughly every one to two years, and land in early summer. Online bidding closed at 11 a.m. on June 16, 2022 and again at 11 a.m. on June 10, 2024, and the 2023 sale ran at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 12. The 2024 auction opened for bidding on May 9 and stayed open about a month before closing, so the parcel list usually appears four to six weeks ahead of the close.
Registration and deposit

Registration is free. Open the Appomattox listing on the For Sale At Auction bidding site and use the Register button, or call the auction company at 540-899-1776 for help bidding online. When the sale runs as a simulcast you may instead register in person at the sale location, arriving 30 minutes early with a government-issued photo ID. A 10 percent buyer's premium is added to the winning bid and becomes part of the total sale price. The high bidder deposits 10 percent of the total sale price with the Special Commissioner within days of the close, by wire transfer, cash or good check, and pays the balance by wire or certified funds within 15 days of Circuit Court confirmation. Checks must be drawn on a Virginia bank; out-of-state buyers need cash or certified funds.

Sale format and venue
Every winning bid is subject to Circuit Court approval before title passes, and properties are conveyed by special warranty deed subject to recorded easements and covenants and to the rights of anyone in possession. Owners can redeem right up to the auction, so parcels are routinely marked redeemed or pulled from the list mid-campaign. Recent sales have combined Appomattox County parcels with Town of Pamplin City parcels in one auction, and most offerings are small rural tracts of half an acre to five acres, some improved. Improved tax delinquent properties are never opened for inspection; you may walk the unimproved parcels. The format has varied, with online-only sales in 2022 and 2024 and an in-person simulcast in 2023, so read each notice for the format and the exact deposit deadline. The county publishes no tax sale calendar of its own, so watch the auction firm's tax delinquent listings and the legal notices in the local newspaper, and call the Treasurer at 434-352-5200 to confirm a parcel's payoff or redemption status.
Register on Online auction
Source: 2024 Special Commissioner's Sale of Tax Delinquent Real Estate, For Sale At Auction· Verified Aug 23, 2026

Appomattox County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Appomattox County 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Tax delinquent real estate auctions for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Registration is free. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Sales are held irregularly, roughly every one to two years, and land in early summer. Bidding runs on County site; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Special Commissioner of Sale appointed by the Appomattox County Circuit Court, represented by Sands Anderson PC, with the auction conducted by For Sale At Auction, Inc. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Appomattox County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax delinquent real estate auctions. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Registration is free. Open the Appomattox listing on the For Sale At Auction bidding site and use the Register button, or call the auction company at 540-899-1776 for help bidding online. When the sale runs as a simulcast you may instead register in person at the sale location, arriving 30 minutes early with a government-issued photo ID. A 10 percent buyer's premium is added to the winning bid and becomes part of the total sale price. The high bidder deposits 10 percent of the total sale price with the Special Commissioner within days of the close, by wire transfer, cash or good check, and pays the balance by wire or certified funds within 15 days of Circuit Court confirmation. Checks must be drawn on a Virginia bank; out-of-state buyers need cash or certified funds.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

Appomattox County Treasurer

434-352-5200

329A Court Street, P.O. Box 689, Appomattox, VA 24522

Official website

County notes

  • Appomattox County's delinquent real estate is sold by a court-appointed Special Commissioner rather than by the Treasurer, under Decrees of Sale from the Appomattox County Circuit Court. The Treasurer certifies the delinquency and takes payoffs; the Commissioner runs the sale.
  • Sands Anderson PC names Appomattox County, the Town of Appomattox and the Town of Pamplin among the localities it handles delinquent real estate tax collection for, and its Special Commissioner signed the county's 2022, 2023 and 2024 sale notices. The firm's delinquent tax practice contact is N. Reid Broughton, 540-260-9011.
  • For Sale At Auction, Inc. of Hague, Virginia has conducted the county's last three tax delinquent sales. Reach the auction company at 540-899-1776 or [email protected], and bid at bid.forsaleatauction.biz.
  • The 2023 sale was a simulcast held in the Appomattox County Board of Supervisors meeting room at the Carver-Price Educational Complex, 171 Price Lane, Appomattox. The 2022 and 2024 sales were online only.
  • The Treasurer's office is in the left half of the Treasurer and Commissioner building in front of the Appomattox County Courthouse at 329A Court Street, open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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.
Governing statute
Va. Code Title 58.1, Chapter 39, Article 4

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Appomattox County, 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 Appomattox County hold tax deed sales?

Appomattox County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Sales are held irregularly, roughly every one to two years, and land in early summer. 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 appointed by the Appomattox County Circuit Court, represented by Sands Anderson PC, with the auction conducted by For Sale At Auction, Inc. 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 Appomattox County tax sale list?

Appomattox County posts its tax sale list at forsaleatauction.biz. 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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