Botetourt County, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Botetourt County, seat of Fincastle: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Botetourt publishes no fixed annual sale date.
- Format
- County site
- County office
- (540) 928-2030
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How Botetourt County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Botetourt County Treasurer's Office, with the auction conducted by court-appointed Special Commissioner Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC (TACS)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Botetourt publishes no fixed annual sale date.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Every bidder must register and be approved by the auctioneer, and registration and bidding are free of charge. Online bidders register through the auctioneer's site at dudleyresources.auction. In-person bidders should arrive no later than 11:30 AM to register before the 12:00 PM start. The high bidder posts a deposit of 25 percent of the bid or $1,000, whichever is higher, plus a 10 percent buyer's premium subject to a $150 minimum. In-person deposits are due at the close of the auction by check or money order, online deposits are due within 7 days by certified funds, and the balance is due within 15 days of court confirmation.
Sale format and venue
Botetourt County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Botetourt 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.
Get the advertised list
Use Special Commissioner's Sale notice and parcel list, Botetourt County for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Botetourt publishes no fixed annual sale 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 Botetourt County Treasurer's Office, with the auction conducted by court-appointed Special Commissioner Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC (TACS) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Botetourt County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Special Commissioner's Sale notice and parcel list, Botetourt County. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Every bidder must register and be approved by the auctioneer, and registration and bidding are free of charge. Online bidders register through the auctioneer's site at dudleyresources.auction. In-person bidders should arrive no later than 11:30 AM to register before the 12:00 PM start. The high bidder posts a deposit of 25 percent of the bid or $1,000, whichever is higher, plus a 10 percent buyer's premium subject to a $150 minimum. In-person deposits are due at the close of the auction by check or money order, online deposits are due within 7 days by certified funds, and the balance is due within 15 days of court confirmation.
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
Botetourt County Treasurer's Office
57 S Center Drive, Daleville, VA 24083 (mailing: P.O. Box 587, Daleville, VA 24083)
Official websiteCounty notes
- Botetourt sells the deed through a judicial sale in Circuit Court, so the winning bid is subject to court confirmation and there is no lien certificate to buy.
- The county states a parcel is eligible with a one-year delinquency after December 31 if it is assessed at less than $100,000, or with a two-year delinquency after December 31 if it is assessed above that figure.
- An owner can pull a parcel back by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest, costs and fees by 5 pm on the date before the auction, so the offering can shrink right up to sale day.
- Any listing of properties for the tax sale is subject to change up until the time of sale, so confirm the parcel list against the sale advertisement before bidding.
- Town of Buchanan parcels are sold alongside county parcels in the same delinquent tax proceeding.
- Sale notices are advertised for two separate weeks before each auction and appear in The Fincastle Herald as well as on the Special Commissioner's site.
- The Treasurer also publishes the statutory Notice of Delinquent Taxes and Judicial Sale of Real Property, which names the owners and tax map numbers headed into suit well before any auction date is set.
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
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Verified Aug 23, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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