Campbell County, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Campbell County, seat of Rustburg: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- There is no fixed annual month.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- No advance registration and no online bidding.
- County office
- (434) 332-9590
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How Campbell County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- F.E. "Tripp" Isenhour, III, Campbell County Attorney, serving as Special Commissioner of Sale for the Campbell County Circuit Court. The Campbell County Treasurer bills the real estate tax and certifies the delinquency that starts the case.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- There is no fixed annual month.
- Registration
- No advance registration and no online bidding.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No advance registration and no online bidding. Bidders show up at the courthouse steps and bid by raised hand. A deposit of ten percent of the purchase price is required on each parcel won, in cash or certified funds payable to "F.E. Isenhour, III, Special Commissioner", with the balance of the purchase price due within thirty days of the Circuit Court's approval of the sale. On parcels offered under the Treasurer's sale authority the deposit is payable to "F.E. Isenhour, III, County Attorney" and the balance is due within thirty days of the auction date. Every judicial sale is subject to the approval and confirmation of the Campbell County Circuit Court.
Sale format and venue
Campbell County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Campbell 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 Campbell County notice of judicial sale for delinquent taxes for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
There is no fixed annual month. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use F.E. "Tripp" Isenhour, III, Campbell County Attorney, serving as Special Commissioner of Sale for the Campbell County Circuit Court. The Campbell County Treasurer bills the real estate tax and certifies the delinquency that starts the case. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Campbell County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Campbell County notice of judicial sale for delinquent taxes. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
No advance registration and no online bidding. Bidders show up at the courthouse steps and bid by raised hand. A deposit of ten percent of the purchase price is required on each parcel won, in cash or certified funds payable to "F.E. Isenhour, III, Special Commissioner", with the balance of the purchase price due within thirty days of the Circuit Court's approval of the sale. On parcels offered under the Treasurer's sale authority the deposit is payable to "F.E. Isenhour, III, County Attorney" and the balance is due within thirty days of the auction date. Every judicial sale is subject to the approval and confirmation of the Campbell County Circuit Court.
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
- Virginia sells no tax lien certificates. Campbell County sells the deed itself through a court supervised auction, and the winning bidder takes title only after the Campbell County Circuit Court confirms the sale.
- Campbell County bills real estate tax in two installments due June 5 and December 5 at a rate of $0.45 per $100 of assessed value. Tax is delinquent the day after the due date and carries a penalty of 10 percent or $10, whichever is greater, plus interest at 10 percent a year until paid in full. That interest clock is why an older delinquency can carry a payoff well above the original bill.
- The county publishes a three year delinquent tax list, which is the working pipeline of parcels heading toward suit, and an excess funds list showing surplus proceeds held by the Clerk from sales already completed. Both are spreadsheets in the county's document center and are the earliest look an investor gets at what may reach an auction docket.
- The advertised list can shrink between the newspaper notice and the auction, because an owner who pays the taxes, penalties, interest and costs stops the sale of that parcel. Confirm which parcels are still in the sale before you travel to Rustburg.
- Plan to attend in person with certified funds. Nothing is collected in advance, the ten percent deposit is due on sale day for every parcel you win, and the balance falls due within thirty days, so line up funding before the auction rather than after it.
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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