Chesapeake City, VA tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Chesapeake City, VA tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Virginia sells the property itself, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Aug 23, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Chesapeake City, seat of Chesapeake: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Virginia tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Chesapeake sets no fixed annual sale month.
- Format
- Online
- County office
- 757-382-6281
On this page
How Chesapeake City sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Chesapeake City Treasurer's Office (Corrie A. Kring, City Treasurer). Judicial sales are conducted by the court-appointed Special Commissioner, Ronald D. Slaven Jr. of Slaven Law Group, and the auctions themselves are cried online by Virginia Auction Co., Inc.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Chesapeake sets no fixed annual sale month.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Create a bidder account with Virginia Auction Co. and get approved before the window opens. Approval is not instant, and the sale notice tells anyone still pending at the 10:00 a.m. start to call the auctioneer at 757-538-0123. Anyone who owes delinquent taxes in a selling jurisdiction is barred from bidding. At the Treasurer's nonjudicial auction the winning bidder deposits the bid price plus a 15% buyer's premium plus a $200 deed recordation fee with Virginia Auction Co. within two hours of the close, by cash, cashier's check, money order or wire transfer, with a $15 fee added for wires. At a judicial sale the Special Commissioner requires a cash or cashier's check deposit of at least one third of the purchase price at the sale, full settlement within 14 days, a separate check for each parcel, and may ask an unfamiliar bidder for proof of ability to pay.
Sale format and venue
Chesapeake City tax sale list and auction calendar
For Chesapeake 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. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Use Chesapeake tax sale notices and parcel lists as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.Register to bid
Ask the Chesapeake City Treasurer's Office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Chesapeake sets no fixed annual sale month. Bidding runs on Online; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Chesapeake City Treasurer's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Chesapeake City
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open Chesapeake tax sale notices and parcel lists. Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the county before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.Confirm registration and deposit
Create a bidder account with Virginia Auction Co. and get approved before the window opens. Approval is not instant, and the sale notice tells anyone still pending at the 10:00 a.m. start to call the auctioneer at 757-538-0123. Anyone who owes delinquent taxes in a selling jurisdiction is barred from bidding. At the Treasurer's nonjudicial auction the winning bidder deposits the bid price plus a 15% buyer's premium plus a $200 deed recordation fee with Virginia Auction Co. within two hours of the close, by cash, cashier's check, money order or wire transfer, with a $15 fee added for wires. At a judicial sale the Special Commissioner requires a cash or cashier's check deposit of at least one third of the purchase price at the sale, full settlement within 14 days, a separate check for each parcel, and may ask an unfamiliar bidder for proof of ability to pay.
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. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Virginia before you price the title work.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
Chesapeake City Treasurer's Office
306 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, VA 23322. Mailing: P.O. Box 16495, Chesapeake, VA 23328
Official websiteCounty notes
- Chesapeake is an independent city and a county equivalent. It elects its own Treasurer, files its own tax suits and holds its own sales, and it is not part of any Virginia county.
- Two offices matter here and they answer different questions. The Treasurer's Office at 757-382-6281 handles the delinquency, the payoff and the nonjudicial sale. The Special Commissioner, Ronald D. Slaven Jr. of Slaven Law Group, 308 George Washington Highway N, Suite 1, Chesapeake, VA 23323, 757-547-8080, handles the judicial suits and the terms of sale.
- Both tracks are online only. Virginia Auction Co., Inc., 3533 Pruden Blvd., Suffolk, VA 23434, 757-538-0123, is the auctioneer of record and takes the money; settlement happens at its Suffolk office or by wire, not at Chesapeake City Hall.
- Budget for the 15% buyer's premium and the $200 deed recordation fee on nonjudicial lots. The bid is not the price, and payment is due within two hours of the close, so arrange funds before the window opens.
- Recent Chesapeake nonjudicial lots have been small vacant parcels identified only by their nearest street address, not improved homes. Pull the parcel ID from the notice and check the assessor record and access rights before you bid, because everything sells subject to matters an accurate survey would disclose.
- Do not bid unless you can settle. A judicial sale carries a one-third deposit at the hammer and a 14-day settlement deadline regardless of any title exam, survey or inspection you still want to do, and failure to settle can cost you the deposit or expose you to the costs of the suit.
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.
What the deed conveys: Title from a judicial sale under Article 4 is governed by the principles that apply to purchasers at judicial sales of real estate generally. It bars the disabilities of parties defendant and is free of all claims of any creditor, person, or entity, including beneficiaries under any deed of trust or mortgage, provided that the creditor was made a party defendant. Easements recorded before the date of sale are not affected. That proviso is the whole risk: the wipe-out depends on the plaintiff having named and served every interested party, so check the pleadings and the title work behind the sale. 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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