Craig County, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Craig County, seat of New Castle: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Craig County publishes no recurring tax sale month or standing auction calendar.
- County office
- 540-864-5641
On this page
How Craig County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Craig County Treasurer, with the auction conducted by a special commissioner appointed by the Craig Circuit Court
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Craig County publishes no recurring tax sale month or standing auction calendar.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
There is no standing bidder registration list for Craig County, because there is no recurring county auction to register for. Terms of sale, deposit and bidder qualifications come from the published sale advertisement and the bid package issued for each special commissioner's sale. Call the Treasurer at 540-864-5641 or the Clerk of the Craig Circuit Court at 540-864-6141 to find out whether a delinquent tax suit is pending and what deposit the court has set before travelling to a sale.
Sale format and venue
Craig County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Craig 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
A county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the office and platform details on this page before relying on a copied list.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Craig County publishes no recurring tax sale month or standing auction calendar. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Craig County Treasurer, with the auction conducted by a special commissioner appointed by the Craig Circuit Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Craig County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
The county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the county office contacts below and confirm the advertised parcels directly before you price a bid.Confirm registration and deposit
There is no standing bidder registration list for Craig County, because there is no recurring county auction to register for. Terms of sale, deposit and bidder qualifications come from the published sale advertisement and the bid package issued for each special commissioner's sale. Call the Treasurer at 540-864-5641 or the Clerk of the Craig Circuit Court at 540-864-6141 to find out whether a delinquent tax suit is pending and what deposit the court has set before travelling to a sale.
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
182 Main Street, New Castle, VA 24127. Mailing: P.O. Box 57, New Castle, VA 24127
Official websiteCounty notes
- Craig County real estate tax bills are mailed the last week in April and the first week in October, with installments due June 5 and December 5. A missed installment draws a 10 percent late payment penalty, and repeated misses are what eventually put a parcel in front of a special commissioner.
- The 2026 Craig County real estate tax rate is 56 cents per $100 of assessed value, useful for sizing the annual carry on a parcel before bidding.
- Because there is no county auction page to watch, the circuit court file and the published legal advertisement are where a Craig County sale first surfaces. The Clerk of the Craig Circuit Court is Sharon P. Oliver, reachable at 540-864-6141 or by mail at P.O. Box 185, New Castle, VA 24127, with the office at 182 Main Street, Suite 4.
- Ownership and assessment records sit with the Commissioner of the Revenue, Danielle Snider, at 540-864-6241, 182 Main Street, Suite 3, New Castle. That office is the first call for acreage, owner of record and tax relief status when running diligence on a parcel. The county also runs a public GIS viewer for parcel mapping.
- Payoffs and current-year balances are handled by the Treasurer, who takes cards online through the county e-Services portal and by phone at 540-864-5641, with a 3 percent convenience fee on card transactions.
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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