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Falls Church City, VA tax sales

How tax deed sales work in Falls Church City, seat of Falls Church: 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 auction month.
Format
County site
County office
703-248-5046 (Treasurer, TTY 711); TACS delinquent real estate, (703) 880-1078 or (804) 545-2500
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How Falls Church City 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
Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, Special Commissioner of Sale for the City of Falls Church, acting on referral from the City of Falls Church Treasurer's Office
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
There is no fixed annual auction month.
Sale list
TACS tax sale notices, including the Falls Church advertisements
When it runs
There is no fixed annual auction month. The City refers delinquent parcels to its Special Commissioner one at a time, and each judicial sale opens with a published notice rather than a calendar date. The most recent notice reads: "On July 13, 2026, or as soon thereafter as may be effected, actions will be commenced under the authority of Virginia Code §58.1-3965, et seq., to begin proceedings to sell the following parcel of real estate for the payment of City of Falls Church delinquent real estate taxes." The prior notice set that start at August 25, 2025. TACS puts the litigation at six to nine months and the full run from referral to a cleared court docket at roughly one year, so an auction date follows an advertisement instead of recurring on a season.
Registration and deposit

Bidding on a TACS Special Commissioner's sale runs through the firm's auction site at tacssale.com. Every bidder must register and be approved by the auctioneer, and both registration and bidding are free. A bidder may not owe delinquent taxes to the selling locality and may not be a defendant in any delinquent tax suit that locality has filed. TACS emails its interested bidder list about three weeks before each auction and the sign up form sits on its Real Estate Tax Sale Resources page, which is the practical way to catch a Falls Church sale. A bidder without internet access can call TACS at (804) 548-4408 to arrange another way to bid.

Sale format and venue
The City publishes no sale calendar or delinquent list of its own, so the Special Commissioner's advertisements are the operative notice. Falls Church volume is very small and the notices posted are at the opening stage, where the Special Commissioner announces suit on a named parcel. The two most recent named a single property each: 121 Great Falls Street, Unit 4, Trammell's Gate Condos, RPC 51104013, and 231 Kent Street, a 0.26 acre lot, Lot 16A, Section 2A, Falls Park, RPC 52202008. An owner can stop the sale at any point before the auction by paying all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest, costs and fees, made payable to the City of Falls Church and mailed to TACS, so advertised parcels frequently redeem and never reach the block. Parcel questions go to TACS at (703) 880-1078 or (804) 545-2500, [email protected], or Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, Post Office Box 31800, Henrico, Virginia 23294-1800, marked Re: Falls Church RE Taxes. Under the standard TACS terms every sale is subject to confirmation by the Circuit Court, property is conveyed by special warranty deed and sold as is with no warranty and no title insurance, and the Special Commissioner may reject a bid it judges unreasonable against the property's value. TACS runs some of its sales online only and others as live events, so read the specific sale advertisement for the format, the auction time and the deposit terms before you bid.
Register on Online auction
Source: Notice of Delinquent Taxes and Possible Judicial Sale, July 2026, Taxing Authority Consulting Services· Verified Aug 23, 2026

Falls Church City tax sale list and auction calendar

For Falls Church 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use TACS tax sale notices, including the Falls Church advertisements for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.

  3. Sale day

    There is no fixed annual auction month. 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 Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, Special Commissioner of Sale for the City of Falls Church, acting on referral from the City of Falls Church Treasurer's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Falls Church City

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from TACS tax sale notices, including the Falls Church advertisements. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidding on a TACS Special Commissioner's sale runs through the firm's auction site at tacssale.com. Every bidder must register and be approved by the auctioneer, and both registration and bidding are free. A bidder may not owe delinquent taxes to the selling locality and may not be a defendant in any delinquent tax suit that locality has filed. TACS emails its interested bidder list about three weeks before each auction and the sign up form sits on its Real Estate Tax Sale Resources page, which is the practical way to catch a Falls Church sale. A bidder without internet access can call TACS at (804) 548-4408 to arrange another way to bid.

  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

City of Falls Church Treasurer's Office

703-248-5046 (Treasurer, TTY 711); TACS delinquent real estate, (703) 880-1078 or (804) 545-2500

Treasurer's Office, City Hall, 300 Park Avenue, Suite 201 West, Falls Church, VA 22046

Official website

County notes

  • Falls Church is an independent city and a county equivalent. It is not part of Fairfax County or Arlington County, it elects its own Treasurer, and it bills, collects and refers its own delinquent real estate taxes.
  • Many properties carrying a Falls Church mailing address actually sit in Fairfax County or Arlington County, outside the two square miles of the city. Those parcels are sold in their own county's tax sale under a different docket. Confirm the advertising jurisdiction and the parcel identifier before you bid.
  • The City contracts its delinquent real estate collections and its Special Commissioner work to Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, a Virginia law firm serving government clients. Redemption payments are made payable to the City of Falls Church but mailed to TACS.
  • Judicial sale suits for city parcels are heard in the Circuit Court of Arlington and the City of Falls Church, the 17th Judicial Circuit, at 1425 North Courthouse Road, Arlington, VA 22201, (703) 228-7010. Paul Ferguson is the elected Clerk for both jurisdictions.
  • City real estate tax is billed in two installments, due June 5 and December 5. Unpaid balances draw a statutory 10 percent penalty after the due date before interest and collection costs begin building the payoff a bidder is effectively competing against.
  • The city site carries Treasurer, tax rate and assessment pages but no tax sale section. Watch the TACS notice page and join its interested bidder email list to hear about a Falls Church auction, and call the Treasurer at 703-248-5046 to confirm the status of a specific account.

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 Falls Church City, 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 Falls Church City hold tax deed sales?

Falls Church City holds its tax deed sale once a year. There is no fixed annual auction month. 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 Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, Special Commissioner of Sale for the City of Falls Church, acting on referral from the City of Falls Church Treasurer's Office 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 Falls Church City tax sale list?

Falls Church City posts its tax sale list at taxva.com. 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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