Fredericksburg City, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Fredericksburg City, seat of Fredericksburg: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- No fixed annual month.
- Format
- County site
- Registration
- Register and be approved by TACS at www.tacssale.com before you can bid.
- County office
- (540) 372-1001, option 5
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How Fredericksburg City sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Special Commissioner of Sale for the City of Fredericksburg, appointed by the Circuit Court of the City of Fredericksburg and staffed by Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No fixed annual month.
- Registration
- Register and be approved by TACS at www.tacssale.com before you can bid.
When it runs
No fixed annual month. The city sells whenever a circuit court suit is ready, and recent auctions closed on Monday, August 5, 2024, Tuesday, February 25, 2025 and Thursday, September 25, 2025. The most recent notice reads: "bidding will begin to close on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 11:00am EST or as soon thereafter as may be affected."
Registration and deposit
Register and be approved by TACS at www.tacssale.com before you can bid. Registration and bidding are free. A bidder may not owe delinquent taxes to the city and may not be a defendant in a delinquent tax suit. The winning bidder pays 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.
Sale format and venue
Delinquent city real estate is sold under Va. Code 58.1-3965 through a suit in equity, and every sale is subject to confirmation by the Circuit Court of the City of Fredericksburg, so a winning bid is not final on auction day. Recent city auctions have been online-only timed sales on the TACS platform at www.tacssale.com with a soft close at 11:00am EST. One earlier city sale ran instead through For Sale At Auction, Inc., so read the notice for the specific sale you are bidding in rather than assuming the platform. Cashier's checks or money orders for the deposit are made payable to the City of Fredericksburg, and wire transfer is preferred. Reach the special commissioner's office at (804) 545-2377 or [email protected], or write to Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, P.O. Box 31800, Henrico, VA 23294-1800. Sign up for TACS bidder notifications to get roughly three weeks of advance notice before a sale.
Source: Special Commissioner's Sale Notice, City of Fredericksburg (TACS)· Verified Aug 23, 2026
Fredericksburg City tax sale list and auction calendar
For Fredericksburg 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.
Get the advertised list
Use TACS Virginia tax sale auction calendar for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
No fixed annual month. 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 Special Commissioner of Sale for the City of Fredericksburg, appointed by the Circuit Court of the City of Fredericksburg and staffed by Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Fredericksburg City
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from TACS Virginia tax sale auction calendar. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Register and be approved by TACS at www.tacssale.com before you can bid. Registration and bidding are free. A bidder may not owe delinquent taxes to the city and may not be a defendant in a delinquent tax suit. The winning bidder pays 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.
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
Treasurer, City of Fredericksburg
715 Princess Anne Street, Room 118, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Official websiteCounty notes
- Fredericksburg is an independent city and a county equivalent. It is not part of Spotsylvania County or Stafford County, and it runs its own treasurer, its own circuit court and its own tax sale.
- The city publishes no tax sale calendar of its own. The operative notice is the special commissioner's advertisement posted by Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, the law firm that prosecutes the city's delinquent tax suits, so watch the TACS auction calendar and call the Treasurer at (540) 372-1001 for the status of a specific parcel.
- Sales here are small, often one or two parcels, and an owner can redeem right up to the auction and pull a parcel from the catalog. Both parcels advertised for the February 25, 2025 sale were redeemed before bidding closed.
- The Treasurer's office is at 715 Princess Anne Street, Room 118, and is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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
Does Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg City hold tax deed sales?
Fredericksburg City holds its tax deed sale once a year. No fixed annual 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 Special Commissioner of Sale for the City of Fredericksburg, appointed by the Circuit Court of the City of Fredericksburg and staffed by Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC 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 Fredericksburg City tax sale list?
Fredericksburg 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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