Grayson County, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Grayson County, seat of Independence: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- One judicial sale a year, in a month that moves.
- Format
- County site
- County office
- 276-773-2371
On this page
How Grayson County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, Special Commissioner of Sale for Grayson County
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- One judicial sale a year, in a month that moves.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Registration and bidding are free, and the notice states that "All interested parties must register and be approved by the Auctioneer." Sign up through the auctioneer's site and clear bidder approval before the close. Anyone owing delinquent taxes to Grayson County is barred from bidding. A winning bidder owes a deposit of 25% of the high bid or $1,000, whichever is higher, plus a 5% buyer's premium subject to a $150 minimum, with all funds due within seven days of the auction closing by certified funds, cashier's check, money order or wire transfer. Cash and personal checks are not accepted.
Sale format and venue
Grayson County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Grayson 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 Special Commissioner's sale notice and parcel list for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
One judicial sale a year, in a month that moves. 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 Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, Special Commissioner of Sale for Grayson County as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Grayson County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Special Commissioner's sale notice and parcel list. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Registration and bidding are free, and the notice states that "All interested parties must register and be approved by the Auctioneer." Sign up through the auctioneer's site and clear bidder approval before the close. Anyone owing delinquent taxes to Grayson County is barred from bidding. A winning bidder owes a deposit of 25% of the high bid or $1,000, whichever is higher, plus a 5% buyer's premium subject to a $150 minimum, with all funds due within seven days of the auction closing by certified funds, cashier's check, money order or wire transfer. Cash and personal checks are not accepted.
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
Grayson County Treasurer's Office
P.O. Box 127, Independence, VA 24348. Office at 129 Davis Street, Suite 205, Independence, VA 24348.
Official websiteCounty notes
- The Treasurer collects the taxes and certifies the delinquency but does not run the auction. The sale belongs to the court-appointed Special Commissioner, and the two keep separate phone lines: 276-773-2371 for the Treasurer, 804-548-4429 for the Special Commissioner's tax sale desk.
- Grayson County keeps no tax sale page on its own website. Follow the Special Commissioner's Grayson notice and join the TACS interested-bidder email list, which sends notice roughly three weeks before a scheduled auction.
- Sale months vary widely year to year. Recent Grayson auctions landed in December, November, July, April and June, so there is no fixed annual date to plan around.
- The buyer's premium moved from 10% at the earlier simulcast sales to 5% at the June 2026 online-only sale, with a $150 minimum either way. Read the premium in the notice for the specific sale before you set a bid ceiling.
- Past in-person venues included the county courthouse at 129 Davis Street, the Independence Fire Department and the Crossroads Institute at 1117 East Stuart Drive in Galax, which sits in the City of Galax rather than Grayson County. Check the notice for the venue if a sale returns to live bidding.
- Every sale is confirmed by the Circuit Court of Grayson County. The Clerk of Circuit Court at 276-773-2231, 129 Davis Street, Independence, holds the case file with the Decree of Sale and the order of confirmation.
- Some Grayson notices bundle an incorporated town's delinquent parcels with the county's, as the November 2023 sale did for the Town of Fries. Confirm which taxing jurisdiction a listed parcel sits in before bidding.
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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