Hanover County, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Hanover County, seat of Hanover: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Format
- County site
- County office
- 804-365-6145
On this page
How Hanover County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Special Commissioner of Sale appointed by the Hanover County Circuit Court, working with Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC for the Hanover County Treasurer's Office
- Frequency
- annual
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Auctions are open to the general public, but Hanover County states that to qualify as a purchaser you may not owe delinquent taxes to the county and you may not be a defendant in any pending tax matter. Online bidders must register and be approved by the auctioneer at For Sale At Auction before the sale opens, and registration and bidding are free. In-person bidders simply attend at the Hanover County Administration Building Board Room, 7516 County Complex Road. The winning bidder posts 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, paid in certified bank funds or by wire. In-person buyers settle on the day of the auction and online buyers have seven days from the close. Taxing Authority Consulting Services keeps a free email list that notifies interested bidders roughly three weeks before a scheduled Virginia auction.
Sale format and venue
Hanover County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Hanover 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 Delinquent Tax Sale page, Hanover County Treasurer 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
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 appointed by the Hanover County Circuit Court, working with Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC for the Hanover County Treasurer's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Hanover County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Delinquent Tax Sale page, Hanover County Treasurer. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Auctions are open to the general public, but Hanover County states that to qualify as a purchaser you may not owe delinquent taxes to the county and you may not be a defendant in any pending tax matter. Online bidders must register and be approved by the auctioneer at For Sale At Auction before the sale opens, and registration and bidding are free. In-person bidders simply attend at the Hanover County Administration Building Board Room, 7516 County Complex Road. The winning bidder posts 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, paid in certified bank funds or by wire. In-person buyers settle on the day of the auction and online buyers have seven days from the close. Taxing Authority Consulting Services keeps a free email list that notifies interested bidders roughly three weeks before a scheduled Virginia auction.
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
Hanover County Treasurer's Office
P.O. Box 200, Hanover, VA 23069 (Chenault-Weems Building, 7507 Library Drive, Hanover, VA 23069)
Official websiteCounty notes
- Hanover County holds at least two delinquent real estate auctions a year and does not tie them to a set season, so watch the county calendar and the Treasurer's delinquent tax sale page rather than waiting on an annual month.
- Bidding happens two ways at the same time: live in the Board Room at the Hanover County Administration Building, 7516 County Complex Road, and online through For Sale At Auction. Online bidders must be approved by the auctioneer before the sale opens.
- Deposit terms have held steady across recent Hanover sales at 25 percent of the bid or $1,000, whichever is greater, plus a 10 percent buyer's premium with a $150 minimum. In-person winners settle the same day, online winners get seven days, and payment is certified funds or wire only.
- You cannot buy if you owe delinquent taxes to Hanover County or are a defendant in a pending county tax matter.
- Parcel lists surface only about three weeks before each auction, so the due-diligence window is short. Taxing Authority Consulting Services runs a free email alert list for upcoming Virginia sales that gives roughly the same notice.
- This is a court process, not a counter sale. The Hanover County Circuit Court confirms the sale before the Special Commissioner delivers a deed, so budget time between the winning bid and clear title.
- Hanover has also used the non-judicial route under Va. Code 58.1-3975 to sell small unimproved parcels, offered at the same auction as the judicial parcels.
- For questions on a specific delinquency, reach the Treasurer's Collections Division at 804-365-6145; the general Treasurer line is 804-365-6050.
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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