Hopewell City, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Hopewell City, seat of Hopewell: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Format
- County site
- Registration
- Bidding is online only.
- County office
- 804-541-2240
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How Hopewell City sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- City of Hopewell Treasurer's Office, with judicial sales prosecuted by Special Commissioner Jason A. Dunn, PLC and confirmed by the Hopewell Circuit Court
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Bidding is online only.
- Sale list
- Tax Auction Notices and Sale Flyer
When it runs
Hopewell schedules sales as delinquent cases ripen rather than on one fixed annual date, and it holds more than one a year. The current judicial sale flyer reads "Online Bidding Starts on Thursday, August 20th, 2026 at 10:00 AM" and "Bidding Begins to Close on Thursday, August 27th, 2026 at 11:00 AM". Recent nonjudicial sales opened Wednesday, July 1, 2026 and Thursday, December 4, 2025, each running about two weeks to a close.
Registration and deposit
Bidding is online only. Open a bidder account at vaauctionco.com and register for the Hopewell sale before it opens, because approval is not instant. The auction listing tells anyone still pending approval at the 10:00 AM start to call Virginia Auction Company at 757-538-0123. The city bars bidders who owe it money: "If you or any entities you are involved in have delinquent City of Hopewell taxes, you will not be permitted to bid."
Sale format and venue
Hopewell runs two separate tracks and both sell online through Virginia Auction Company. The judicial track is a suit in equity: Special Commissioner Jason A. Dunn, PLC offers the parcels and the listing states "This sale is subject to confirmation by the Hopewell Circuit Court", with confirmation taking 30 to 60 days from the sale date. Judicial terms are a 20 percent deposit at the close of the auction, a 10 percent buyer's premium, and the balance due ten days after the auction in cash or certified funds payable to Jason A. Dunn, PLC, 303 34th Street Unit 6, Virginia Beach, VA 23451. The second track is a nonjudicial sale under Va. Code 58.1-3975 ordered directly by City Treasurer Jason Yancey for low-value parcels; those settle in full on the day of the sale by cash, cashier's check, money order or wire transfer, carry a 15 percent buyer's premium plus a $200 deed recordation fee, and are confirmed by the Treasurer rather than the court. Every parcel sells as is and where is, in gross and not by the acre, subject to recorded liens, easements, encroachments, boundary questions and the rights of parties in possession.
Source: City of Hopewell Tax Auction Listing, Virginia Auction Company· Verified Aug 23, 2026
Hopewell City tax sale list and auction calendar
For Hopewell 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 Tax Auction Notices and Sale Flyer for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
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 City of Hopewell Treasurer's Office, with judicial sales prosecuted by Special Commissioner Jason A. Dunn, PLC and confirmed by the Hopewell Circuit Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Hopewell City
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax Auction Notices and Sale Flyer. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is online only. Open a bidder account at vaauctionco.com and register for the Hopewell sale before it opens, because approval is not instant. The auction listing tells anyone still pending approval at the 10:00 AM start to call Virginia Auction Company at 757-538-0123. The city bars bidders who owe it money: "If you or any entities you are involved in have delinquent City of Hopewell taxes, you will not be permitted to bid."
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
County notes
- Hopewell is an independent city, a county equivalent that runs its own treasurer, its own courts and its own tax sales. It sits beside Prince George County but is not part of it, so parcels here never appear on a county tax sale list.
- Once city real estate taxes run six months or more delinquent, the account moves to attorney Jason A. Dunn for collection and sale. The Treasurer directs those inquiries to 757-937-0872. Personal property collections go to a different contractor and will not help with a real estate parcel.
- The sale flyer warns that "Properties may be added or withdrawn at any time prior to the auction", so confirm the lot list on the morning bidding opens rather than relying on the advertised roster.
- Judicial buyers do not get a deed at the fall of the hammer. The Hopewell Circuit Court must confirm the sale and enter a decree, which the auctioneer estimates at 30 to 60 days, and the full purchase price must be paid first.
- The two tracks carry different money terms, so read the notice for the specific sale: 10 percent buyer's premium and a 20 percent deposit on the judicial sales, 15 percent buyer's premium plus a $200 recordation fee and payment in full on sale day for the nonjudicial ones.
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 Hopewell 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 Hopewell City hold tax deed sales?
Hopewell City holds its tax deed sale once a year. 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 City of Hopewell Treasurer's Office, with judicial sales prosecuted by Special Commissioner Jason A. Dunn, PLC and confirmed by the Hopewell Circuit Court 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 Hopewell City tax sale list?
Hopewell City posts its tax sale list at hopewellva.gov. 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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