Isle of Wight County, VA tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Isle of Wight County, VA tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Virginia sells the property itself, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Aug 23, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Isle of Wight County, seat of Isle of Wight: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Virginia tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- No fixed annual month.
- Format
- Online
- County office
- (757) 365-6228
On this page
How Isle of Wight County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Special Commissioner of Sale James J. Reid, Esq. of DolanReid PLLC, appointed by the Circuit Court of Isle of Wight County, with the delinquency certified by the Isle of Wight County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No fixed annual month.
- Sale list
- Current tax auction listings
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register free at vaauctionco.com and get bidder approval before the auction opens; the auctioneer asks anyone still pending at the 10:00 AM start to call (757) 538-0123. Bidders show identification and may be asked to demonstrate they hold the funds for the down payment. Registering affirms you are not an elected official of Isle of Wight County, not bidding for one or for an entity an elected official controls, and not a member, employee or immediate family member of DolanReid PLLC. The high bidder signs a Memorandum of Sale within 30 minutes of receiving it and pays a deposit of at least 20 percent of the bid by cash or certified check made out to DolanReid PLLC, delivered to James J. Reid, Esq., 12610 Patrick Henry Dr., Suite D, Newport News, VA 23602. The balance is due within 10 days. Bids of $3,000 or less must be paid in full at the close.
Sale format and venue
Isle of Wight County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Isle of Wight 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. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Use Current tax auction listings as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.Register to bid
Ask the Special Commissioner of Sale James J how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
No fixed annual month. Bidding runs on Online; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Special Commissioner of Sale James J as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Isle of Wight County
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open Current tax auction listings. Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the county before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.Confirm registration and deposit
Register free at vaauctionco.com and get bidder approval before the auction opens; the auctioneer asks anyone still pending at the 10:00 AM start to call (757) 538-0123. Bidders show identification and may be asked to demonstrate they hold the funds for the down payment. Registering affirms you are not an elected official of Isle of Wight County, not bidding for one or for an entity an elected official controls, and not a member, employee or immediate family member of DolanReid PLLC. The high bidder signs a Memorandum of Sale within 30 minutes of receiving it and pays a deposit of at least 20 percent of the bid by cash or certified check made out to DolanReid PLLC, delivered to James J. Reid, Esq., 12610 Patrick Henry Dr., Suite D, Newport News, VA 23602. The balance is due within 10 days. Bids of $3,000 or less must be paid in full at the close.
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. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Virginia before you price the title work.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
- Isle of Wight parcels rarely go up alone. They are usually pooled with the City of Newport News and Southampton County, and sometimes Halifax or Surry County, in one combined online auction, so confirm which locality a lot sits in before you bid.
- The auctioneer is Virginia Auction Company of Suffolk, reachable at (757) 538-0123, but the money and the deed run through the Special Commissioner. Payoff and closing questions go to James J. Reid, Esq. at DolanReid PLLC, (757) 320-0255.
- Two paths show up in this county. Most sales are judicial sales under Va. Code 58.1-3967 confirmed by the Circuit Court, but lower value parcels have also been offered by special order of the Treasurer as nonjudicial sales under Va. Code 58.1-3975.
- The Treasurer's Auctions page on the county site is a document library, not a sale calendar. Dates, parcel lists and assessment documents come from the auctioneer's listing for each sale, so watch that calendar and join the pre-registration list for the next Newport News, Isle of Wight and Southampton sale.
- Owners can stop a sale by paying the Treasurer before the auction, so lots are withdrawn late. Verify a parcel is still in the sale on the morning bidding opens.
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.
What the deed conveys: Title from a judicial sale under Article 4 is governed by the principles that apply to purchasers at judicial sales of real estate generally. It bars the disabilities of parties defendant and is free of all claims of any creditor, person, or entity, including beneficiaries under any deed of trust or mortgage, provided that the creditor was made a party defendant. Easements recorded before the date of sale are not affected. That proviso is the whole risk: the wipe-out depends on the plaintiff having named and served every interested party, so check the pleadings and the title work behind the sale. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does Isle of Wight County, Virginia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
How often does Isle of Wight County hold tax deed sales?
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
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Verified Aug 23, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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