Lunenburg County, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Lunenburg County, seat of Lunenburg: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- No fixed sale month.
- Registration
- There is no standing county bidder roll to join.
- County office
- (434) 696-3354
On this page
How Lunenburg County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Lunenburg County Treasurer certifies the delinquency; the auction is conducted by a special commissioner of sale appointed by order of the Lunenburg Circuit Court.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No fixed sale month.
- Registration
- There is no standing county bidder roll to join.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
There is no standing county bidder roll to join. When a sale is set, the appointed special commissioner publishes a notice of sale that carries the operative terms: where and how bidding takes place, the deposit due from the winning bidder, and the deadline for the balance. Ask the Treasurer's office at (434) 696-3354 for the commissioner handling the current suit, then work from that commissioner's notice. Virginia commissioners routinely bar anyone who owes the locality delinquent taxes or who is a defendant in the tax suit being sold.
Sale format and venue
Lunenburg County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Lunenburg 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
A county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the office and platform details on this page before relying on a copied list.Register to bid
Sale day
No fixed sale month. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Lunenburg County Treasurer certifies the delinquency; the auction is conducted by a special commissioner of sale appointed by order of the Lunenburg Circuit Court. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Lunenburg County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
The county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the county office contacts below and confirm the advertised parcels directly before you price a bid.Confirm registration and deposit
There is no standing county bidder roll to join. When a sale is set, the appointed special commissioner publishes a notice of sale that carries the operative terms: where and how bidding takes place, the deposit due from the winning bidder, and the deadline for the balance. Ask the Treasurer's office at (434) 696-3354 for the commissioner handling the current suit, then work from that commissioner's notice. Virginia commissioners routinely bar anyone who owes the locality delinquent taxes or who is a defendant in the tax suit being sold.
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
- The Treasurer is Wanda B. Barnes, with Chief Deputy Treasurer Angie H. Long. The office sits at 11512 Courthouse Road, Suite 100 in Lunenburg and is open Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, phone (434) 696-3354, fax (434) 696-3447.
- Lunenburg County maintains no tax sale page, no published delinquent list and no auction calendar, so the Treasurer's office is the first call for confirming whether a delinquent tax suit is headed to sale and who the appointed commissioner is.
- The sale is confirmed by the Lunenburg Circuit Court, and the court file for a pending delinquent tax suit is where the parcel description, the terms of sale and the commissioner's identity are recorded. Clerk of Court is Gordon F. Erby, 11435 Courthouse Road, Lunenburg, VA 23952, (434) 696-2132.
- Neighbouring Southside counties including Prince Edward, Charlotte, Amelia and Cumberland run their judicial tax sales through outside counsel and post them on a statewide Virginia tax sale calendar. Lunenburg does not appear on that calendar, so do not assume a Lunenburg sale will be listed there; confirm with the Treasurer instead.
- County Administration handles general inquiries at 11413 Courthouse Road, Lunenburg, VA 23952, (434) 696-2142, which is a useful fallback if the Treasurer's line is busy.
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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