Manassas City, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Manassas City, seat of Manassas: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Manassas holds no fixed annual sale.
- Format
- County site
- Registration
- Register free at tacssale.com and wait for auctioneer approval before you can bid.
- County office
- 703-257-8242
On this page
How Manassas City sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, Special Commissioner of Sale for the City of Manassas (delinquency certified by the City of Manassas Treasurer)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Manassas holds no fixed annual sale.
- Registration
- Register free at tacssale.com and wait for auctioneer approval before you can bid.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register free at tacssale.com and wait for auctioneer approval before you can bid. Bidders may not owe delinquent taxes to the City of Manassas and may not be a defendant in a pending city tax matter. The winning bidder owes 25% of the high bid or $1,000, whichever is greater, plus a 5% buyer's premium subject to a $150 minimum, all payable within seven days of the auction closing. Bidding and registration help is at 804-548-4408 or [email protected].
Sale format and venue
Manassas City tax sale list and auction calendar
For Manassas 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 Special Commissioner's Sale Notice and Parcel List for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Manassas holds no fixed annual sale. 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 the City of Manassas (delinquency certified by the City of Manassas Treasurer) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Manassas City
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
Register free at tacssale.com and wait for auctioneer approval before you can bid. Bidders may not owe delinquent taxes to the City of Manassas and may not be a defendant in a pending city tax matter. The winning bidder owes 25% of the high bid or $1,000, whichever is greater, plus a 5% buyer's premium subject to a $150 minimum, all payable within seven days of the auction closing. Bidding and registration help is at 804-548-4408 or [email protected].
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
- Manassas is an independent city and a county equivalent. It is not part of Prince William County, and it is a separate government from the neighboring City of Manassas Park, which runs its own sales through the same law firm. Confirm which jurisdiction a notice covers before you bid.
- Volume is low. The most recent advertised Manassas sale carried a single parcel on Centreville Road, and it redeemed before bidding closed. Treat this as a calendar to watch rather than a market to plan around.
- A winning bid is not final on auction day. The Circuit Court must confirm the sale, and only then does the 15 day clock on the balance start.
- Real estate tax is due December 5 and June 5 each fiscal year, which begins July 1. Delinquent accounts move to Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC at 804-545-2500 well before any suit is filed.
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.
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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