Martinsville City, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Martinsville City, seat of Martinsville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- There is no fixed annual month.
- Format
- County site
- County office
- 276-403-5240
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How Martinsville City sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Special Commissioner of Sale appointed by the Circuit Court of the City of Martinsville, with the auction administered by Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- There is no fixed annual month.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Registration and bidding are free, and every online bidder must register and be approved by the auctioneer through the Dudley Resources site before the sale. To qualify you may not owe delinquent taxes to the City of Martinsville and may not be a defendant in a delinquent tax suit filed by the city. In-person bidders register at Council Chambers and should be seated by 11:30 AM. A winning in-person bidder pays 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, by personal check, cashier's check or money order, with no cash accepted. A winning online bidder has a card charged $2,500 or the stated minimum deposit at close and owes the balance in certified funds, cashier's check, money order or wire within seven days. Registration help for the online channel is available from Phil Bonnie at Dudley Resources, (757) 651-1729.
Sale format and venue
Martinsville City tax sale list and auction calendar
For Martinsville 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 Upcoming Virginia tax sale auctions and bidder information packets 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
There is no fixed annual month. 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 Circuit Court of the City of Martinsville, with the auction administered by Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Martinsville City
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Upcoming Virginia tax sale auctions and bidder information packets. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Registration and bidding are free, and every online bidder must register and be approved by the auctioneer through the Dudley Resources site before the sale. To qualify you may not owe delinquent taxes to the City of Martinsville and may not be a defendant in a delinquent tax suit filed by the city. In-person bidders register at Council Chambers and should be seated by 11:30 AM. A winning in-person bidder pays 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, by personal check, cashier's check or money order, with no cash accepted. A winning online bidder has a card charged $2,500 or the stated minimum deposit at close and owes the balance in certified funds, cashier's check, money order or wire within seven days. Registration help for the online channel is available from Phil Bonnie at Dudley Resources, (757) 651-1729.
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
- Martinsville is one of Virginia's independent cities. It is a county equivalent, it is not part of Henry County, and it runs its own treasurer and its own tax sales, so Henry County notices and deadlines do not apply to Martinsville parcels.
- The city publishes no tax sale calendar of its own. The operative notice is the Special Commissioner's auction listing from Taxing Authority Consulting Services, the law firm the city uses to bring delinquent tax suits in the Martinsville Circuit Court.
- Auctions are held in person in Council Chambers, Room 202 of the Municipal Building at 55 W. Church St., and simulcast online through Dudley Resources, so bidders can compete from the room or from the platform.
- Sales do not repeat on a fixed month. TACS emails registered subscribers roughly three weeks before each auction, which is the earliest reliable warning that Martinsville parcels are coming up.
- Confirm current delinquency and payoff amounts with the Treasurer at 276-403-5240 before bidding, since a parcel can be redeemed by payment right up to the sale.
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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