Middlesex County, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Middlesex County, seat of Saluda: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- No fixed annual date.
- Format
- County site
- Registration
- Registration is free.
- County office
- (804) 758-5302
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How Middlesex County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, as Special Commissioner of Sale appointed by the Circuit Court for Middlesex County
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No fixed annual date.
- Registration
- Registration is free.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Registration is free. Online bidders open an account with the auctioneer, For Sale At Auction, Inc., at forsaleatauction.biz and must be approved before bidding; bidding in person at the courthouse needs no advance registration. "To qualify as a purchaser at this auction you may not owe delinquent taxes to County of Middlesex", and defendants in the pending tax suit are also excluded. Winning bidders in the room pay by check, cashier's check, or money order, not cash; online winners have seven days to send certified funds, a cashier's check, money order, or wire transfer.
Sale format and venue
Middlesex County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Middlesex 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
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
No fixed annual date. 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, as Special Commissioner of Sale appointed by the Circuit Court for Middlesex County as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Middlesex County
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
Registration is free. Online bidders open an account with the auctioneer, For Sale At Auction, Inc., at forsaleatauction.biz and must be approved before bidding; bidding in person at the courthouse needs no advance registration. "To qualify as a purchaser at this auction you may not owe delinquent taxes to County of Middlesex", and defendants in the pending tax suit are also excluded. Winning bidders in the room pay by check, cashier's check, or money order, not cash; online winners have seven days to send certified funds, a cashier's check, money order, or wire transfer.
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
Middlesex County Treasurer's Office
877 General Puller Highway, Woodward Building, Saluda, VA 23149 (mailing: P.O. Box 182, Saluda, VA 23149)
Official websiteCounty notes
- Treasurer Traci B. Wright collects Middlesex County real estate taxes, due June 5 and December 5 each year, and certifies the delinquency that starts a sale suit. The office is at 877 General Puller Highway in the Woodward Building, Saluda, open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., phone (804) 758-5302, fax (804) 758-3767.
- Watch the Special Commissioner's statewide sale calendar at https://taxva.com/real-estate-tax-sales/ for the next Middlesex date. Parcel lists, opening terms, and bid packages post there ahead of each auction, and the firm runs an interested-bidder email signup that goes out roughly three weeks before a sale.
- Middlesex notices split the offering into two lots with different money terms: judicial parcels sold under the Circuit Court suit take a deposit of 25 percent or $1,000, whichever is higher, while non-judicial parcels under Va. Code 58.1-3975 must be paid in full on auction day. Both carry a 10 percent buyer's premium with a $150 minimum.
- Advertised parcels drop out when the owner pays the delinquency before the gavel. The September 23, 2025 notice listed eight judicial parcels, two of them marked redeemed and one removed, so confirm a parcel is still in the sale before you travel to Saluda.
- Bidding in person and bidding online settle differently. In the room the deposit is due that day by check, cashier's check, or money order, while online winners get seven days to wire or mail certified funds. Budget for recording costs on top of the bid and the buyer's premium.
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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