Montgomery County, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Montgomery County, seat of Christiansburg: 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.
- Format
- County site
- Registration
- Bidding is simulcast, online and in person.
- County office
- 540-382-5723
On this page
How Montgomery County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Montgomery County Treasurer, with the auction conducted by the court-appointed Special Commissioner of Sale, Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Bidding is simulcast, online and in person.
- Sale list
- Sale notices and parcel list
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is simulcast, online and in person. Online bidders must register and be approved by the auctioneer through walkercommercialservices.com; registration and bidding are free. In-person bidders attend the Government Center on sale day. Bidders without internet access can call Walker Commercial Services at (540) 344-6160 for help. To qualify as a purchaser you may not owe delinquent taxes to the County of Montgomery, and on the judicial track you may not be a defendant in any pending delinquent tax matter.
Sale format and venue
Montgomery County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Montgomery 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 Sale notices and parcel list for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
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 Montgomery County Treasurer, with the auction conducted by the court-appointed Special Commissioner of Sale, Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Montgomery County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Sale notices and parcel list. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is simulcast, online and in person. Online bidders must register and be approved by the auctioneer through walkercommercialservices.com; registration and bidding are free. In-person bidders attend the Government Center on sale day. Bidders without internet access can call Walker Commercial Services at (540) 344-6160 for help. To qualify as a purchaser you may not owe delinquent taxes to the County of Montgomery, and on the judicial track you may not be a defendant in any pending delinquent tax matter.
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
- Montgomery County appoints Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC as its special commissioner of sale, and the TACS notice page carries the operative sale date, terms and parcel list for the county.
- Judicial sales are not final on the fall of the hammer. Every bid on that track is subject to confirmation by the Montgomery County Circuit Court, and the special commissioner can reject a bid judged unreasonable against the estimated value of the property.
- Parcels come off the list when an owner redeems before the sale, and the published notice marks those entries as redeemed, so confirm the roster the morning of the auction.
- Unsold parcels are rolled into the next auction, which is scheduled whenever the court enters the next decree of sale rather than on an annual cycle.
- TACS runs an email list that notifies interested bidders roughly three weeks before a scheduled auction, which is the earliest reliable warning of a Montgomery County sale date.
- Failing to complete a purchase forfeits funds paid as liquidated damages, $2,500 in attorney fees plus $1,000 in auctioneer fees on the judicial track and $750 plus $250 on the nonjudicial track, with resale costs on top.
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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