Page County, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Page County, seat of Luray: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- No fixed annual month.
- Format
- In person
- County office
- 540-743-3975
On this page
How Page County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Law Office of James W. Elliott, Special Commissioner of Sale appointed by the Page County Circuit Court on the suit of the Page County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No fixed annual month.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No advance registration, and no online or absentee bidding: "Anyone intending to bid on property must attend the auction or have a representative attend on their behalf." Auctions are cried in front of the Page County Circuit Court at 116 S Court Street, Luray. The winning bidder puts down 25 percent of the bid price at the sale with the balance due to the Special Commissioner's office within ten days, payable by cash, cashier's check, certified check, personal check or money order. Credit and debit cards are not accepted at these auctions. Every bid is a binding contract, the court must confirm the sale, and a Special Commissioner's deed generally follows 30 to 45 days later.
Sale format and venue
Page County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Page 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 Virginia tax sale auction calendar and represented jurisdictions, Law Office of James W. Elliott 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
No fixed annual month. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Law Office of James W. Elliott, Special Commissioner of Sale appointed by the Page County Circuit Court on the suit of the Page County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Page County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Virginia tax sale auction calendar and represented jurisdictions, Law Office of James W. Elliott. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
No advance registration, and no online or absentee bidding: "Anyone intending to bid on property must attend the auction or have a representative attend on their behalf." Auctions are cried in front of the Page County Circuit Court at 116 S Court Street, Luray. The winning bidder puts down 25 percent of the bid price at the sale with the balance due to the Special Commissioner's office within ten days, payable by cash, cashier's check, certified check, personal check or money order. Credit and debit cards are not accepted at these auctions. Every bid is a binding contract, the court must confirm the sale, and a Special Commissioner's deed generally follows 30 to 45 days later.
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
- Real estate tax is billed in two installments due June 5 and December 5 at $0.73 per $100 of assessed value, and the lien for unpaid tax attaches to the land, so it follows the parcel through a transfer.
- Parcels become eligible for judicial sale when taxes are delinquent on December 31 following the second anniversary of the date the tax fell due.
- The auction is held in front of the Page County Circuit Court, 116 S Court Street, Luray, VA 22835. There is no online bidding platform and absentee bids are not accepted; send a representative if you cannot attend.
- Bring certified funds. The deposit is 25 percent of the bid price at the sale, the balance is due to the Special Commissioner within ten days, and the Circuit Court must confirm the sale before the Special Commissioner's deed issues, generally 30 to 45 days after the auction.
- Property lists go to subscribers of the Special Commissioner's mailing list, a $20 subscription that unlocks a members-only listings area and delivers each auction list by mail or email. Sale notices also run in the Page Valley News public notices.
- Owners can redeem at any time before the sale date by paying the accumulated taxes, penalties, interest and costs, so a listed parcel is not a guaranteed auction lot. Most parcels named in the early notice redeem and never reach the block.
- The Towns of Stanley and Shenandoah collect their own taxes and are represented by the same Special Commissioner, so a town parcel can be sold on its own docket or alongside the county's, as it was in the April 2023 sale.
- Call the Treasurer at 540-743-3975 for payoff and redemption figures, and the Special Commissioner's office at 757-898-7000 for auction dates, terms and the property list. The Clerk of the Circuit Court is at 540-743-4064.
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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