Patrick County, VA tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Patrick County contracts its delinquent real estate sales to Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, which serves as court-appointed Special Commissioner of Sale, and to Rogers Realty & Auction Co. of Mount Airy, North Carolina as auctioneer. The operative notice and parcel list live on the TACS Patrick County page, not on the county website.
• •A single auction mixes two tracks with different payment terms. Judicial parcels come from decrees of sale in the Circuit Court of Patrick County and close only when the court confirms the sale; nonjudicial parcels are sold directly by the Treasurer under Va. Code 58.1-3975. Read which prefix a parcel carries before you calculate your deposit.
• •Owners can redeem up to the sale and the published list flags parcels that have redeemed, so confirm a parcel is still in the auction before you commit to bidding on it.
• •Property is conveyed by special warranty deed, as-is, where-is and in gross rather than by the acre, subject to any easements and rights of record. There is no guarantee a parcel has a right of way or is not landlocked, and neither TACS nor the auctioneer provides or assists with title insurance.
• •The parcels are rural and vary widely, from roughly a tenth of an acre near Dogwood Road to a 33-acre tract on Hatchers Chapel Road, so an independent title search and a site visit within the limits of the law pay for themselves here.
• •Failing to complete a purchase forfeits all funds paid as liquidated damages, covering $2,500 in attorney fees and $1,000 in auctioneer fees, with the remainder going to the county toward resale costs. A late or short deposit triggers the same liability.
• •The county publishes no sale calendar of its own. Watch the TACS Patrick County page and the Rogers Realty auction listing for the next notice, or call the Treasurer's Office at 276-694-7257.

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.Va. Code 58.1-3974 - Redemption of land by owner; lien for taxes paidVa. Code 58.1-3974Verified Aug 23, 2026

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.Va. Code 58.1-3967 - How proceedings instituted; parties; title acquired; disposition of surplus proceeds of saleVa. Code 58.1-3967Verified Aug 23, 2026

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.Va. Code 58.1-3967 - How proceedings instituted; parties; title acquired; disposition of surplus proceeds of saleVa. Code 58.1-3967Verified Aug 23, 2026

Governing statute

Va. Code Title 58.1, Chapter 39, Article 4Code of Virginia Title 58.1, Chapter 39 - Enforcement, Collection, Refunds, Remedies and Review of Local TaxesVa. Code Title 58.1, Ch. 39Verified Aug 23, 2026

What the deed conveys: Title from a judicial sale under Article 4 is governed by the principles that apply to purchasers at judicial sales of real estate generally. It bars the disabilities of parties defendant and is free of all claims of any creditor, person, or entity, including beneficiaries under any deed of trust or mortgage, provided that the creditor was made a party defendant. Easements recorded before the date of sale are not affected. That proviso is the whole risk: the wipe-out depends on the plaintiff having named and served every interested party, so check the pleadings and the title work behind the sale.Va. Code 58.1-3967 - How proceedings instituted; parties; title acquired; disposition of surplus proceeds of saleVa. Code 58.1-3967Verified Aug 23, 2026 See the due diligence guide.

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