Pittsylvania County, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Pittsylvania County, seat of Chatham: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Format
- In person
- County office
- 434-432-7960
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How Pittsylvania County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Special Commissioner appointed by the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County, with Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC (TACS) administering the sale for the County Treasurer and Williams Auction Company calling the bids
- Frequency
- annual
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is done in person at the Community Center; there is no online bidding portal and no advance online registration. To qualify as a purchaser you may not owe delinquent taxes to Pittsylvania County and may not be a defendant in any pending delinquent tax suit. On judicial Special Commissioner parcels the deposit is 25 percent of the bid or $1,000, whichever is higher, capped at $20,000 per parcel, with the balance plus deed recording costs due to the Special Commissioner within 15 days of the court confirming the sale. Parcels advertised under the Treasurer's delinquent tax notice must be paid in full on auction day. A 10 percent buyer's premium applies, subject to a $150 minimum. Payment is by personal check, cashier's check, money order or traveler's check; cash is not accepted. TACS emails its interested bidder list roughly three weeks ahead of each auction, and sign-up is free at taxva.com.
Sale format and venue
Pittsylvania County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Pittsylvania 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, bid packets and auction calendar, Taxing Authority Consulting Services 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
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 Special Commissioner appointed by the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania County, with Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC (TACS) administering the sale for the County Treasurer and Williams Auction Company calling the bids as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Pittsylvania County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Sale notices, bid packets and auction calendar, Taxing Authority Consulting Services. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is done in person at the Community Center; there is no online bidding portal and no advance online registration. To qualify as a purchaser you may not owe delinquent taxes to Pittsylvania County and may not be a defendant in any pending delinquent tax suit. On judicial Special Commissioner parcels the deposit is 25 percent of the bid or $1,000, whichever is higher, capped at $20,000 per parcel, with the balance plus deed recording costs due to the Special Commissioner within 15 days of the court confirming the sale. Parcels advertised under the Treasurer's delinquent tax notice must be paid in full on auction day. A 10 percent buyer's premium applies, subject to a $150 minimum. Payment is by personal check, cashier's check, money order or traveler's check; cash is not accepted. TACS emails its interested bidder list roughly three weeks ahead of each auction, and sign-up is free at taxva.com.
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
- Pittsylvania County refers delinquent real estate accounts to Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC (TACS), the outside firm that files the suit and serves as Special Commissioner. Reach TACS at 804-545-2500 for account balances and payoffs, and at 804-612-0629 or [email protected] for auction and property questions. Written inquiries go to Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC, Attn: Tax Sales, P.O. Box 31800, Henrico, VA 23294-1800.
- Auctions are held at the Pittsylvania County Community Center, 115 S. Main Street, Chatham, not at the courthouse. Notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and TACS also emails its interested bidder list about three weeks before a sale.
- The Town of Chatham has combined its delinquent parcels with the county auction in the past, so one sale can clear accounts for both taxing jurisdictions.
- County real estate tax bills are due June 10 and December 10. A parcel becomes eligible for the judicial sale process once taxes remain delinquent on December 31 following the second anniversary of the due date, and TACS puts the typical litigation timeline at six to nine months from referral to auction.
- Owners can stop a sale at any point before the auction by paying all tax, penalties, interest, fees and costs, or by entering a promissory note payment plan, so parcels drop off the advertised list right up to sale day. Confirm a parcel is still in the sale with TACS before travelling to bid.
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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