Waynesboro City, VA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Waynesboro City, seat of Waynesboro: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Announcements
- Expect the offering to shrink between the advertised list and the close.
- Format
- County site
- Registration
- Bidding is simulcast, online and in the room.
- County office
- 540-942-6606
On this page
How Waynesboro City sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Special Commissioner appointed by the Circuit Court of the City of Waynesboro, N. Reid Broughton, Esq. of Sands Anderson PC, with For Sale At Auction conducting the auction for the city
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Bidding is simulcast, online and in the room.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is simulcast, online and in the room. Register in advance at bid.forsaleatauction.biz or through the For Sale At Auction app: create an account, submit a government-issued ID, and wait for manual approval, because "Registration requests sent past 10 a.m. the day of the auction close may not be accepted." Judicial-sale terms add a 10% buyer's premium to the high bid, require a deposit of 20% of the total sales price or $2,000, whichever is greater, within five business days, and the balance by certified check within 15 days of court confirmation.
Sale format and venue
Waynesboro City tax sale list and auction calendar
For Waynesboro City 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 Delinquent real estate tax list (PDF) 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 Special Commissioner appointed by the Circuit Court of the City of Waynesboro, N. Reid Broughton, Esq. of Sands Anderson PC, with For Sale At Auction conducting the auction for the city as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Waynesboro City
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Delinquent real estate tax list (PDF). 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 the room. Register in advance at bid.forsaleatauction.biz or through the For Sale At Auction app: create an account, submit a government-issued ID, and wait for manual approval, because "Registration requests sent past 10 a.m. the day of the auction close may not be accepted." Judicial-sale terms add a 10% buyer's premium to the high bid, require a deposit of 20% of the total sales price or $2,000, whichever is greater, within five business days, and the balance by certified check within 15 days of court confirmation.
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
Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St., Room 105, Waynesboro, VA 22980
Official websiteCounty notes
- Waynesboro is an independent city, not part of Augusta County. It has its own Treasurer, its own Circuit Court and its own tax sale, so an Augusta County auction never includes Waynesboro parcels.
- The Treasurer publishes a citywide delinquent real estate tax list giving owner name, mailing address, bill year, parcel number and amount due. It is the earliest read on what may eventually reach a sale, but a parcel on the list has not necessarily been docketed for one.
- Owners can pay off or set up a payment plan with the Treasurer right up until the auction closes, and a parcel that clears is pulled from the sale. Expect the offering to shrink between the advertised list and the close.
- With no sale currently on the calendar, call the Treasurer at 540-942-6606 to ask whether a delinquent tax suit is pending, and watch the For Sale At Auction tax-delinquent schedule, where Waynesboro sales are advertised about a month ahead.
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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