Albemarle County, Virginia

Oct 5, 2026 · in 4 days

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

9 land-only hidden

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Proper judicial tax sale after court confirmation generally cuts off most junior liens; federal tax liens can survive. Always read the decree of sale for exceptions.

Albemarle County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: Right to redeem up until the court confirms the sale, not after
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer once confirmed
Governing statute: Code of Virginia Title 58.1, Ch. 39
Population: 117,313 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person / public auction when scheduled (TACS / special commissioner)
Frequency: Infrequent / as needed only (not a fixed annual mass sale) — subscribe for notices on taxva.com
Platform: Taxing Authority Consulting Services, P.C. (TACS) — Albemarle tax sales866-951-0742
Deposit rules: Set by Circuit Court decree and sale advertisement for each parcel (buyer’s premium and short payment window common on Virginia judicial tax sales). Purchasers typically cannot themselves be delinquent. Confirm per-notice terms.

Title risk

Court confirmation is the primary clearing step; quiet title may still be used if chain defects appear.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Albemarle County Finance — Taxes / TACS collections866-820-5450
Clerk of court: Albemarle County Circuit Court Clerk (land records)
Property appraiser: Albemarle County Real Estate Assessment / GIS
GIS / parcel map: Albemarle County GIS / parcel viewer

Areas trending up

Charlottesville fringe / 29 North corridor — UVA and regional employment spillover supporting higher-demand SF and small multifamily
Crozet / western growth area — Master-planned suburban absorption with school-driven demand
Pantops / east US-250 — Medical and retail job access with relatively liquid inventory versus rural Albemarle

Notes

Virginia judicial tax sale (deed, not lien certificates — Code of Virginia does not authorize tax lien certificate sales). Albemarle outsources delinquent real estate tax collection and tax sales to Taxing Authority Consulting Services, P.C. (TACS). Parcels become eligible for judicial sale when taxes are delinquent as of Dec 31 following the second anniversary of the tax due date. Sales are infrequent/as-needed public auctions (often courthouse steps or courtroom; some cycles used Nicholls Auction / special commissioner). Join TACS bidder notification list. Charlottesville is an independent city with separate process — confirm parcel jurisdiction.

3 sources

Inherited from Virginia rather than researched for Albemarle: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 9 land-only parcel(s)

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Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 9 land-only. Land-only means no street address, a house number of zero, or a street with no number; withdrawn parcels are no longer on offer.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Va. Const. art. X, § 2: "All assessments of real estate and tangible personal property shall be at their fair market value, to be ascertained as prescribed by law." There is no classification and no ratio below full value, except the agricultural, horticultural, forest and open-space use-value deferral the same section authorises. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.