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County Courthouse
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902-4579
Phone: (434)296-5841
Fax: (434)296-5800
www.albemarle.org

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Albemarle county, Virginia is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Albemarle county, Virginia.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Albemarle county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Albemarle county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Albemarle county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Albemarle county, Virginia allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Albemarle county, Virginia lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Virginia laws and competition, savvy Albemarle county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Virginia tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Virginia tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Robert Tucker Jr.County Executivebtucker@albemarle.org
Dennis RookerChairdsrooker@earthlink.net
David BowermanSupervisordb09@earthlink.net
Ken BoydVice Chairkboyd@albemarle.org
Lindsay Dorrier Jr.Supervisorldorrier@albemarle.org
Sally ThomasSupervisorsthomas@albemarle.org
David WyantSupervisordavid.wyant@albemarle.org
Edgar RobbSherifferobb@albemarle.org
Shelby MarshallClerk of the Courtsmarshall@albemarle.org

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