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County Courthouse
P.O. Box 390
Amherst, VA 24521-0390
Phone: (434) 946-9400
Fax: (434) 946-9370
www.countyofamherst.com

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Amherst 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 Amherst county, Virginia.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Amherst county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Amherst 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 Amherst county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Amherst county, Virginia allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Amherst 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 Amherst 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: 
Leon ParrishChair, District 5ljparrish@countyofamherst.com
Joseph AlbertSupervisorjtalbert@countyofamherst.com
Thomas Wayne ForeVice Chair, District 1twfore@countyofamherst.com
S. R. VandallSupervisorsrvandall@countyofamherst.com
Vernon WoodSupervisor, District 2vlwood@countyofamherst.com
L. J. Ayers IIISheriffljayers3@countyofamherst.com
Donald WoodTreasurerdtwood@countyofamherst.com
Linda Mays ByersCommissioner of Revenuelmbyers@countyofamherst.com

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.


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