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County Courthouse
3834 Old Buckingham Road, Suite A
Powhatan, VA 23139-7051
Phone: (804) 598-5612
Fax: (804) 598-7835
www.powhatanva.com/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Powhatan 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 Powhatan county, Virginia.

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

To solve this problem Powhatan county, Virginia allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Powhatan 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 Powhatan 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: 
R. Kenneth HatcherSupervisor Chairhatcher5thdist@aol.com
T. J. BiseSupervisor, District 2bisetj@aol.com
Robert CosbySupervisor, District 3fpoore@powhatanva.gov
C. Scott DanielSupervisorfpoore@powhatanva.gov
Russell HollandSupervisorfpoore@powhatanva.gov
Robert Beasley Jr.Commonwealth's Attorneyrbeasley@powhatanva.gov
Lynn WoodcockSheriff 
Faye BartonTreasurerfbarton@powhatanva.gov
Susan FordCommissioner Of Revenuesford@powhatanva.gov
William Maxey Jr.Clerk of the Court 

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