States › Virginia › Russell County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 1208
Lebanon, VA 24266-1208
Phone: (276) 889-8000
Fax: (276) 889-8011

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Russell 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 Russell county, Virginia.

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

To solve this problem Russell county, Virginia allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Russell 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 Russell 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:
Danny Brown	Supervisor, Chair	russellco@cablenet-va.com
Robert Keene	Supervisor	russellco@cablenet-va.com
Ralph Maples Jr.	Supervisor	russellco@cablenet-va.com
D. Carter McGlothlin	Supervisor	russellco@cablenet-va.com
C. Michael Puckett	Supervisor
Billy Wampler	Supervisor
Michael Bush	Commonwealth's Attorney
Steven Dye	Sheriff
Helen Baker	Finance Director	rctreas@charterinternet.com
Randy Williams	Commissioner of Revenue
Dollie Compton	Clerk of the Court

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

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