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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Smyth 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 Smyth county, Virginia.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Smyth county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Smyth 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 Smyth county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Smyth county, Virginia allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Smyth 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 Smyth 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: |
| C. C. Clark Jr. | Chair | cclark.bos@smythcounty.org |
| Wade Blevins Jr. | Supervisor | wblevins@symthcounty.org |
| M. Todd Dishner | Supervisor | tdishner@symthcounty.org |
| Darlene Neitch | Supervisor | dneitch@smythcounty.org |
| Marvin Perry | Supervisor | mperry@smythcounty.org |
| Michael Roberts | Supervisor | mroberts@smythcounty.org |
| Harold Slemp | Vice Chair | hslemp@smythcounty.org |
| Roy Evans Jr. | Commonwealth's Attorney | |
| R. David Bradley | Sheriff | |
| Thomas Burkett II | Treasurer | smythtreasurer@mail.scsb.org |
| Jeff Richardson | Commissioner of Revenue | |
| Jimmy Warren | 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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