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States › Virginia › Southampton County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 400
Courtland, VA 23837-0400
Phone: (757) 653-3015
Fax: (757) 653-0227
www.southamptoncounty.org/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Southampton 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 Southampton county, Virginia.

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

To solve this problem Southampton county, Virginia allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Southampton 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 Southampton 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:
Walter Young Jr.	Chair
Walter Brown	Supervisor
Carl Faison	Supervisor
Anita Felts	Supervisor
Dallas Jones	Vice Chair	dj705@aol.com
Ronald West	Supervisor
Moses Wyche	Supervisor
Vernie Francis Jr.	Sheriff
David Britt	Treasurer
John Robert Harrup	Commissioner Of Revenue
Wayne Cosby	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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