Henrico County, Virginia

Tax Deed338,696 residents

County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.

Sale typestate default

Tax Deed

Redemption periodstate default

Right to redeem up until the court confirms the sale, not after

Investor returnstate default

N/A — outright deed transfer once confirmed

Governing statutestate default

Code of Virginia Title 58.1, Ch. 39

Notes

Virginia judicial tax-deed county. Henrico Finance Department contracts Taxing Authority Consulting Services (TACS) to run online-only public auctions of tax-delinquent real estate (judicial and related collection sales). Platform has rotated between tacssale.com and ForSaleAtAuction.biz by cycle — always confirm the current storefront on the TACS/county notice. Owner redemption available until court confirmation. Not a tax-lien certificate market.

Auction logistics

Format

Online

Frequency

Periodic rounds (often spring/fall clusters) as parcels are referred — join TACS bidder notifications

Platform

TACS online auction (tacssale.com / ForSaleAtAuction.biz — confirm per notice) ↗

Deposit rules

Register and be approved by TACS before bidding (registration often free). Deposit, buyer’s premium, and payment deadline set in each auction advertisement (historically short windows after close). Purchasers typically must not themselves be delinquent to the locality. Sold AS IS; confirm terms on the specific sale page.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Proper judicial tax sale after confirmation generally cuts off most junior liens; federal tax liens can survive. Read the decree and TACS terms for exceptions.

Quiet title

Court confirmation is the primary clearing step; quiet title may still be used for residual chain defects or insurer requirements.

Deal maths for Virginia

Assessment ratio: 1× of market value
Typical quiet title: $1,800–$5,000 · 5 mo
Recording and transfer: $250

Va. Const. art. X, § 2: "All assessments of real estate and tangible personal property shall be at their fair market value, to be ascertained as prescribed by law." There is no classification and no ratio below full value, except the agricultural, horticultural, forest and open-space use-value deferral the same section authorises.

Offices and records

Tax collector

Henrico County Department of Finance ↗

Clerk of court

Henrico Circuit Court Clerk (land records) ↗

Property appraiser

Henrico Real Estate Assessment ↗

GIS / parcel map

Henrico County GIS / property map resources ↗

Areas trending up

Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.

Short Pump / West Broad corridor

Regional retail and office density with premium SF demand on Richmond’s west end

Innsbrook / office-park redevelopment edge

Corporate campus conversion and multifamily pipeline supporting renter and owner demand

Varina / Route 5 eastern fringe

Relatively more entry inventory with logistics and residential expansion east of the city