Rockingham County, Virginia

Tax Deed87,674 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 tax-deed county (judicial sale under §58.1-3965 et seq.; low-value nonjudicial path under §58.1-3975 where used). Rockingham County Treasurer publishes annual Real Estate Delinquent lists (e.g. 2023 taxes list through Aug 2025) under §58.1-3924. Judicial/special commissioner sales of long-delinquent parcels are handled through outside counsel/TACS-style processes common in VA — watch taxva.com and county Treasurer notices for auction dates (not a weekly courthouse tax sale). Harrisonburg is a separate independent city with its own treasurer process. Shenandoah Valley / JMU employment base.

Auction logistics

Format

Periodic judicial / special commissioner auction (online or simulcast when scheduled)

Frequency

As decrees and inventory are ready; annual delinquency lists published — confirm live auction calendar on taxva.com and rockinghamcountyva.gov

Platform

Rockingham County Treasurer / TACS taxva.com notices (when sales scheduled) ↗

Deposit rules

Set per sale notice/decree and auctioneer terms. Typical VA judicial practice: deposit percentage sale day, certified funds, court confirmation. Bidder should not be delinquent to the County. Sold AS IS subject to posted terms.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Judicial tax sale after confirmation generally extinguishes junior private liens; federal liens can survive. Nonjudicial low-value sales have statutory assessment caps. Separate Harrisonburg city parcels use city process.

Quiet title

Often used for insurable title after VA tax sale when notice or excess-proceeds issues appear.

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

Rockingham County Treasurer ↗

540-564-3000

Clerk of court

Rockingham County Circuit Court Clerk (sale confirmation / land records) ↗

Property appraiser

Rockingham County Commissioner of the Revenue / Real Estate ↗

GIS / parcel map

Rockingham County GIS / parcel maps ↗

Areas trending up

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

Harrisonburg fringe / county ring

JMU and hospital employment spillover into county SF and rentals

Bridgewater / south valley towns

College and ag-service employment with stable local demand

Broadway / north valley fringe

Relative entry pricing along I-81 corridor