Martinsville County, Virginia

Oct 15, 2026 · in 33 days· 12:00 PM

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Venue: Online
Bidding: Bid Up or Premium
Sale runs: Until complete
Total offered: $0
Deed sale site: https://www.dudleyresources.auction/auctions/detail/bw161794

Collector: Cindy Dickerson
Phone: 276.403.5240
Email: cdickerson@ci.martinsville.va.us

Judicial Sale

Registration and terms

Please see online auction website for registration details.

VA caveats

THE COMPUTED MAX BID IS AN ALL-IN CEILING AND VIRGINIA ADDS A BUYER'S PREMIUM ON TOP OF THE BID. Both sales in our own inventory charge one: Shenandoah County's judicial sale adds 10% of the high bid, and the City of Chesapeake's nonjudicial sale adds 15% plus a $200 recordation fee. Bid at most maxBid ÷ 1.10, or ÷ 1.15 where the terms say 15%. Bidding the computed figure itself overshoots the ceiling by the whole premium — on a $20,000 parcel that is $2,000 to $3,000 of profit that was never there. closingCosts is a flat dollar field and cannot hold a rate; read the auctioneer's terms for every sale.
AT A NONJUDICIAL SALE A PRIOR DEED OF TRUST CAN SURVIVE, AND THE LISTING WILL NOT SAY SO. § 58.1-3975 conveys free of the locality's tax lien "but shall not affect ... liens recorded prior to the date of sale unless the treasurer has given the lienholder written notice of the sale at least 30 days prior to the sale". Whether that notice went out is not on the public record. The Chesapeake terms in our own inventory advertise the parcels as "sold free and clear of liens & encumbrances", which is the auctioneer's phrasing and not what the statute says. Pull a title search before bidding on any nonjudicial parcel.
A JUDICIAL SALE IS THE STRONGER TITLE, BUT ONLY AS TO PARTIES SERVED. § 58.1-3967 frees the title of creditors' claims, "provided that such creditor, person, or entity was made a party defendant". A lienholder who was never named keeps their lien. The court file shows who was named, which is the whole advantage over the nonjudicial track.

Martinsville County rulesstate defaults

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: Right to redeem up until the court confirms the sale, not after
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer once confirmed
Governing statute: Code of Virginia Title 58.1, Ch. 39
Population: 13,834 residents

Notes

Judicial in-rem sale process; independent cities function as county-equivalents in Virginia.

Inherited from Virginia rather than researched for Martinsville: type, redemption, returns, statute, notes.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

No parcels published yet

Counties often publish the parcel list only days before the sale. The auction date is confirmed; check back closer to Oct 15, 2026.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — 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. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Venue

Online

Bidding

Bid Up or Premium

Sale runs

Until complete

Total offered

Deed sale site

https://www.dudleyresources.auction/auctions/detail/bw161794

Judicial Sale

Registration and terms

Please see online auction website for registration details.