What this page is: a persistent profile of how Fairfax County, Virginia runs its tax sale, independent of any single year's date. For the specific upcoming sale with a confirmable date, see the event page linked below.
Fairfax County, Virginia Tax Sale, County Hub
Fairfax County, Virginia runs a deed sale via Fairfax County / TACS (For Sale at Auction, online). Held on an annual cycle; the specific date is set and published by the county each year rather than falling on a fixed statutory day.
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Legal structure & statutory basis
Va. Code 58.1-3965 et seq.
Judicial sale by a court-appointed Special Commissioner -- no lien certificates. Sales are per-case; the owner may redeem before the sale and before court confirmation, none after.
County contact / official source
Fairfax County / TACS (For Sale at Auction, online) is the office/platform of record for this sale.
https://taxva.com/rs-tax-sales/fairfax-county-va-real-estate-tax-sales/Sale history
We currently track one active cycle for Fairfax County at a time and don't yet maintain a distinct archive of past sale events for this county -- when a cycle closes, the record here reflects the newest tracked cycle rather than an appended history. This is a known gap in the dataset, not a claim that Fairfax County has held only one sale.
Tracked sale event
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