What this page is: a persistent profile of how Kanawha County, West 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.
Kanawha County, West Virginia Delinquent Tax List and Tax Sale Hub
257 parcels are on the Kanawha County delinquent tax list. Kanawha County, West Virginia runs a lien sale via WV State Auditor's Office (County Collections / VISTA). 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
W. Va. Code Ch. 11A-3
Since SB 552 (2022), delinquent tax liens are sold by the WV State Auditor's Office (not county sheriffs) in one annual, county-organized online/courthouse sale each fall; 1%/month redemption interest.
County contact / official source
WV State Auditor's Office (County Collections / VISTA) is the office/platform of record for this sale.
https://www.wvsao.gov/CountyCollections/DefaultSale history
We currently track one active cycle for Kanawha 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 Kanawha County has held only one sale.
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