Virginia surplus funds list
Unclaimed overages from tax deed and foreclosure sales.
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Virginia surplus funds rules
- Sales that create surplus
- Judicial tax sale by court-appointed special commissioner (Va. Code 58.1-3965 et seq.); Non-judicial deed of trust trustee sales (Va. Code Title 55.1 ch. 3; HOA/condo lien enforcement sales
- Who holds the money
- Tax sale: clerk of the circuit court where the suit was filed holds surplus after taxes, costs, reasonable attorney fees and liens (58.1-3967). Trustee sale: trustee pays surplus to owner; accounts filed with commissioner of accounts. verify
- Unclaimed funds go to
- Tax sale surplus unclaimed for 2 years after confirmation of sale is paid by the clerk to the locality (split pro rata between county and town), not to the State; locality may grant relief by ordinance to a former owner/heir proving entitlement. Trustee-sale surplus unclaimed: to circuit court or State Treasury unclaimed property. verify
- How owners claim
- Petition the circuit court in the tax sale suit; claimant bears burden of proof; court may refer to a commissioner in chancery. Former owner and heirs, devisees, successors or assigns may claim. — deadline: 2 years after the date of confirmation of the sale (58.1-3967).
- Agent / finder fee cap
- None in 58.1-3967 text. Unclaimed property finder limits under VA Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act . verify
- Waiting period
- None found.
- Registration
- None found.
- Getting the list
- Circuit court clerk records for tax sale suits (records request); locality treasurer/attorney tax sale pages; VA Treasury unclaimed property search for escheated funds. No statewide list.
Law: Va. Code 58.1-3967; 55.1-321 (trustee notice) · confirm details with the county; rules change.
Questions
Is there a free Virginia surplus funds list?
Counties publish or provide lists on request; Surplus Funds HQ links to the official sources and is adding Virginia lists.
Who gets surplus funds in Virginia?
The former owner first (and lienholders in order of priority). The money is held by: Tax sale: clerk of the circuit court where the suit was filed holds surplus after taxes, costs, reasonable attorney fees and liens (58.1-3967). Trustee sale: trustee pays surplus to owner.
What is the recovery agent fee cap in Virginia?
None in 58.1-3967 text. Unclaimed property finder limits under VA Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act .