Stafford County, Virginia: property records and tax sales

Parcels

What Stafford County’s parcel records hold

Parcels	54,833 parcels on file.

Source: county assessor records and Virginia’s VGIN statewide parcel layer, as copied into shinnslist’s parcel store, read October 18, 2026. Each parcel counts once, by its most recent recorded sale. Nothing here predicts that an owner will sell.

Housing

Stafford County’s housing, from the Census

Housing units	54,659, of which 2,333 (4%) stood vacant; 360 (1%) are seasonal or second homes.
Owner-occupied	80% of occupied homes; the rest are rented.
Median home value	$485,100, as owners reported it.
Median gross rent	$2,020 a month, utilities included.
Median year built	1997.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, tables B25002, B25003, B25004, B25077, B25064, B25035.

Tax sales

How tax sales work in Stafford County

Lien sales	None. Virginia does not sell tax liens; it sells the property itself at a court-ordered tax sale.
When a parcel can be sold	Once its real estate taxes are still unpaid on December 31 after the second anniversary of the due date; one year for condemned, derelict or blighted buildings.
How	The treasurer publishes the list, the locality sues in circuit court, and the court confirms the sale. The owner can stop it any time before the sale by paying every tax, penalty, interest and cost.

Source: Va. Code § 58.1-3965. Stafford County sets its own sale calendar. Not legal or investment advice.

Questions

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