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Norfolk city property data
Where Norfolk city's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map.
Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Norfolk city, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Norfolk Circuit Court Clerk, Land Records Division. Deeds and land records back to 1784 can be viewed online only through the Clerk's Secure Remote Access subscription, which costs $600 a year or $50 a month; the public search terminals in the record room are free.
Owners and values
City of Norfolk Office of the Real Estate Assessor. Owner, assessment and parcel data can be looked up free on Norfolk AIR (air.norfolk.gov), which runs on the Assessor's data.
Tax sales
Norfolk City Treasurer, Delinquent Collections. Delinquent real estate taxes can be researched free on the city's Open Data Portal, and properties headed to judicial tax sale are listed on the Virginia Auction Company website.
Foreclosure sales
Trustee sales (private trustees named in each deed of trust). There is no county-run foreclosure auction; trustee sales are advertised in a newspaper by the trustee, and the recorded deeds of trust and trustee's deeds are in the Clerk's land records.
Parcel maps
City of Norfolk GIS. The city offers free online maps, including Norfolk AIR, Interactive Norfolk and Norfolk Open GIS Data.
How property is sold here
Norfolk city follows Virginia's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the Virginia guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
Virginia does not sell tax liens. Norfolk sells the property itself through a judicial tax sale, used as a last resort under Code of Virginia section 58.1-3965, after a court case brought by the city's outside attorneys (Tavss Fletcher, F. Sullivan Callahan and Jason Alan Dunn). There is no fixed sale month; pending auction properties are posted on the Virginia Auction Company website, and the city's Open Data Portal lists delinquent real estate taxes.
Foreclosure sales
Most Virginia foreclosures are trustee sales held without a court case, run by the trustee named in the deed of trust and advertised in a local newspaper before the sale. There is no city or sheriff auction calendar for these sales.
Assessed values
Norfolk reassesses all real estate every year, with values completed by March 31 and effective July 1, and notices mailed by April 1.
Transfer tax
Norfolk's Circuit Court Clerk collects a state recordation tax of $0.25 per $100 and a local recordation tax of $0.085 per $100 on recorded deeds, plus Virginia's grantor tax paid by the seller, a $1.00 per deed open space fee, and $5.00 for any paper document.
Worth knowing
Norfolk is an independent city, so the city's own Assessor, Treasurer and Circuit Court Clerk handle the jobs a county would. The Circuit Court Clerk is at 150 St. Paul's Boulevard, 7th Floor.
Worth knowing
The Clerk offers VADeed Alert, a free email alert whenever a document is recorded matching your name or property ID.
Worth knowing
Norfolk sends some delinquent tax accounts to Taxing Authority Consulting Services (TACS) for collection.
Every town in Norfolk city
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Norfolk city
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Norfolk city?
Deeds are recorded by the Norfolk Circuit Court Clerk's Land Records Division at 150 St. Paul's Boulevard, 7th Floor. Deeds need a Virginia Land Record cover sheet, and e-recording is accepted through CSC and Simplifile.
When is the Norfolk city tax sale?
Norfolk has no fixed yearly tax sale. Delinquent properties are sold at judicial tax sales as cases finish in court, and pending auctions are posted on the Virginia Auction Company website.
How do I find who owns a property in Norfolk city?
Search the property on Norfolk AIR (air.norfolk.gov), which shows owner and assessment data from the Real Estate Assessor.
Are Norfolk city property records online?
Owner and value data, parcel maps and delinquent tax data are free online. Recorded deeds are online only through the Circuit Court Clerk's paid Secure Remote Access subscription, or free on terminals at the Clerk's office.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
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