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Virginia Beach city property data
Where Virginia Beach city's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map.
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Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Virginia Beach city, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Virginia Beach Circuit Court Clerk, Land Records. The Clerk records and indexes all deeds, judgments and other real estate records for the city, with an online Land Records website at vblandrecords.org and a free email alert when a document is filed under your name.
Owners and values
City of Virginia Beach Real Estate Assessor. Owner names and assessed values can be looked up free in the city's Property Assessment Search at propertysearch.virginiabeach.gov, and yearly assessment reports are posted on the Assessor's site.
Tax sales
Virginia Beach City Treasurer. The Treasurer's free Real Estate Tax Search shows taxes owed on each parcel, and a list of delinquent real estate taxes is posted on the city's Open Data Portal.
Foreclosure sales
Private trustees under deeds of trust (notices recorded and filed with the Circuit Court Clerk). Trustee's deeds and other foreclosure documents are recorded in the Circuit Court Clerk's land records.
Parcel maps
City of Virginia Beach Center for GIS, VBMap. VBMap, the city's free online map, shows property lines and other layers, and printable GIS maps and reports are free on the Map Center page.
How property is sold here
Virginia Beach 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; the city sells the property itself. Once real estate taxes are delinquent on December 31 after the second anniversary of the due date (sooner for condemned, derelict or blighted property), Virginia Beach can sell the land, usually through a court-ordered judicial sale run by attorneys working for the city. The Treasurer may first advertise a list of properties delinquent for three years plus the current year, and accounts still unpaid by June 30 go to a law firm for collection and possible sale.
Foreclosure sales
Most Virginia Beach foreclosures are trustee sales held without a court case under a deed of trust, with notice of sale published in a local newspaper before the auction. The trustee's deed is then recorded with the Circuit Court Clerk.
Assessed values
The Real Estate Assessor values all real estate in Virginia Beach every year as of January 1, and reassessment notices are mailed by March 1.
Transfer tax
Virginia charges a state recordation tax of $0.25 per $100 of value paid by the buyer and a grantor tax of $0.50 per $500 paid by the seller, and cities such as Virginia Beach may add a local recordation tax of up to one-third of the state rate.
Worth knowing
Virginia Beach is an independent city with no county above it, so the City Assessor, City Treasurer and the Circuit Court Clerk do the jobs that county offices do elsewhere.
Worth knowing
For fiscal year 2027 the city had 159,891 taxable parcels and 3,787 exempt parcels, with taxable assessments of about $92.3 billion, up 6.46% from the year before.
Worth knowing
Real estate taxes are billed in two installments due December 5 and June 5, and late bills carry a 10% penalty plus 9.6% yearly interest.
Every town in Virginia Beach city
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Virginia Beach city
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Virginia Beach?
Deeds are recorded by the Clerk of the Virginia Beach Circuit Court in the Land Records Department at the city's courthouse complex. Recordation and grantor taxes are paid when the deed is recorded.
When is the Virginia Beach tax sale?
There is no set yearly date. Virginia Beach sells tax-delinquent property in court-ordered judicial sales after taxes stay unpaid for about two years, and sales are announced in public notices and auction listings.
How do I find who owns a property in Virginia Beach?
Search the City of Virginia Beach Real Estate Assessor's free Property Assessment Search by address or owner. The Treasurer's Real Estate Tax Search also shows the current owner and mailing address.
Are Virginia Beach property records online?
Yes. Assessments, tax bills, delinquent tax data, VBMap parcel maps and the Circuit Court Clerk's land records website are all online.
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.
- assessor.virginiabeach.gov/
- s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/virginia-beach-departments-docs/rea/Annual-Reports/Annual-Repor
- courts.virginiabeach.gov/circuit-court-clerks-office/real-estate-records
- treasurer.virginiabeach.gov/taxes-licenses-collections/real-estate
- treasurer.virginiabeach.gov/taxes-licenses-collections/delinquent-collections
- virginiabeach.gov/services/map-center
- it.virginiabeach.gov/digital-resources/maps
- law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/58.1-801/
- law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/58.1-802/
- law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/58.1-3800/
- law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/58.1-3965/
Every parcel in Virginia Beach city, on one map
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