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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61813</law_id><section_number>58.1-3970.2</section_number><catch_line>When delinquent taxes may be deemed paid in full</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Local Taxes</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="39">Enforcement, Collection, Refunds, Remedies and Review of Local Taxes</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Sale of Delinquent Tax Lands</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For purposes of this section, &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">tax delinquent property</span>&#x201D; means any real property for which real property taxes are delinquent on December 31 following the second anniversary of the date on which such taxes have become due or, in the case of real property upon which is situated (i) any structure that has been condemned by the local building official pursuant to applicable <span class="dictionary">law</span> or <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, (ii) any nuisance as that term is defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Abatement or removal of nuisances by localities; recovery of costs" href="/15.2-900/">15.2-900</a>, (iii) any derelict building as that term is defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority to require removal, repair, etc., of buildings that are declared to be derelict; civil penalty" href="/15.2-907.1/">15.2-907.1</a>, or (iv) any property that has been declared to be blighted pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Spot blight abatement authorized; procedure" href="/36-49.1_1/">36-49.1:1</a>, for which real property taxes are delinquent on the first anniversary of the date on which such taxes have become due. <a id="paragraph-225736" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3970.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any county, city, or town may deem paid in full all accumulated taxes, penalties, interest, and other costs on any <span class="dictionary">tax delinquent property</span> and notify credit reporting agencies that such amounts are deemed paid in full, in exchange for conveyance of the property by the owner to a land bank entity created pursuant to Chapter 75 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/15.2-7500/">15.2-7500</a> et seq.) of Title 15.2 or an organization that has been granted tax-exempt status under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and that builds, renovates, or revitalizes affordable housing for low-income families. <a id="paragraph-225737" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-3970.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2015, c. 498; 2016, cc. 159, 383.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
