republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1909.md

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Bill	Real property tax; nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent property.	Permits the nonjudicial sale of unimproved real property valued at less than $5,000 if taxes are delinquent for at least three years. The bill also permits the nonjudicial sale of real property valued at no less than $5,000 but no greater than $20,000 if taxes are delinquent for at least three years, the property is not subject to a recorded mortgage or deed of trust lien, and the property (i) is unimproved and measures less than 4,000 square feet; (ii) is unimproved and has been determined to be unsuitable for building (the bill expands the bases on which unsuitability may rest); (iii) has a structure on it that has been condemned by the local building official; (iv) has been declared a nuisance by the locality; (v) contains a derelict building; or (vi) has been declared to be blighted by the locality. The bill also modifies current law regarding notice of the sale, redemption of the property, and application of excess proceeds. Current law permits the nonjudicial sale of unimproved real property valued at less than $10,000 if taxes are delinquent for at least three years and the property (a) measures less than 4,000 square feet or (b) has been determined to be unsuitable for building.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1909	Virginia HB 1909 (2017)	bill	Real Estate and Real Estate Tax Taxation	enacted	Joseph R. Yost	4	18	8	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/b4545293-5007-4a40-9c36-b85b06a4967b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1909	a3b4aff6d3586c6dfbb2f87f09250ea80d5727ea7d7a881cbaa2848e1ba03725	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1909 (2017) — Real property tax; nonjudicial sale of tax delinquent property.

Permits the nonjudicial sale of unimproved real property valued at less than $5,000 if taxes are delinquent for at least three years. The bill also permits the nonjudicial sale of real property valued at no less than $5,000 but no greater than $20,000 if taxes are delinquent for at least three years, the property is not subject to a recorded mortgage or deed of trust lien, and the property (i) is unimproved and measures less than 4,000 square feet; (ii) is unimproved and has been determined to be unsuitable for building (the bill expands the bases on which unsuitability may rest); (iii) has a structure on it that has been condemned by the local building official; (iv) has been declared a nuisance by the locality; (v) contains a derelict building; or (vi) has been declared to be blighted by the locality. The bill also modifies current law regarding notice of the sale, redemption of the property, and application of excess proceeds. Current law permits the nonjudicial sale of unimproved real property valued at less than $10,000 if taxes are delinquent for at least three years and the property (a) measures less than 4,000 square feet or (b) has been determined to be unsuitable for building.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0437) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1909ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101474D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17101474D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House — 82–15 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance with amendments — 19–3 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 8–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Joseph R. Yost — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101474D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-01-20 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB1909E
• 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17101474D-E
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 15-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 437 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4545293-5007-4a40-9c36-b85b06a4967b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).