*ONLINE AUCTION*
October 23, 2025, 10:00 a.m. – October 30, 2025, 11:00 a.m.
The terms of the auction are listed at the bottom of this page.
1411 Pine Avenue
Assessed Owner: Herbert Swimelar, Jr. Tax Map No.: 0330275 Photos Below
1800 Trenton Street
Assessed Owner: Michael D. Patrick Tax Map No.: 1240060 Photos Below
The owner of record shall have until October 22, 2025 at 5 p.m. to redeem any property listed above. Online bidding will also be available through Virginia Auction Company. To register for online bidding, you must register to bid at www.vaauctionco.com. The online bidding will begin to close on October 30, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. The auction is subject to auto-extend bidding. Each time a bid is placed with the clock showing less than 2 minutes, the clock will reset to 2 minutes. If there are no bids within 2 minutes, the auction will end for the property.
The terms of sale shall be cash, or alternatively, a down payment of no less than twenty percent (20%) of the successful bid price in cash or certified funds by the close of business on October 30, 2025. The remaining balance is due within ten (10) days after the date of sale, by cash or certified funds. The high bidder will also be responsible for all recording fees due, a deed preparation fee, and a buyer’s premium of ten percent (10%) of the winning bid price. Payments by the high bidders should be made to Jason A. Dunn, PLC.
The said real estate shall be sold, pursuant to Va. Code §58.1-3967, et seq., free of all claims of any creditor, person or entity as provided therein, except current annual real estate taxes which will be prorated, and sold “as is”, in gross and not by the acre, and without any warranty or representations of any kind whatsoever regarding, without limitation, restrictions, conditions, easements, liens or encumbrances, possible rights of parties in possession, encroachments, overlaps, gaps and gores, deficiency in quantity, all questions of boundaries, location and acreage which a current and accurate survey would disclose, roadways, environmental and wetland matters, unrecorded easements, matters which would be disclosed by an inspection of the premises, variance between County assessment records and land records, or any other matter of record or not of record. The sale shall be subject to confirmation by the City of Hopewell Circuit Court.
Persons are encouraged to make a visual inspection of the property within the limits of the law and to obtain an independent title search prior to bidding on any of the properties. Delinquent taxpayers and elected officials will not be allowed to bid.