Norfolk VA Delinquent Tax Liens: Owners & Amounts

Search the City of Norfolk, Virginia Treasurer's public delinquent property-tax records and turn them into structured, billable leads. Filter by owner name, property address, tax account, parcel number, tax year or amount owed, and export clean JSON, CSV or Excel.

This is a tax-lien lead dataset, not a recorded UCC index. It lists real-estate parcels that are at least one quarter behind on City of Norfolk property taxes. The City Treasurer is the taxing authority; a formal tax lien may or may not already have been recorded on an individual parcel. Use the records for research and outreach, not as a title opinion.

Here is one real record from this actor.

{
  "record_id": "632197",
  "account_number": "632197",
  "parcel_id": "40729900",
  "tax_year": "2026",
  "installment": null,
  "owner_name": "SMITH, ROBERT B JR & BERNICE B",
  "owner_type": "individual",
  "is_business": false,
  "property_address": "0534 DELAWARE AV",
  "city": "NORFOLK",
  "state": "VA",
  "tax_due": 20107.06,
  "penalty_due": 1944.95,
  "interest_due": 3682.98,
  "total_due": 25734.99,
  "currency": "USD",
  "installment_count": 21,
  "latest_tax_year": "2026",
  "oldest_tax_year": "2021",
  "year_count": 6,
  "delinquency_bucket": "25000_plus",
  "lien_type": "property_tax",
  "lien_status": "delinquent",
  "secured_party_name": "CITY OF NORFOLK",
  "secured_party_type": "municipal_taxing_authority",
  "secured_party_source": "inferred_taxing_authority",
  "party_direction": "owner_debtor_city_creditor",
  "group_by": "account",
  "source": "City of Norfolk, Virginia Office of the City Treasurer",
  "source_url": "https://data.norfolk.gov/d/7qie-z5gv",
  "dataset_id": "7qie-z5gv",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-31T03:13:28.868Z",
  "confidence": 1
}

Input | Output | Pricing

Table of contents

• What you get
• Input and filters
• Use cases
• Coverage and freshness
• Pricing
• Comparison with other Apify actors
• Related LienIntel actors
• FAQ
• Run it through the Apify API

What you get

• Owner name as published, with a business/individual flag.
• Property address and City of Norfolk tax account number.
• Parcel (biitem) number for cross-checking assessment and deed records.
• Tax year and published installment detail.
• Base tax, penalty and interest due, plus total due.
• Delinquency band from under $1,000 to $25,000+.
• Grouping options: one record per account and tax year (default), one consolidated record per account across every published year, or one raw record per published installment.
• Sorting by largest balance, smallest balance, owner name or newest tax year.
• Flat snake_case fields, one record at a time, with no nested objects.

Each record can carry these 34 fields. A field the source does not publish for a record comes back as null.

Field	Type	Description
record_id	string	Stable record key for the selected grouping
account_number	string	City of Norfolk tax account number
parcel_id	string	City of Norfolk parcel or biitem number
tax_year	string	Tax year of the delinquent balance
installment	string	Published installment number when grouping by installment
owner_name	string	Property owner name as published
owner_type	string	Owner type: organization, individual or unknown
is_business	boolean	Whether the owner name looks like an organization
property_address	string	Delinquent property street address
city	string	City of the property
state	string	US state of the property
tax_due	number	Base tax due in USD
penalty_due	number	Penalty due in USD
interest_due	number	Interest due in USD
total_due	number	Total tax, penalty and interest due in USD
currency	string	Currency of the amount fields
installment_count	integer	Number of published installment rows combined into the record
latest_tax_year	string	Newest tax year in the record
oldest_tax_year	string	Oldest tax year in the record
year_count	integer	Number of distinct tax years combined into the record
delinquency_bucket	string	Total-due band: under_1000, 1000_4999, 5000_9999, 10000_24999 or 25000_plus
lien_type	string	Lien family, property_tax
lien_status	string	Delinquency status, delinquent
secured_party_name	string	Taxing authority that holds the claim, inferred as CITY OF NORFOLK
secured_party_type	string	Type of the taxing authority
secured_party_source	string	How the secured party was established
party_direction	string	Party mapping used for this source
group_by	string	Grouping mode used for the record
source	string	Official public source name
source_url	string	Official public dataset page
dataset_id	string	Public dataset identifier
observed_at	string	Collection timestamp
confidence	integer	Parser confidence
error	string	Failure or no-data message, absent on success records

Input and filters

All inputs are optional.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
ownerName	string	no	(none)	Filter by property owner name. Partial names are supported, for example SMITH or HOLDINGS. Case is ignored.
propertyAddress	string	no	(none)	Filter by street address as published, for example GRANBY or 2805 EARLY. Partial addresses are supported.
accountNumber	string	no	(none)	Exact City of Norfolk tax account number or parcel (biitem) number, for example 630504 or 32464650.
taxYear	integer	no	(none)	Restrict to one tax year, for example 2026. Leave empty for all published years.
minTotalDue	number	no	(none)	Only return records whose total tax, penalty and interest due is at least this amount.
maxTotalDue	number	no	(none)	Only return records whose total tax, penalty and interest due is at most this amount.
groupBy	string	no	"account_year"	How to package the published installment rows. Account-year is one record per property and tax year. Account combines every year into one lead. Installment returns the raw published rows. Values: account_year, account, installment.
sortBy	string	no	"total_desc"	Order of the result set before the maximum-record cap is applied. Values: total_desc, total_asc, owner_asc, year_desc.
maxRecords	integer	no	100	Maximum number of billable records to return. Free Apify users receive up to 10 results per run.

A working example to paste into the Input tab:

{
  "ownerName": "SMITH",
  "minTotalDue": 1000,
  "maxRecords": 3,
  "groupBy": "account",
  "sortBy": "total_desc"
}

Use cases

• Sum tax, penalty and interest due per Norfolk property and tax year, with individual or business owner flags.
• Tax-lien investors and tax-sale buyers screening Norfolk parcels by balance, owner and address.
• Real-estate investors and wholesalers looking for distressed or long-delinquent properties.
• Collections, recovery and skip-trace teams prioritizing owners with large municipal balances.
• Property-tax consultants and attorneys reviewing delinquency history and payment patterns.

Coverage and freshness

• Jurisdiction: City of Norfolk, Virginia (independent city).
• What is included: real-estate parcels at least one quarter behind on City of Norfolk property taxes. The City notes that the data does not include nuisance-abatement liens and should not be relied on for title examination or closing requirements.
• Freshness: the Treasurer updates the dataset frequently as payments are processed. Always re-run for the current balance.
• Last verified: 2026-10-31.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. These are the current Apify prices, read on 2026-11-06.

Event	Price	When it is charged
result	$0.015	Each record delivered to your dataset
apify-actor-start	$0.003	When a run starts, once per GB of run memory with a minimum of one

At the default 512 MB, a run that delivers 100 records costs $1.503.

• Apify asks for a maximum spend of at least $0.018 per run on this actor.
• Accounts on the free Apify plan receive up to 10 results per run.
• If nothing matches or the source fails, you get one row with an error field and no result charge. The start event still applies to the run.
• Set a maximum cost per run and the actor stops delivering results when it reaches that limit.

Comparison with other Apify actors

No dedicated actor for this source on the Apify Store as of November 2026. We searched the public Store on 2026-11-06 with queries including "Norfolk tax", "Norfolk delinquent" and "Norfolk lien", and we reviewed the listings for this source and data type. Store listings change, so run the same search before you rely on this.

Related LienIntel actors

Other public LienIntel actors for the same buyer:

• Allegheny County PA Tax Liens: Dockets, Amounts & Assignees: delinquent property tax records in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Baltimore City MD Tax Lien Certificates: Owners & Amounts: delinquent property tax records in Baltimore City, Maryland
• Clermont County OH Delinquent Tax Liens: Owners & Amounts: delinquent property tax records in Clermont County, Ohio
• Cochise County AZ Tax Lien Parcels: Owners & Amounts: delinquent property tax records in Cochise County, Arizona

FAQ

Is this a list of recorded tax liens?

No. It is the City Treasurer's delinquent property-tax list. Delinquency can lead to a tax lien or tax sale, but the dataset does not publish a recorded instrument number or a guarantee that a lien has been filed. If you need recorded instruments, use a recorder or circuit-court index.

Does it include owner phone numbers or emails?

No. It includes the published owner name and property address only. Use a separate skip-trace or contact-enrichment step if you need phone or email.

Can I get one row per property instead of one per tax year?

Yes. Set groupBy to account. The actor combines every published year and installment into one record with latest year, oldest year, year count and total due.

Why is there a CITY OF NORFOLK secured party on every record?

The Treasurer is the taxing authority that holds the delinquency claim. The actor records that as an inferred secured party and marks the source as inferred_taxing_authority. No private lender is invented.

Are amounts final?

No. Payments, deferrals, relief programs and adjustments can change a balance after the dataset is published. Re-run before relying on a number.

Is this an FCRA consumer report?

No. It is public-record research and workflow data.

Can I filter by neighborhood or ZIP?

The source publishes street addresses, not ZIP codes. Use the address filter for a street or area name.

Run it through the Apify API

Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lienintel~norfolk-va-delinquent-tax-liens/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ownerName": "SMITH", "minTotalDue": 1000, "maxRecords": 3, "groupBy": "account", "sortBy": "total_desc"}'

With the Apify CLI:

$apify call lienintel/norfolk-va-delinquent-tax-liens --input '{"ownerName": "SMITH", "minTotalDue": 1000, "maxRecords": 3, "groupBy": "account", "sortBy": "total_desc"}'

Every run writes to a dataset that you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel from the Storage tab or through the Apify API.

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LienIntel is an independent data provider and is not affiliated with any government office named on this page. Records are public and are provided for research and workflow automation. This is not a certified search and not a consumer report under the FCRA.