New Haven County, CT tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the New Haven County, CT tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Connecticut sells redeemable deeds the owner can buy back with a statutory penalty. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Sep 28, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in New Haven County, seat of New Haven: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Connecticut tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- No county-wide sale date.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- Set by each town's collector and printed in that town's notice or bidder package.
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How New Haven County sells delinquent taxes
No tax lien certificate sale
as a certificate sale. Connecticut issues no tax lien certificate at auction. The town or city tax collector sells the real estate itself by collector's deed, subject to a six-month redemption. The only transfer of a tax LIEN to a private party is a municipality's negotiated assignment under 12-195h, made by resolution of its legislative body to an assignee that must sign a contract with the town; it is not an auction open to individual investors.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- The tax collector of each of the county's 27 towns and cities. New Haven County has no county government and holds no tax sale itself.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No county-wide sale date.
- Registration
- Set by each town's collector and printed in that town's notice or bidder package.
When it runs
No county-wide sale date. Each town sets its own date and publishes a levy notice in a local newspaper for three weeks before the sale. Towns in this county sell in different months, and sales are often canceled when owners pay.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Each town or city tax collector auctions delinquent real estate in person to the highest bidder under Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-157 and signs a collector's deed. The owner or a lienholder may redeem within six months (60 days for abandoned property where the town allows it) by paying the taxes due plus 18 percent a year on the purchase price. Each town publishes its own list of parcels in its newspaper levy notice and at the collector's office; some towns also post the list on the collector's web page. Some towns in this county, including West Haven and Milford, sell liens in bulk to private assignees instead, and those liens are not offered to individual bidders.
Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-157, Method of selling real estate for taxes· Verified Sep 28, 2026
New Haven County tax sale list and auction calendar
For New Haven County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Get the advertised list
Each city or town sells separately and posts its own list. The municipal notes on this page say where each one appears.Register to bid
Sale day
No county-wide sale date. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use The tax collector of each of the county's 27 towns and cities. New Haven County has no county government and holds no tax sale itself. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in New Haven County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
There is no county list: each town posts its own. Get the list from the town whose sale you plan to attend and confirm the advertised parcels with its collector before you price a bid.Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Connecticut due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Connecticut before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
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County offices
County notes
- New Haven County has no county government. Its 27 towns and cities each run their own tax sale through their own tax collector, on their own dates.
- Southbury: the Tax Collector (501 Main Street South, Room 204, (203) 262-0654) held a sale on June 4, 2026 and scheduled another for Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Southbury Town Hall, 501 Main Street South.
- Southbury: bidders register in person from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. on sale day with photo ID and a Social Security or federal ID number, and bring a $1,000 deposit for each property by bank, cashier's, teller's or certified check payable to Town of Southbury Tax Collector. No cash.
- Southbury: the winning bidder pays the balance by certified or bank check by 2 p.m. on the Monday after the sale. A defaulting bidder forfeits the deposit.
- Southbury: the list of parcels is in the Bidder Information Package on the Tax Sale page, minimum bids are posted there the day before the sale, and the results list for the June 4, 2026 sale is posted on the same page.
- Southbury: the rules for the June 25, 2026 sale set a 60-day redemption period, with 18 percent a year on the winning bid if the owner redeems.
- Madison: the Tax Collector (8 Campus Drive, (203) 245-5641) posts each sale notice and its list on the town's Tax Sales page. Both 2026 sales, set for March 19 and August 19, 2026, were canceled.
- West Haven assigns delinquent real estate tax and sewer liens to private servicers, including American Tax Funding, FIG, Tower and MTAG for Cazenovia Creek, rather than auctioning them to individual bidders.
- Milford assigned its delinquent real estate tax and sewer liens under Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-195h to Tower Capital Management, MTAG Services for Benchmark and TLOA Servicing. The Milford Tax Collector is at 70 West River Street, 203-783-3200.
- Seymour's delinquent tax policy refers unpaid real estate accounts to a State Marshal, a collection agency or the Town Attorney for foreclosure. The town posts no tax sale notice.
- In Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Meriden, Middlebury, Naugatuck, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Prospect, Wallingford, Waterbury, Wolcott and Woodbridge, no current tax sale is posted on the town website. Watch the legal notices in the local newspaper and ask the town tax collector for any sale list.
- A collector's deed passes after the redemption period without a court case, but it can be contested for up to one year after recording. Order a title search before bidding.
Connecticut rules
- Redemption
- Redemption runs from the published post-sale notice to six months after the sale date. A town may shorten it to 60 days for abandoned property or for property meeting other conditions its legislative body sets by ordinance. Payment goes to the tax collector, who cancels the deed, gives the payer a certificate of satisfaction and within ten days tenders the money, plus the escrowed excess bid, to the buyer. If the window closes unredeemed, the collector's deed is recorded and the buyer owns the parcel without any court action.
- Deed deposit
- No statewide deposit rule. 12-157(d) lets the collector publish or announce rules for the conduct of the auction and for payment by successful bidders, so each town sets its own deposit, registration and form of payment. Read the terms of sale in each town's notice.
- Surplus proceeds
- Any amount the sale brings above the delinquent taxes, interest, penalties, fees and costs is held in a separate interest-bearing escrow account (interest to the town). If the parcel is redeemed, the excess goes to the buyer within ten days. If it is not redeemed, the collector may first apply the excess to the same taxpayer's other delinquent taxes to the town, including personal property and motor vehicle taxes, and must within ten days after the redemption period ends pay the rest to the clerk of the Superior Court for the judicial district, then notify the former owner and lienholders by certified mail. They have 90 days from that payment to apply to the court, which may appoint a state referee to divide the money by equity; money nobody claims escheats to the state as unclaimed property. This rule dates from P.A. 95-228, long before Tyler v. Hennepin County (2023), and no 2023 to 2026 act amends it. It applies to the collector's tax sale only; a court foreclosure of a tax lien under 12-181 or 12-195h follows the court's own foreclosure rules.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does New Haven County, Connecticut sell tax liens or tax deeds?
Tax deeds. Connecticut sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the tax collector of each town or city sells the property itself at a public tax sale.
How often does New Haven County hold tax deed sales?
New Haven County holds tax deed sales once a year. No county-wide sale date. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Connecticut's redemption rule: 6 months from the date of the sale, or 60 days for abandoned property or property meeting conditions a town sets by ordinance. Call the The tax collector of each of the county's 27 towns and cities. New Haven County has no county government and holds no tax sale itself. as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.
Verified Sep 28, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
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