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Kent County, RI tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Kent County, RI tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Rhode Island sells redeemable deeds carrying a 10% redemption penalty that rises the longer the owner waits. 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 Kent County, seat of East Greenwich: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

New to tax sales? Read how Rhode Island tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Next sale
Each municipality sets its own date.
Format
In person
Registration
Each municipality sets its own terms.
County office
401-886-8612
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The tax collector of each of Kent County's five municipalities: the City of Warwick and the towns of Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich and West Warwick. The county itself holds no sale.. In person. annual

Record quality: medium. Last verified: 2026-09-28.

City of Warwick Collector's Sale of Estates for Taxes, Warwick Beacon legal notice (April 30, 2026) (source accessed 2026-09-28)

Recorded reference information. Verify current sale conditions with the county. Read the full sale details.

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How Kent County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

as a certificate sale. Rhode Island issues no tax lien certificate: the city or town tax collector sells a tax title by collector's deed, subject to redemption. Some municipal pages and platform listings call what the buyer receives a 'tax sale lien', which describes how the title works (it is held as security for repayment) rather than a separate instrument.

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
The tax collector of each of Kent County's five municipalities: the City of Warwick and the towns of Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich and West Warwick. The county itself holds no sale.
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Each municipality sets its own date.
Registration
Each municipality sets its own terms.
Sale list
West Warwick 2026 collector's sale parcel list
When it runs
Each municipality sets its own date. The 2026 sales found were in person and spread from May to September: West Warwick on May 8, Warwick on May 22 and West Greenwich on September 16. Confirm each town's date with its collector.
Registration and deposit

Each municipality sets its own terms. The 2026 Warwick and West Warwick notices both required payment in cash or certified or bank check at the auction; no online bidding was offered by any Kent County municipality found.

Sale format and venue
Sales are live, in-person auctions run separately by each city or town, so dates, venues and lists differ across the county. Warwick and West Warwick publish their parcel lists in the legal notice; the other towns post little or nothing online. The notices describe one year to redeem through the collector or purchaser at a 10 percent penalty plus 1 percent a month from the seventh month, then redemption through the purchaser or Superior Court until a foreclosure decree.
Source: City of Warwick Collector's Sale of Estates for Taxes, Warwick Beacon legal notice (April 30, 2026)· Verified Sep 28, 2026

Kent County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Kent 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use West Warwick 2026 collector's sale parcel list for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Each municipality sets its own terms. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Each municipality sets its own 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.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use The tax collector of each of Kent County's five municipalities: the City of Warwick and the towns of Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich and West Warwick. The county itself holds no sale. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Kent County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from West Warwick 2026 collector's sale parcel list. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Each municipality sets its own terms. The 2026 Warwick and West Warwick notices both required payment in cash or certified or bank check at the auction; no online bidding was offered by any Kent County municipality found.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island before you price the title work.

  4. 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.

Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases

No standing over-the-counter list. Parcels with no bidder are bought by the city or town, and its treasurer may, at its discretion, assign a tax title it holds to a private buyer for the amount then needed to redeem. Whether a municipality does so is its own choice; ask the treasurer of the city or town.

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Rhode Island calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.

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County offices

Tax sale office

Finance Department (Tax Collector), Town of East Greenwich (county seat); each Kent County city and town has its own collector

401-886-8612

125 Main Street, 1st Floor, East Greenwich, RI 02818 (mailing: P.O. Box 111, Attn: Finance, East Greenwich, RI 02818)

Official website

County notes

  • Kent County has no county government. Its five municipalities, the City of Warwick and the towns of Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich and West Warwick, each hold their own collector's sale on their own date. Confirm the date, list and terms with the town before bidding.
  • Warwick: the Tax Collector/Interim Treasurer held the 2026 collector's sale on May 22, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Warwick City Hall, 3275 Post Road. Terms were cash or certified check only. The parcel list ran as a legal notice in the Warwick Beacon; the city's Tax Collectors page does not post a sale list. The office is in the Sawtooth Annex Building, 65 Centerville Road, Warwick, RI 02886, phone (401) 738-2002.
  • West Warwick: the Tax Collector held the 2026 collector's sale on May 8, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. in the Field House at the West Warwick Civic Center, 100 Factory Street. Terms were cash or bank check only. The town posts its sale list as a PDF on the Tax Collector page. The office is on the lower level of Town Hall, 1170 Main Street, West Warwick, RI 02893, phone (401) 822-9210.
  • West Greenwich: the Tax Collector set the 2026 tax sale for September 16 at 11:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers, and the town reports that no properties remain on that sale. The town posts no sale list online; owners more than two quarters behind are notified before being placed on the list. Town Hall is at 280 Victory Highway, West Greenwich, RI 02817, phone 401-392-3800, ext. 104.
  • Coventry: the Tax Collector's page posts no tax sale date or sale list. Watch the legal notices in the local newspaper and call the Tax Collector at (401) 822-9167, Town Hall, 1670 Flat River Road, Coventry, RI 02816.
  • East Greenwich: taxes are collected by the Finance Department, and its page posts no tax sale date or sale list. Watch the local newspaper's legal notices and call the Finance Department at 401-886-8612, Town Hall, 125 Main Street, East Greenwich, RI 02818.

Rhode Island rules

Redemption
Any person entitled to notice of the sale may redeem at any time before a petition to foreclose is filed, and a private buyer cannot file that petition until one year after the sale, so the owner always has at least a year. There is no fixed outer deadline: redemption stays open until the petition is filed, and during the proceeding the court may still allow a party who files a timely answer to redeem on terms it fixes. For the first year the city or town treasurer acts as the buyer's agent to receive redemption money; after that, redemption is paid to the buyer or the buyer's agent. Shorter and longer tracks apply to abandoned or vacant property and to tax titles held by Rhode Island Housing.
Deed deposit
No statewide deposit rule. Each municipality sets its own. Providence required a $1,500 certified-check bond at registration for its 2024 online sale, returned afterward and forfeited if a winning bid is not paid; East Providence's 2026 notice states terms of cash or bank check only.
Surplus proceeds
The collector's sale itself produces no surplus, because the price is fixed at the amount due. Chapter 44-9 contains no provision returning equity to the former owner when a private tax title holder forecloses the right of redemption and takes the parcel (44-9-24, 44-9-30), and no 2023 to 2026 post-Tyler amendment appears in the chapter as published on 2026-09-27. Surplus rules exist only for two narrower routes: a treasurer's sale of low-value city-held land without foreclosure (44-9-36), whose surplus is held for the person entitled for five years and then goes to the city or town (44-9-37); and parcels whose tax title Rhode Island Housing bought under 44-9-8.3, which RIHousing's Madeline Walker Act rule (825-RICR-40-00-2, effective July 31, 2025) has it sell at public auction after foreclosure and pay any surplus to the former homeowner on a claim filed within 90 days of that sale. A 2026 bill (S 2713, the Property Equity Protection Act) would add equity protections but is not law.
Governing statute
R.I. Gen. Laws 44-9-1

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Kent County, Rhode Island sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax deeds. Rhode Island sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the tax collector of each city or town sells the property itself at a public tax sale.

How often does Kent County hold tax deed sales?

Kent County holds tax deed sales once a year. Each municipality sets its own 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. Rhode Island's redemption rule: At least 1 year from the sale, then until the buyer files a Superior Court petition to foreclose. Call the The tax collector of each of Kent County's five municipalities: the City of Warwick and the towns of Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich and West Warwick. The county itself holds no sale. 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.

Where can I find the Kent County tax sale list?

Kent County posts its tax sale list at westwarwick.govoffice.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

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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