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Tax Sale Atlas

Newport County, RI tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Newport 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 Newport County, seat of Newport: 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 city or town sets its own sale date, so there is no single county date.
Format
In person
Registration
Terms are set by each municipality.
Every displayed fact carries a source badge. Verified Sep 28, 2026 against official county and state pages.How we verify
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Look up a sale detail

The tax collector of each of the county's six municipalities: the City of Newport and the towns of Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton, Little Compton and Jamestown. Newport County has no government and holds no sale of its own.. In person. annual

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

2025 Collector's Sale of Estates for Taxes, Town of Tiverton Tax Collector (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 Newport 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 the county's six municipalities: the City of Newport and the towns of Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton, Little Compton and Jamestown. Newport County has no government and holds no sale of its own.
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Each city or town sets its own sale date, so there is no single county date.
Registration
Terms are set by each municipality.
Sale list
Town of Tiverton 2025 tax sale list (PDF)
When it runs
Each city or town sets its own sale date, so there is no single county date. The most recent notice found is the Town of Tiverton's, which set its sale for November 14, 2025 at 10:00 A.M. Middletown's collection policy states that its tax sale process begins as of March 10 each year.
Registration and deposit

Terms are set by each municipality. Tiverton requires payment in cash or bank check at the sale; confirm deposit and payment terms with the collector of the city or town holding the sale.

Sale format and venue
Each collector sells a tax title by collector's deed, subject to redemption, at a public auction. The Town of Tiverton sells in person in the Council Chambers at Town Hall with terms of cash or bank check only; no online auction platform was confirmed for any municipality in the county. Tiverton posts its sale list on the Tax Collector page. The other five municipalities publish no sale list online that could be located, so watch the local newspaper legal notices and ask the collector's office at each town or city hall. Tiverton's notice states that an owner has one year to redeem through the collector or the purchaser by paying the taxes plus a 10 percent penalty on the tax sale amount and 1 percent a month from the seventh month onward.
Source: 2025 Collector's Sale of Estates for Taxes, Town of Tiverton Tax Collector· Verified Sep 28, 2026

Newport County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Newport 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 Town of Tiverton 2025 tax sale list (PDF) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Terms are set by each municipality. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Each city or town sets its own sale date, so there is no single county 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 the county's six municipalities: the City of Newport and the towns of Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton, Little Compton and Jamestown. Newport County has no government and holds no sale of its own. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Newport County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Town of Tiverton 2025 tax sale list (PDF). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Terms are set by each municipality. Tiverton requires payment in cash or bank check at the sale; confirm deposit and payment terms with the collector of the city or town holding the sale.

  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

City and town tax collectors of Newport County (six municipal offices; no county office)

County notes

  • City of Newport: the City of Newport Collections Office runs the city's tax sale. No sale date, sale list or registration terms could be located online, so call the Collections Office at City Hall and watch the Newport legal notices for the parcel list.
  • Middletown: the Tax Collections Office at 350 East Main Road, Middletown, RI 02842 (401-847-0193, taxcollection@middletownri.com) states that its tax sale process begins as of March 10 and covers real estate accounts, including sewer fees and special assessments, delinquent by more than $100 as of the second quarter. The town publishes no sale list online that could be located; ask the office or watch newspaper legal notices for the list and auction date.
  • Portsmouth: the Tax Collector's Office at Town Hall, 2200 E. Main Road, First Floor, Portsmouth, RI 02871 (401-683-1214) handles collections. The town publishes no tax sale date or sale list online that could be located; ask the office and watch newspaper legal notices for the list.
  • Tiverton: the Tax Collector's Office at Town Hall, 343 Highland Road, Tiverton, RI 02878 ((401) 625-6706) set its most recent sale for November 14, 2025 at 10:00 A.M., at public auction in the Council Chambers at Town Hall. Terms are cash or bank check only. The Tax Collector page posts the 2025 tax sale list as a PDF and notes that properties with two years of delinquent taxes are at risk of sale.
  • Little Compton: the Town Treasurer and Tax Collector at Town Hall, 40 Commons, PO Box 226, Little Compton, RI 02837 ((401) 635-4219) collects taxes. The town publishes no tax sale date or sale list online that could be located; ask the office and watch newspaper legal notices for the list.
  • Jamestown: the Tax Collector's Office at 93 Narragansett Avenue, Jamestown, RI 02835 (401-423-7200) collects taxes. The town publishes no tax sale date or sale list online that could be located; ask the office and watch newspaper legal notices for the list.

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 Newport 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 Newport County hold tax deed sales?

Newport County holds tax deed sales once a year. Each city or town sets its own sale date, so there is no single county 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 the county's six municipalities: the City of Newport and the towns of Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton, Little Compton and Jamestown. Newport County has no government and holds no sale of its own. 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 Newport County tax sale list?

Newport County posts its tax sale list at tiverton.ri.gov. 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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