Bennington County, VT tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Bennington County, VT tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Vermont 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 Bennington County, seat of Bennington and Manchester: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Vermont tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Each town sets its own date after posting a notice of tax sale, so dates vary by town.
- Registration
- No advance registration is described in town notices.
- County office
- 802-442-1037
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How Bennington County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Each town's collector of delinquent taxes (Bennington County does not hold tax sales)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Each town sets its own date after posting a notice of tax sale, so dates vary by town.
- Registration
- No advance registration is described in town notices.
When it runs
Each town sets its own date after posting a notice of tax sale, so dates vary by town. Example: Shaftsbury's notice sets its sale for "the 28th day of October, 2026, at 10:30 a.m."
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Tax sales in Bennington County are held town by town, not by the county. The collector of delinquent taxes sells, at public auction under 32 V.S.A. 5254, only so much of each property as is needed to discharge the taxes and costs, unless paid before the sale. Sales are held in person at the town office; no online auction platform is used. The owner or mortgagee may redeem within one year of the sale under 32 V.S.A. 5260. Check each town's notice for its own date, venue and list.
Source: Notice of Tax Sale for October 28, 2026, Town of Shaftsbury· Verified Sep 28, 2026
Bennington County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Bennington 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
Use Shaftsbury notice of tax sale list, October 28, 2026 (PDF) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Each town sets its own date after posting a notice of tax sale, so dates vary by town. Each city or town picks its own platform or in-person venue. Confirm the date and registration window with that town’s collector before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Each town's collector of delinquent taxes (Bennington County does not hold tax sales) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Bennington County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Shaftsbury notice of tax sale list, October 28, 2026 (PDF). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Vermont 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 Vermont 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
Tax sale office
County notes
- Bennington County has no county tax sale. Each town's collector of delinquent taxes runs its own sale, so check the town where the parcel sits.
- Shaftsbury: the Collector of Delinquent Taxes will sell at public auction on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at the Town of Shaftsbury Office, 677 VT Route 7A. The list of parcels is in the notice PDF posted on the town website.
- Shaftsbury's October 28, 2026 notice also includes a parcel offered by the Collector of Water Charges for unpaid water charges.
- Shaftsbury town office: PO Box 409, 677 RT 7A, Shaftsbury, VT 05262, (802) 442-4038.
- Bennington: tax sales are typically held at public auction at the Town of Bennington offices, 205 South Street. The Collections office posts its list of tax sale properties on its Collections page when a sale is scheduled. Contact 802-442-1037.
- Bennington property taxes are due November 10, with an 8% penalty on the unpaid balance after that date and 1% interest per month thereafter.
- Winhall: the Delinquent Tax Collector is at 115 VT Route 30, Bondville, VT 05340, (802) 297-0342. The town page publishes no tax sale list; ask the collector for any upcoming sale.
- Arlington: delinquent taxes are handled through the Treasurer's office, P.O. Box 55, Arlington, VT 05250, (802) 375-1260. Property taxes are due November 4 each year.
- Manchester: the town publishes no tax sale list online; contact Town Hall at 40 Jeff Williams Way, Manchester Center, VT 05255, (802) 362-1313.
- In the other towns, including Dorset, Pownal, Readsboro, Rupert, Sandgate, Stamford, Sunderland, Woodford, Landgrove, Peru and Searsburg, tax sale notices appear in the local newspaper and at the town clerk's or collector's office.
- Every Vermont tax sale carries a one-year right of redemption for the owner or mortgagee under 32 V.S.A. 5260, so a winning bidder does not receive a collector's deed until that year runs.
Vermont rules
- Redemption
- The owner, a lienholder or a mortgagee, or their representatives or assigns, may redeem within one year from the day of sale by paying or tendering to the collector who made the sale (or to the town clerk if the collector has died or left town) the sum for which the land was sold plus 1 percent a month, with a part month counted as a full month. The money is paid over to the buyer on demand and no deed is made. Between 90 and 120 days before the year ends the collector must send the owner, by certified mail, and post a warning stating the date redemption ends and the amount due. If no one redeems, the collector executes a deed to the buyer.
- Deed deposit
- No statute sets a deposit or registration requirement. The statutory return form records the sale as made 'for cash' to the highest bidder (§ 5255). Each town sets its own payment terms; read them in the town's notice.
- Surplus proceeds
- No Vermont statute addresses what happens to the part of a winning bid above the taxes, costs and fees when the property is not redeemed. §§ 5251 to 5263 are silent, and no act of 2023 through 2026 amends §§ 5253 to 5263. If the property is redeemed, the whole sale price comes back to the buyer with interest (§ 5260(a)). 2024 Act 106 Sec. 7 created a working group to recommend whether an owner whose property passes by collector's deed should be able to recoup the equity above the tax debt; as of the 2026 session no such change has been enacted. By contrast, a sale on distraint of personal property returns the balance to the taxpayer (§ 5193), and in a court foreclosure of the tax lien the commissioner disposes of any residue with the court's approval (§ 5061(b)). Tyler v. Hennepin County (2023) bears on this, so ask the town how it handles excess proceeds before bidding.
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 Bennington County, Vermont sell tax liens or tax deeds?
Tax deeds. Vermont sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the collector of taxes of each town or city sells the property itself at a public tax sale.
How often does Bennington County hold tax deed sales?
Bennington County holds tax deed sales once a year. Each town sets its own date after posting a notice of tax sale, so dates vary by town. 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. Vermont's redemption rule: 1 year from the day of sale. Call the Each town's collector of delinquent taxes (Bennington County does not hold tax sales) 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 Bennington County tax sale list?
Bennington County posts its tax sale list at shaftsburyvt.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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