Orleans County, VT tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Orleans 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 Orleans 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 Vermont tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- No countywide schedule.
- Registration
- No online registration.
- County office
- (802) 334-2112
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How Orleans County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Town and city collectors of delinquent taxes in the 19 Orleans County municipalities (Orleans County government does not hold tax sales)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No countywide schedule.
- Registration
- No online registration.
When it runs
No countywide schedule. Each town or city collector sets its own sale date, advertised three weeks in a row in a newspaper circulating in the area, with the last notice at least 10 days before the sale.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Orleans County holds no tax sale. Each of its towns (Albany, Barton, Brownington, Charleston, Coventry, Craftsbury, Derby, Glover, Greensboro, Holland, Irasburg, Jay, Lowell, Morgan, Newport Town, Troy, Westfield and Westmore) and the City of Newport runs its own sale through its collector of delinquent taxes. Sales are held in person at public auction in the town where the land lies, to the highest bidder. A town may sell only when the taxpayer owes at least $1,500, has been delinquent more than one year and has been offered a written repayment plan. The owner, a mortgagee or a lienholder can redeem within one year of the sale by paying the collector the sale price plus 1% interest per month or fraction of a month. If the property is not redeemed, the collector issues the buyer a collector's deed. None of the town websites reviewed posts a current sale date or sale list, so watch the local newspaper legal notices and call each town's collector.
Source: 32 V.S.A. § 5252, Levy and notice of sale; securing property· Verified Sep 28, 2026
Orleans County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Orleans 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
Orleans County publishes no tax sale list online. The Town and city collectors of delinquent taxes in the 19 Orleans County municipalities (Orleans County government does not hold tax sales) advertises the parcels ahead of the sale rather than posting them, so the list reaches bidders through the county legal newspaper and the office itself. Call (802) 334-2112 to ask for the current advertisement.Register to bid
Sale day
No countywide schedule. 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 Town and city collectors of delinquent taxes in the 19 Orleans County municipalities (Orleans County government does not hold tax sales) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Orleans County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
There is no online list to price against. Orleans County advertises the parcels before the sale rather than posting them, so get the advertisement from the office on (802) 334-2112 and price from the parcel numbers it carries.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
- Orleans County has no county-run tax sale. Each of its 18 towns and the City of Newport sells delinquent property through its own collector, subject to a one-year redemption at 1% per month.
- City of Newport: the City Clerk and Treasurer, 222 Main Street, (802) 334-2112, handles tax billing. Unpaid taxes carry an 8% penalty plus 1% interest per month. The city posts no sale date or sale list online.
- Coventry: the Delinquent Tax Collector is Deb Tanguay, (802) 754-2288, by appointment at 168 Main Street, mailing address PO Box 8, Coventry, VT 05825. The town posts no sale date or sale list online.
- Craftsbury: the appointed Delinquent Tax Collector is Nicole Jones, (802) 673-2620. Delinquent payments go to Craftsbury Delinquent Taxes, PO Box 55, Craftsbury, VT 05826, or online through Municipay. The town posts no sale date or sale list online.
- Derby: the Town Clerk and Treasurer is at 124 Main Street, Derby, VT 05829, (802) 766-4906. The town posts no sale date or sale list online.
- Greensboro: the Town Clerk's office is at 82 Craftsbury Road (PO Box 119), Greensboro, VT 05841, (802) 533-2911.
- Troy: the Town Office is at 142 Main Street, North Troy, VT 05859, (802) 988-2663.
- Glover: the Town Clerk and Treasurer is at 51 Bean Hill Road, Glover, VT 05839.
- Albany, Barton, Brownington, Charleston, Holland, Irasburg, Jay, Lowell, Morgan, Newport Town, Westfield and Westmore publish their sale notices, including each sale list, in the local newspaper and post them at the town clerk's or collector's office.
- Every town must advertise its sale three weeks in a row in a newspaper circulating in the area, with the last notice at least 10 days before the sale, and must post the notice in a public place in the town.
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 Orleans 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 Orleans County hold tax deed sales?
Orleans County holds tax deed sales once a year. No countywide schedule. 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 Town and city collectors of delinquent taxes in the 19 Orleans County municipalities (Orleans County government 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.
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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