Windsor County, VT tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Windsor 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 Windsor County, seat of Woodstock: 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 calendar.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- No countywide registration.
- County office
- (802) 457-3456
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How Windsor County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Each town's collector of delinquent taxes; Windsor County government does not hold tax sales
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No countywide calendar.
- Registration
- No countywide registration.
When it runs
No countywide calendar. Each town sets its own date after the taxes are more than one year delinquent and the balance is at least $1,500. Ludlow's most recent sale was Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 10:00 AM, and the town lists its next sale as not yet set.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Windsor County has 24 towns, and each town collector sells delinquent real estate at a public auction held in that town. Before a sale, the town must offer a written repayment plan, advertise the property three weeks in a row in a local newspaper, and give the owner and lienholders at least 30 days' certified-mail notice. The owner can redeem within one year at one percent per month, and the buyer receives a collector's deed only if the property is not redeemed. Many parcels are paid off before sale day, so confirm the current list with the town collector.
Source: 32 V.S.A. § 5252, Vermont Legislature· Verified Sep 28, 2026
Windsor County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Windsor 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 Ludlow tax sale list, March 21, 2024 sale for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
No countywide calendar. 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 Each town's collector of delinquent taxes; Windsor County government does not hold tax sales as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Windsor County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Ludlow tax sale list, March 21, 2024 sale. 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
- Windsor County has 24 towns: Andover, Baltimore, Barnard, Bethel, Bridgewater, Cavendish, Chester, Hartford, Hartland, Ludlow, Norwich, Plymouth, Pomfret, Reading, Rochester, Royalton, Sharon, Springfield, Stockbridge, Weathersfield, West Windsor, Weston, Windsor and Woodstock. Each town runs its own tax sale.
- Ludlow: the town's last tax sale was Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 10:00 AM in the Howard Barton Jr. Conference Room, Town Hall, 37 Depot Street. The next sale date is not yet set, and the town held no sale in 2025.
- Ludlow posts its tax sale list and past lists of properties sold on its Tax Sales & Collection Policy page. Call the Municipal Office at 802-228-2842 or 802-228-3923 before the sale, because parcels come off the list when owners pay.
- Ludlow sends properties more than one year past due to an attorney, who prepares the legal notices. The buyer at the sale may be the Town, the Village or a third party, and cannot take possession during the one-year redemption period.
- Woodstock: the Delinquent Tax Collector handles overdue accounts, and accounts in arrears may be sent to the Town Attorney for tax sale. Tax questions go to the Town Office at (802) 457-3456, option 1.
- Hartford: the delinquent tax collector notifies overdue taxpayers in February and, if the taxes stay unpaid 60 days, notifies mortgage and lien holders before tax sale proceedings begin. Contact Town Hall, 171 Bridge Street, White River Junction, 802-295-9353.
- Springfield: the Collector of Taxes is in Town Hall, 96 Main Street, 2nd floor, 802-885-2104.
- Hartland's Finance Department (802-436-2464, Damon Hall, 1 Quechee Road) and Royalton's Collector of Delinquent Taxes (town office 802-478-0680, 85 Goodrich Meadows, South Royalton) handle delinquent accounts in those towns.
- Windsor (29 Union Street, 802-674-6786), Chester (556 Elm Street, 802-875-2173) and Norwich (300 Main Street, 802-649-1419) publish no tax sale list; ask the town office for the collector of delinquent taxes.
- For the other towns, sale notices appear in the local newspaper for three weeks in a row and are posted at the town clerk's or collector's office. Contact the town collector for the current list.
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 Windsor 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 Windsor County hold tax deed sales?
Windsor County holds tax deed sales once a year. No countywide calendar. 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; Windsor 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.
Where can I find the Windsor County tax sale list?
Windsor County posts its tax sale list at ludlow.vt.us. 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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