Hartford County, CT tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Hartford County, CT tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Connecticut sells redeemable deeds that pay up to 18% a year interest on redemption. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus city and town notices on Oct 6, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Hartford County, seat of Hartford: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Connecticut tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Set by each city or town
- Registration
- For sales run through Pullman & Comley, registration happens at the auction, not before.
- County seat collector
- 860-757-9630
On this page
How Hartford County sells delinquent taxes
No tax lien certificate sale
Connecticut issues no tax lien certificate at auction. The town or city tax collector sells the real estate itself by collector's deed, subject to a six-month redemption. The only transfer of a tax LIEN to a private party is a municipality's negotiated assignment under 12-195h, made by resolution of its legislative body to an assignee that must sign a contract with the town; it is not an auction open to individual investors.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- The tax collector of each town or city in Hartford County (29 towns, including the City of Hartford). The county itself holds no sale.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Each town sets its own date, so sales run through the year.
- Registration
- For sales run through Pullman & Comley, registration happens at the auction, not before.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
For sales run through Pullman & Comley, registration happens at the auction, not before. Bring a government-issued ID, the exact legal name and SSN or federal ID number of the buyer, written authority if bidding for someone else, and a $5,000 deposit per property (or the amount in the notice) in certified funds payable to "Pullman & Comley, Trustee." No cash or personal checks. The balance is due within five calendar days or the deposit is forfeited. Other towns set their own terms in their notice.
Sale format and venue
Hartford County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Hartford County tax sale 2026 searches, use the city and town sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the collector of the city or town holding the sale 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.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Use Upcoming tax sale list for participating Connecticut towns as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.Register to bid
Sale day
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, treat the collector of the city or town holding the sale as the source for which parcels are actually offered. Do not rely on a third-party list for final parcel status.
Before you bid in Hartford County
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open Upcoming tax sale list for participating Connecticut towns. Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the town before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.Confirm registration and deposit
For sales run through Pullman & Comley, registration happens at the auction, not before. Bring a government-issued ID, the exact legal name and SSN or federal ID number of the buyer, written authority if bidding for someone else, and a $5,000 deposit per property (or the amount in the notice) in certified funds payable to "Pullman & Comley, Trustee." No cash or personal checks. The balance is due within five calendar days or the deposit is forfeited. Other towns set their own terms in their notice.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Connecticut 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 Connecticut 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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Local offices
County seat collector (sells that town’s parcels only)
Office of the Tax Collector, City of Hartford (county seat; each other town has its own collector)
Hartford City Hall, 550 Main Street, 1st Floor, Room 106, Hartford, CT 06103
Official websiteCounty notes
- Hartford County has no county government. Each of its 29 towns holds its own tax sale through its own tax collector, on its own date, so check the town where the parcel sits.
- City of Hartford: the Tax Collector has scheduled a tax sale for November 6, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at the Hartford Public Library Downtown Library, 500 Main Street (Travelers Center for Arts & Culture). The list of properties is posted on the Tax Collector page and on the cttaxsales.com upcoming list.
- City of Hartford: bidders must bring a $5,000 deposit per property in certified funds payable to "Pullman & Comley, Trustee" and pay the balance within five calendar days. Anyone who owes delinquent taxes to the city cannot bid.
- Berlin: auction at 2:00 p.m. on November 10, 2026 at Berlin Town Hall, 240 Kensington Road. The parcel list is on the cttaxsales.com upcoming list.
- East Windsor: auction at 2:00 p.m. on November 12, 2026 at East Windsor Town Hall, 11 Rye Street, Broad Brook. The parcel list is on the cttaxsales.com upcoming list.
- Suffield: auction at 2:00 p.m. on December 10, 2026 at Suffield Town Hall, 83 Mountain Road. The parcel list is on the cttaxsales.com upcoming list.
- Recent sales in the county: Windsor Locks on April 23, 2026, Canton on June 16, 2026, Enfield on June 25, 2026 and Manchester on October 1, 2026. Results lists are on the cttaxsales.com recently completed page.
- Parcels in Berlin, Bloomfield, East Windsor, Manchester, Newington and Rocky Hill that drew no bidders are on the cttaxsales.com postponed list. Offers go by email to the sale attorney, and most towns will not consider an offer below their auction and conveyance cost, typically $2,500 to $5,000 per parcel.
- All other towns in the county publish their sale notices, including the list of parcels, in a local newspaper and at the town tax collector's office. Some towns assign liens in bulk instead of holding an auction.
- If the owner redeems within six months, the buyer gets back the purchase price plus 18 percent a year interest. Otherwise the collector's deed is recorded and the buyer takes title. Order a title search before bidding.
Connecticut rules
- Redemption
- Redemption runs from the published post-sale notice to six months after the sale date. The statute sets 60 days instead for property that was abandoned or meets other conditions established by an ordinance adopted by the town's legislative body. Payment goes to the tax collector, who cancels the deed, gives the payer a certificate of satisfaction and within ten days tenders the money, plus the escrowed excess bid, to the buyer. If the window closes unredeemed, the collector's deed is recorded and the buyer owns the parcel without any court action.
- Deed deposit
- No statewide deposit rule. 12-157(d) lets the collector publish or announce rules for the conduct of the auction and for payment by successful bidders, so each town sets its own deposit, registration and form of payment. Read the terms of sale in each town's notice.
- Surplus proceeds
- Any amount the sale brings above the delinquent taxes, interest, penalties, fees and costs is held in a separate interest-bearing escrow account (interest to the town). If the parcel is redeemed, the excess goes to the buyer within ten days. If it is not redeemed, the collector may first apply the excess to the same taxpayer's other delinquent taxes to the town, including personal property and motor vehicle taxes, and must within ten days after the redemption period ends pay the rest to the clerk of the Superior Court for the judicial district, then notify the former owner and lienholders by certified mail. They have 90 days from that payment to apply to the court, which may appoint a state referee to divide the money by equity; money nobody claims escheats to the state as unclaimed property. This rule dates from P.A. 95-228, long before Tyler v. Hennepin County (2023), and no 2023 to 2026 act amends it. It applies to the collector's tax sale only; a court foreclosure of a tax lien under 12-181 or 12-195h follows the court's own foreclosure rules.
What the deed conveys: A recorded collector's deed is prima facie evidence of valid title, subject only to later town taxes not yet due when the levy was first published, other liens in favor of the town, easements and restrictions benefiting other land, and other interests the deed describes. The redemption-expiry notice extinguishes the titles, mortgages and liens of the taxpayer and of every mortgagee and lienholder that received actual or constructive notice. A sale can be set aside only by someone the collector failed to notify who did not in fact learn of the sale within six months, and, except for fraud, any action attacking the deed must be brought within one year of its recording. The town's warranty on the deed is limited to the price paid plus reasonable later improvement costs. During the redemption period the buyer has an insurable interest and may seek a receiver, but no right of possession is granted by statute before the deed is recorded. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
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Verified Oct 6, 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 office that runs the sale before you bid.
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