Litchfield County, CT tax sales

Local offices

County notes

• •Litchfield County has 26 towns and cities: Barkhamsted, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Goshen, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Hartford, New Milford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Plymouth, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Watertown, Winchester and Woodbury. Each tax collector runs its own sale.
• •Torrington: the City of Torrington Tax Collector held tax deed sales on May 6, 2025 and September 16, 2025 at City Hall, 140 Main Street, 2nd Floor Auditorium. The city's Tax Sales page posts each sale's property list, legal notices and bidder rules; no later sale is listed there yet.
• •Torrington terms (September 2025 sale): register in person from 12:45 PM to 1:45 PM before the 2:00 PM start, bring a $4,000 bank or certified check for each property ($1,000 where the amount due is under $4,000), and pay the balance by noon three days later. No cash, and one deposit is needed for each property you want to win.
• •Litchfield (county seat): the Town of Litchfield posts no tax sale calendar. Contact the Tax Collector at Town Hall, 74 West Street, Litchfield, CT 06759, (860) 567-7557, and watch the local newspaper legal notices.
• •Woodbury: the Tax Collector held a tax sale auction on Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM at Old Town Hall, 5 Mountain Road. Its results are posted on the Connecticut Tax Sales recently completed list.
• •Watertown: the Town of Watertown held a tax sale at 10:00 a.m. on June 24, 2025 at Watertown Town Hall, 61 Echo Lake Road. The Tax Collector's page links to the Connecticut Tax Sales site, where the town's list is posted.
• •Thomaston: the Town of Thomaston held a tax sale at 10:00 a.m. on August 19, 2025 at Thomaston Town Hall, 158 Main Street. The Tax Collector directs bidders to the Connecticut Tax Sales site for its list of future sales.
• •Harwinton: the Town of Harwinton held a tax sale at 10:00 a.m. on October 9, 2025 at Harwinton Town Hall, 100 Bentley Drive, with its list posted on the Connecticut Tax Sales site.
• •New Milford: an auction for the Candlewood Lake Estates tax district in New Milford was set for 10:00 a.m. on December 11, 2026 at the Pullman & Comley office, 850 Main Street (8th Floor), Bridgeport, and has been cancelled due to a bankruptcy filing.
• •Winchester (Winsted): the Connecticut Tax Sales site lists an upcoming Town of Winchester auction whose date and place are not yet announced. The Collector of Revenue is at 338 Main Street, Winsted, (860) 379-4474.
• •Postponed parcels: lots in New Milford (Weekend Trail, Thomas Lane), Harwinton (Scoville Hill Road) and Thomaston (Cables Lane) drew no bidders at their original sales, have no new date, and are listed on the Connecticut Tax Sales postponed list, which invites proposed bids to ajc@pullcom.com.
• •Sales run through Pullman & Comley require attendance in person, government ID, a $5,000 deposit in certified funds payable to Pullman & Comley, Trustee, and the balance within five calendar days or the deposit is forfeited.
• •For the other towns, including Plymouth, the Town of New Milford's own sale calendar and the smaller hill towns, sale notices and their lists appear in the local newspaper legal notices and at the town tax collector's office and town clerk; call the collector before planning to bid.

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.Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-157, collector's tax sale: notice, public auction to the highest bidder, collector's deed, six-month redemption at 18 percent a year, surplus escrowConn. Gen. Stat. 12-157Verified Sep 27, 2026

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.Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-157, collector's tax sale: notice, public auction to the highest bidder, collector's deed, six-month redemption at 18 percent a year, surplus escrowConn. Gen. Stat. 12-157Verified Sep 27, 2026

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.Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-157, collector's tax sale: notice, public auction to the highest bidder, collector's deed, six-month redemption at 18 percent a year, surplus escrowConn. Gen. Stat. 12-157Verified Sep 27, 2026

Governing statute

Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-157Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-157, collector's tax sale: notice, public auction to the highest bidder, collector's deed, six-month redemption at 18 percent a year, surplus escrowConn. Gen. Stat. 12-157Verified Sep 27, 2026

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.Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-159, collector's deed is prima facie evidence of valid titleConn. Gen. Stat. 12-159Verified Sep 27, 2026 See the due diligence guide.

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