Middlesex County, CT tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Middlesex 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 Middlesex County, seat of Middletown: 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
- County seat collector
- 860-638-4900
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How Middlesex 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 of the county's 15 towns (the Collector of Revenue in East Hampton and Portland). Middlesex County has no government and holds no sale; Cromwell, Clinton, Old Saybrook, East Haddam, Westbrook, Deep River and East Hampton post their sales through their tax sale counsel, Pullman & Comley, LLC.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No county-wide date.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
For towns selling 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 titleholder, 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 winner pays the balance within five calendar days or forfeits the deposit. Other towns set their own terms in their sale notice.
Sale format and venue
Middlesex County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Middlesex 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 town tax sale list with parcel notices (Pullman & Comley) 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
Ask the collector of the city or town holding the sale how and when to register; many close registration days or weeks before the sale.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 Middlesex County
4 checks
Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open Upcoming town tax sale list with parcel notices (Pullman & Comley). 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 towns selling 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 titleholder, 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 winner pays the balance within five calendar days or forfeits the deposit. Other towns set their own terms in their sale 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 notes
- Middlesex County has 15 towns and no county government. Each town's tax collector runs its own sale on its own date, so check the town, not the county.
- Cromwell: auction at 10:00 a.m. on October 14, 2026 at Cromwell Town Hall, 41 West Street. The parcel list and notices appear on the Pullman & Comley upcoming tax sale list. Deposit $5,000 per property in certified funds. Tax Collector: (860) 632-3445.
- Clinton: auction at 3:00 p.m. on November 17, 2026 at Clinton Town Hall, 54 East Main Street. The list appears on the Pullman & Comley upcoming tax sale list. Tax Collector: 860-669-9067.
- Old Saybrook: sale set for December 10, 2026 at Town Hall, 302 Main Street. The Pullman & Comley list gives 10:00 a.m. and the town's Tax Collector page gives 9:30 a.m. in the first floor conference room, so confirm the start time with Attorney Adam Cohen at 203-330-2230 before sale day. Tax Collector: 860-395-3138.
- East Haddam: last held an auction on May 14, 2026; results and future lists appear on the Pullman & Comley site linked from the town's Tax Sales page. Two small East Haddam lots sit on the postponed list. Tax Collector: 860-873-5033.
- Westbrook, Deep River and East Hampton link their tax sale information to the Pullman & Comley list; none has a sale scheduled there. Tax collectors: Westbrook 860-399-3043 ext. 1116, Deep River 860-526-6028, East Hampton Collector of Revenue 860-267-2300.
- East Hampton (a lot on Haddam Neck Road) and Portland (7 Freestone Avenue, which carries a mortgage of about $400,000 the buyer must pay) have parcels on the postponed list. Offers go by email to the town's counsel.
- Haddam: the town's tax sale page states no sale is scheduled. Its tax sale attorney is John Watts, 860-669-6677.
- Middletown, Chester, Durham, Essex, Killingworth, Middlefield and Portland post no current sale on their collector pages. Their notices and lists appear in the local newspaper legal notices and at the tax collector's office.
- Registration for Pullman & Comley auctions happens at the sale, in person. Bring ID, the titleholder's exact legal name and SSN or federal ID, and one certified-funds deposit per property you want to win.
- Redemption lasts six months from the auction at 18 percent a year on the purchase price. Order a title search before bidding: the buyer takes the parcel as is, and some parcels carry mortgages that survive the sale.
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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