New Haven County, CT tax sales

Local offices

County notes

• •New Haven County has no county government. Its 27 towns and cities each run their own tax sale through their own tax collector, on their own dates.
• •Waterbury: the City of Waterbury Tax Collector holds in-person property tax auctions at Veterans Memorial Hall, 2nd Floor, 235 Grand Street, with on-site registration from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. and bidding at 6:00 p.m. The most recent posted auction was Thursday, March 19, 2026. The New Haven County Marshals Association (203-757-4748) answers auction questions.
• •Waterbury: each property requires a $3,000 minimum deposit in cash, money order or certified bank check. Minimum bids on the March 19, 2026 list ran from about $5,964 to $49,763, minimum bids change as owners make payments, and properties paid in full before auction day are removed from the list. In bad weather, check the city's Tax Sale Information page or WATR 1320 AM for cancellations.
• •Southbury: the Tax Collector (501 Main Street South, Room 204, (203) 262-0654) held a sale on June 4, 2026 and had scheduled another for Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Southbury Town Hall, 501 Main Street South.
• •Southbury: for the June 25, 2026 sale, bidders registered in person from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. on sale day with photo ID and a Social Security or federal ID number, and brought a $1,000 deposit for each property by bank, cashier's, teller's or certified check payable to Town of Southbury Tax Collector. No cash was accepted.
• •Southbury: the winning bidder had to pay the balance by certified or bank check by 2 p.m. on the Monday after the sale, and a defaulting bidder forfeited the deposit.
• •Southbury: the list of parcels is in the Bidder Information Package on the Tax Sale page, minimum bids were posted there the day before the June 25 sale, and the results list for the June 4, 2026 sale is posted on the same page.
• •Southbury: the rules for the June 25, 2026 sale set a 60-day redemption period, with 18 percent a year on the winning bid if the owner redeems.
• •Madison: the Tax Collector (8 Campus Drive, (203) 245-5641) posts each sale notice and its list on the town's Tax Sales page. Both 2026 sales, set for March 19 and August 19, 2026, were canceled.
• •West Haven assigns delinquent real estate tax and sewer liens to private servicers, including American Tax Funding, FIG, Tower and MTAG for Cazenovia Creek, rather than auctioning them to individual bidders.
• •Milford assigned its delinquent real estate tax and sewer liens under Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-195h to Tower Capital Management, MTAG Services for Benchmark and TLOA Servicing. The Milford Tax Collector is at 70 West River Street, 203-783-3200.
• •Seymour's delinquent tax policy refers unpaid real estate accounts to a State Marshal, a collection agency or the Town Attorney for foreclosure. The town posts no tax sale notice.
• •Wolcott auctioned one parcel on May 14, 2026 (redemption period expires November 13, 2026), and the City of Meriden auctioned three on June 10, 2026 (redemption period expires December 9, 2026). Both results notices are on the cttaxsales.com recently completed auctions list, and its upcoming auctions list shows no sale in this county for late 2026.
• •In Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Middlebury, Naugatuck, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Prospect, Wallingford and Woodbridge, no current tax sale is posted on the town website. Watch the legal notices in the local newspaper and ask the town tax collector for any sale list.
• •A collector's deed passes after the redemption period without a court case, but it can be contested for up to one year after recording. 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.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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