Atlantic County, NJ tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Atlantic County, NJ tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. New Jersey sells tax lien certificates paying up to 18%. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus city and town notices on Oct 6, 2026.
How tax lien sales work in Atlantic County, seat of Mays Landing: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how New Jersey tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Set by each city or town
- County seat collector
- (609) 625-2151
On this page
How Atlantic County sells delinquent taxes
From lien to deed
New Jersey holds no tax deed auction. A certificate holder who is not redeemed files an action in the Superior Court to foreclose the right of redemption: a private purchaser at any time after two years from the sale, the municipality (or anyone who takes the certificate from it by assignment or transfer) after six months, and any holder at any time if the property meets the statutory definition of abandoned property. Judgment bars redemption and vests title in the holder. Since P.L.2024, c.39 the owner or the owner's heirs may, before final judgment, demand that the foreclosure proceed by a sheriff's sale or a sheriff's Internet auction to preserve equity; that sale is run by the county sheriff and is a foreclosure sale of one parcel, not a tax sale, so a sheriff's sale listing is never the date of a municipality's certificate sale. Separately, a municipality holding its own certificates may foreclose by an in rem action once more than six months have passed since the sale and 21 months of taxes are unpaid.
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Each municipal tax collector (Atlantic County's 23 municipalities each hold their own tax sale; the county does not hold one)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Each municipality sets its own date.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Towns that sell online, such as Galloway, take registration on their own newjerseytaxsale.com site, which opens about a month before the sale, plus a deposit of 10 percent of intended winnings (minimum $1,000) by ACH about a week before the sale. In-person towns set their own terms in their sale notice.
Sale format and venue
Atlantic County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Atlantic 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.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Each city or town sells separately and posts its own list. The municipal notes on this page say where each one appears.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 Atlantic County
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
There is no county list: each town posts its own. Get the list from the town whose sale you plan to attend and confirm the advertised parcels with its collector before you price a bid.Confirm registration and deposit
Towns that sell online, such as Galloway, take registration on their own newjerseytaxsale.com site, which opens about a month before the sale, plus a deposit of 10 percent of intended winnings (minimum $1,000) by ACH about a week before the sale. In-person towns set their own terms in their sale notice.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the New Jersey due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.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.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold certificates
Certificates on parcels that drew no bid are struck off to the municipality at 18 percent. A municipality's governing body may later sell a certificate it holds by assignment or at a separate public sale, at its discretion. Ask the tax collector of the specific municipality.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what New Jersey calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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Local offices
County notes
- Atlantic County has 23 municipalities, and each municipal tax collector holds its own tax sale; the county does not run one.
- Galloway Township sells online at galloway.newjerseytaxsale.com; its most recent sale was December 22, 2025, and the collector says sales are usually held in mid-December. The list appears on the auction site. Tax Collector, 300 East Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway, NJ 08205, (609) 652-3700 ext. 234.
- Pleasantville sells online at pleasantville.newjerseytaxsale.com; its most recent sale was December 18, 2025, with the list posted on the auction site.
- Egg Harbor Township holds its sale online at eggharbortownship.newjerseytaxsale.com, typically in mid-December; the collector's page offers a tax sale list request form.
- Absecon sells online at absecon.newjerseytaxsale.com; its most recent sale was March 18, 2026, with the list posted on the auction site.
- Linwood sells online at linwood.newjerseytaxsale.com; its most recent sale was April 1, 2026, with the list posted on the auction site.
- Mullica Township sells online at mullica.newjerseytaxsale.com; its most recent sale was April 22, 2026, with the list posted on the auction site.
- On every town's newjerseytaxsale.com site, bidders post a 10 percent deposit (minimum $1,000) by ACH about a week before the sale and pay winning bids by wire on sale day.
- Brigantine sells in person: its most recent sale was April 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM in the court room of the Brigantine Municipal Building, with payment by cash, money order or certified check. The list is posted on the Tax Collector's page. Tax Collector, 1417 W. Brigantine Avenue, (609) 266-7600 ext. 231.
- Hamilton Township (Mays Landing) holds its sale once a year, normally March to April, advertised for four weeks in the local newspaper; the 2026 bidder registration deadline was April 10, 2026. A copy of the list is available by written request in February with a self-addressed stamped envelope. Tax Collector, (609) 625-2151.
- Atlantic City, Egg Harbor City, Hammonton, Northfield and Ventnor City each have a newjerseytaxsale.com town site; contact the town's Tax Collector for the next date.
- Buena, Buena Vista, Corbin City, Estell Manor, Folsom, Longport, Margate, Port Republic, Somers Point and Weymouth publish their sale notices and list in the local newspaper and at the Tax Collector's office.
New Jersey rules
- Minimum return
- One-time penalty at redemption by certificate amount (2% over $200, 4% over $5,000, 6% over $10,000), added to the interest
- Redemption
- The right to redeem lasts until it is cut off by a foreclosure judgment, not for a fixed term. What varies by parcel is how soon the holder may start that action: two years after the sale for a private purchaser, six months for the municipality or its assignee, and any time for abandoned property. Once a foreclosure complaint is filed and notice of it is filed with the tax collector, redemption is made in that court action and carries the court-fixed attorney's fees and costs. All other redemptions must go through the municipal tax collector's office; a lienholder who knowingly takes a redemption outside that office forfeits the certificate.
- Surplus proceeds
- Surplus arises only from a sheriff's sale or Internet auction demanded by the owner under N.J.S.A. 54:5-87(b). The sheriff deducts the cost of the sale and deposits the surplus with the Clerk of the Superior Court, and the owner or heirs claim it by motion under N.J.S.2A:50-37 and the Rules of Court; that is the exclusive route. If the owner does not demand a sale, the holder may foreclose without one and the owner has no claim against the holder for any equity. In an abandoned-property foreclosure the court may bar claims to surplus equity and no sheriff's sale is required.
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 Atlantic County, New Jersey sell tax liens or tax deeds?
When is the Atlantic County tax certificate sale?
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
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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