Cumberland County, NJ tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Cumberland 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 Sep 28, 2026.
How tax lien sales work in Cumberland County, seat of Bridgeton: 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
- Registration
- For towns that sell online, register on that town's own newjerseytaxsale.com site.
- County seat collector
- (856) 455-3230
On this page
How Cumberland 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 (Cumberland County's 14 municipalities each hold their own sale; the county does not hold a tax sale)
- Frequency
- Each municipality holds its own annual sale
- Typical timing
- Each municipality sets its own date.
- Registration
- For towns that sell online, register on that town's own newjerseytaxsale.com site.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
For towns that sell online, register on that town's own newjerseytaxsale.com site. Vineland required a deposit of 10% of intended winnings (including premiums), minimum $1,000, paid by ACH before the deposit deadline, with the balance due by wire on sale day. Towns that sell in person require a bidder information form before the sale.
Sale format and venue
Cumberland County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Cumberland 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
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 Cumberland 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
For towns that sell online, register on that town's own newjerseytaxsale.com site. Vineland required a deposit of 10% of intended winnings (including premiums), minimum $1,000, paid by ACH before the deposit deadline, with the balance due by wire on sale day. Towns that sell in person require a bidder information form before the sale.
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
- Cumberland County has 14 municipalities, and each municipal tax collector runs its own tax sale certificate sale. The county does not hold a sale.
- Vineland held its 2026 tax lien sale online at vineland.newjerseytaxsale.com on September 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET, with deposits due by September 10. The 2026 sale offered 764 liens, and 471 certificates sold.
- Vineland Tax Collector: 640 E. Wood Street, P.O. Box 1508, Vineland, NJ 08362-1508, (856) 794-4000 ext. 4023.
- Maurice River Township held its 2026 tax lien sale online at mauriceriver.newjerseytaxsale.com on April 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM ET. The Tax Collector is at 590 Main Street, Leesburg, NJ 08327, 856-785-1120 ext. 121.
- Stow Creek Township held its 2026 tax lien sale online at stowcreek.newjerseytaxsale.com on May 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET, with deposits due by May 13.
- Millville, Bridgeton, Shiloh and Commercial Township each have a RealAuction tax sale site. Watch each town's site and the local newspaper for the next sale notice and list.
- Millville Tax and Utility Collector: 12 S. High Street, Millville, NJ 08332, 856-825-7000 ext. 7611.
- Bridgeton Municipal Tax Collector: 181 E Commerce Street, Bridgeton, NJ 08302, (856) 455-3230.
- Upper Deerfield Township Tax Collector: 1325 Highway 77, 856-451-3148, taxcollector@upperdeerfield.com. The township has no online sale site, so its sale notice and list appear in the local newspaper and at the collector's office.
- For Deerfield, Downe, Fairfield, Greenwich, Hopewell and Lawrence townships, the sale notice and list appear in the local newspaper and at each township's tax collector's office.
- In online towns, the list appears on that town's newjerseytaxsale.com site as its preview list. New Jersey collectors also advertise the list in the newspaper for four weeks before the sale.
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 Cumberland County, New Jersey sell tax liens or tax deeds?
When is the Cumberland County tax certificate sale?
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Verified Sep 28, 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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