Salem County, NJ tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Salem 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 the county’s own official pages on Sep 28, 2026.
How tax lien sales work in Salem County, seat of Salem: 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
- No countywide date.
- Registration
- Register separately with each municipality.
- County office
- 856-935-7510 x8274
On this page
How Salem 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
- Municipal Tax Collector of each of Salem County's 15 municipalities (the county holds no tax sale)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No countywide date.
- Registration
- Register separately with each municipality.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register separately with each municipality. Towns selling on newjerseytaxsale.com require registration on that town's own auction site, a deposit of 10% of intended winnings (minimum $1,000) by ACH before the town's deposit deadline, and payment of winning bids by wire by 2:00 PM ET on sale day. In-person towns such as Mannington take cash, money order or certified check before the sale closes.
Sale format and venue
Salem County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Salem County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.
Get the advertised 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
No countywide date. 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, use Municipal Tax Collector of each of Salem County's 15 municipalities (the county holds no tax sale) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Salem County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
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
Register separately with each municipality. Towns selling on newjerseytaxsale.com require registration on that town's own auction site, a deposit of 10% of intended winnings (minimum $1,000) by ACH before the town's deposit deadline, and payment of winning bids by wire by 2:00 PM ET on sale day. In-person towns such as Mannington take cash, money order or certified check before the sale closes.
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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County offices
County notes
- Salem County does not hold a tax sale. Each of its 15 municipalities sells its own tax sale certificates through its municipal tax collector, and the Salem County Board of Taxation lists every collector's phone and office hours.
- Pennsville Township's next online sale is October 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET on pennsville.newjerseytaxsale.com. Deposits close September 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET, and the list of parcels is posted on that auction site. Collector: 856-678-3089 x1134.
- Mannington Township sells in person on September 28, 2026 at 1:30 PM at the Emergency Management Building, 491 Route 45, Mannington. Liens are paid by cash, money order or certified check before the sale ends, and the list is posted with the tax sale notice on the township website. Collector: 856-935-2359 x251.
- Oldmans Township held its 2026 online sale on September 24, 2026 on oldmans.newjerseytaxsale.com, where its list is posted. Collector: 856-299-2770.
- The City of Salem held its 2026 online sale on June 1, 2026 on salem.newjerseytaxsale.com, where its list is posted. Collector: 856-935-0372 x200.
- Elsinboro Township held its 2026 online sale on April 7, 2026 on elsinboro.newjerseytaxsale.com, where its list is posted. Collector: 856-935-2200.
- The Borough of Elmer held its 2026 online sale on January 21, 2026 on elmer.newjerseytaxsale.com, where its list is posted. Collector: 856-358-4010 ext. 116.
- The Borough of Penns Grove held its most recent online sale on December 15, 2025 on pennsgrove.newjerseytaxsale.com, where its list is posted. Collector: 1 State Street, Penns Grove, 856-299-0098 x189.
- Carneys Point Township has a town auction site at carneyspoint.newjerseytaxsale.com that shows no scheduled sale. Ask the collector at 856-299-0070 x142 about the next sale and where its list will appear.
- Pittsgrove Township's auction site last hosted an online sale in January 2017. Confirm the current sale method and list location with the collector at 856-358-2300 x6016.
- In Alloway, Lower Alloways Creek, Pilesgrove, Quinton, Upper Pittsgrove and Woodstown, the sale notice and list appear in the local newspaper and at the collector's office. Collector phones are in the Board of Taxation directory.
- On the newjerseytaxsale.com town sites, a missed wire payment forfeits the deposit and bars the bidder from future online New Jersey tax sale auctions.
New Jersey rules
- 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 Salem County, New Jersey sell tax liens or tax deeds?
When is the Salem 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 county office before you bid.
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