Rutland County, VT tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Rutland County, VT tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Vermont sells redeemable deeds the owner can buy back with a statutory penalty. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Sep 28, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Rutland County, seat of Rutland: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Vermont tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- No countywide schedule.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- No advance registration is described in the published notices.
- County office
- (802) 683-7920
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How Rutland County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Each town or city Collector of Delinquent Taxes in Rutland County (the county itself holds no tax sale)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No countywide schedule.
- Registration
- No advance registration is described in the published notices.
When it runs
No countywide schedule. Each town sets its own sale date and must advertise it three weeks in a row in a local newspaper, with the last notice at least 10 days before the sale. Killington's most recent sale was held Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Rutland County's tax sales are run town by town, not by the county. Each collector sells at a public auction held in that town. Under 32 V.S.A. § 5252, a property can go to sale only once the owner owes at least $1,500 and has been delinquent for more than one year. The owner, mortgagee or lien holder can redeem within one year of the sale by paying the sale price plus 1% per month under § 5260. After that year, the buyer receives a collector's deed. Properties are sold as is. Check title yourself before you bid.
Source: Notice of Tax Sale, Town of Killington Collector of Delinquent Taxes· Verified Sep 28, 2026
Rutland County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Rutland 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. 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.
Get the advertised list
Use Killington Notice of Tax Sale (parcel list, September 17, 2026 sale) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
No countywide schedule. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Each town or city Collector of Delinquent Taxes in Rutland County (the county itself holds no tax sale) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Rutland County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Killington Notice of Tax Sale (parcel list, September 17, 2026 sale). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Vermont 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 Vermont 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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County offices
County notes
- Rutland County covers the City of Rutland and 26 towns. Each municipality's collector of delinquent taxes runs its own tax sale, so dates and parcel lists differ from town to town.
- Killington: Collector of Delinquent Taxes Patrick Cushing held a public auction at the Killington Town Office, 2046 U.S. Route 4, on Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. The Notice of Tax Sale posted on the town website carried a list of 10 parcels.
- Killington: the winning bidder had to pay the full price in cash or by bank check on the day of the sale. Current payoff figures come from town attorney James W. Barlow at (802) 274-6439. The town office number is (802) 422-3241.
- Killington: under the 2026 notice, owners, mortgagees and lien holders can redeem within one year of the sale date. For the September 17, 2026 sale, that window closes in September 2027.
- Town of Rutland: Don Chioffi is the elected Collector of Delinquent Taxes, at 181 Business Route 4, Center Rutland, (802) 683-7920. Taxes there go delinquent the day after the May 10 final due date, and an 8% penalty is added.
- Shrewsbury: the Delinquent Tax Collector is Steven Nicholson, (802) 492-3824. The town office is at 9823 Cold River Rd, (802) 492-3511.
- City of Rutland: property taxes are paid to the City Treasurer's Office at 1 Strongs Avenue, PO Box 969, Rutland, VT 05702, (802) 773-1800. The city posts no tax sale list online, so ask the Treasurer's Office about delinquent parcels.
- Brandon's town office is at 49 Center Street, (802) 247-3635. The town posts no tax sale list online.
- In the remaining towns (Benson, Castleton, Chittenden, Clarendon, Danby, Fair Haven, Hubbardton, Ira, Mendon, Middletown Springs, Mount Holly, Mount Tabor, Pawlet, Pittsford, Poultney, Proctor, Sudbury, Tinmouth, Wallingford, Wells, West Haven and West Rutland), sale notices and parcel lists run in the local newspaper for three straight weeks. They are also posted at the town clerk's or collector's office.
Vermont rules
- Redemption
- The owner, a lienholder or a mortgagee, or their representatives or assigns, may redeem within one year from the day of sale by paying or tendering to the collector who made the sale (or to the town clerk if the collector has died or left town) the sum for which the land was sold plus 1 percent a month, with a part month counted as a full month. The money is paid over to the buyer on demand and no deed is made. Between 90 and 120 days before the year ends the collector must send the owner, by certified mail, and post a warning stating the date redemption ends and the amount due. If no one redeems, the collector executes a deed to the buyer.
- Deed deposit
- No statute sets a deposit or registration requirement. The statutory return form records the sale as made 'for cash' to the highest bidder (§ 5255). Each town sets its own payment terms; read them in the town's notice.
- Surplus proceeds
- No Vermont statute addresses what happens to the part of a winning bid above the taxes, costs and fees when the property is not redeemed. §§ 5251 to 5263 are silent, and no act of 2023 through 2026 amends §§ 5253 to 5263. If the property is redeemed, the whole sale price comes back to the buyer with interest (§ 5260(a)). 2024 Act 106 Sec. 7 created a working group to recommend whether an owner whose property passes by collector's deed should be able to recoup the equity above the tax debt; as of the 2026 session no such change has been enacted. By contrast, a sale on distraint of personal property returns the balance to the taxpayer (§ 5193), and in a court foreclosure of the tax lien the commissioner disposes of any residue with the court's approval (§ 5061(b)). Tyler v. Hennepin County (2023) bears on this, so ask the town how it handles excess proceeds before bidding.
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 Rutland County, Vermont sell tax liens or tax deeds?
Tax deeds. Vermont sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the collector of taxes of each town or city sells the property itself at a public tax sale.
How often does Rutland County hold tax deed sales?
Rutland County holds tax deed sales once a year. No countywide schedule. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Vermont's redemption rule: 1 year from the day of sale. Call the Each town or city Collector of Delinquent Taxes in Rutland County (the county itself holds no tax sale) as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.
Where can I find the Rutland County tax sale list?
Rutland County posts its tax sale list at killingtontown.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.
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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