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New Jersey tax sales

Tax lien sales in New Jersey: how the process works, what redemption means for a bidder, and the sale calendar for every township BackLot tracks.

Sale type
Tax lien
Administered by
Municipality
Redemption after sale
Yes
Jurisdictions tracked
564
Upcoming sales
6

How tax-default sales work in New Jersey

New Jersey is a tax lien state with judicial tax foreclosure sales as a secondary path. Sales are administered at the municipality level by the Municipal Tax Collector under N.J.S.A. 54:5-19 et seq..

When a parcel becomes eligible. Unpaid municipal taxes/charges remain in arrears and are enforced through sale of a tax-sale certificate.

When sales happen. At least one standard tax sale annually when qualifying delinquencies exist; municipalities may also conduct accelerated tax sales.

How bidding works. Bid interest down from statutory maximum; after reaching zero, premium bidding applies.

What the winning bidder gets. Tax sale certificate / municipal lien. Owner redemption after the sale: Yes.

Verify before you bid. Dates, deposits and bidding rules are set by each New Jersey township and change with every sale. BackLot summarizes official sources and links to them; it is not legal or investment advice. Read the current notice and the data disclaimer before relying on anything here.

Upcoming New Jersey tax sales

Dates come from official notices. An Expected month is the statutory window before the office publishes a date; Announced and Confirmed are exact dates.

JurisdictionSaleStatusType
Maplewood townshipOct 21, 2026AnnouncedTax lien
Medford townshipOct 21, 2026ConfirmedTax lien
Jefferson townshipOct 22, 2026AnnouncedTax lien
Woodcliff Lake boroughOct 22, 2026AnnouncedTax lien
Chesterfield townshipDec 2, 2026ConfirmedTax lien
Hackensack cityDec 21, 2026ConfirmedTax lien

New Jersey jurisdictions

Every New Jersey township BackLot tracks, with the next sale where one is on record.

Cities (52)

Absecon cityAsbury Park cityAtlantic City cityBayonne cityBeverly cityBordentown cityBridgeton cityBrigantine cityBurlington cityCamden cityCape May cityClifton cityCorbin City cityEast Orange cityEgg Harbor City cityElizabeth cityEnglewood cityEstell Manor cityGarfield cityGloucester City cityHackensack cityDec 21, 2026Hoboken cityJersey City cityLambertville cityLinden cityLinwood cityLong Branch cityMargate City cityMillville cityNew Brunswick cityNewarkNorth Wildwood cityNorthfield cityOcean City cityPassaic cityPaterson cityPerth Amboy cityPlainfield cityPleasantville cityPort Republic cityRahway citySalem citySea Isle City citySomers Point citySouth Amboy citySummit cityTrenton cityUnion City cityVentnor City cityVineland cityWildwood cityWoodbury city

Municipalities (271)

Allendale boroughAllenhurst boroughAllentown boroughAlpha boroughAlpine boroughAndover boroughAtlantic Highlands boroughAudubon boroughAudubon Park boroughAvalon boroughAvon-by-the-Sea boroughBarnegat Light boroughBarrington boroughBay Head boroughBeach Haven boroughBeachwood boroughBellmawr boroughBelmar boroughBelvidere townBergenfield boroughBerlin boroughBernardsville boroughBloomingdale boroughBloomsbury boroughBogota boroughBoonton townBound Brook boroughBradley Beach boroughBranchville boroughBrielle boroughBrooklawn boroughBuena boroughButler boroughCaldwell boroughCalifon boroughCape May Point boroughCarlstadt boroughCarteret boroughChatham boroughChesilhurst boroughChester boroughClayton boroughClementon boroughCliffside Park boroughClinton townCloster boroughCollingswood boroughCresskill boroughDeal boroughDemarest boroughDover townDumont boroughDunellen boroughEast Newark boroughEast Rutherford boroughEatontown boroughEdgewater boroughElmer boroughElmwood Park boroughEmerson boroughEnglewood Cliffs boroughEnglishtown boroughEssex Fells boroughFair Haven boroughFair Lawn boroughFairview boroughFanwood boroughFar Hills boroughFarmingdale boroughFieldsboro boroughFlemington boroughFlorham Park boroughFolsom boroughFort Lee boroughFranklin boroughFranklin Lakes boroughFreehold boroughFrenchtown boroughGarwood boroughGibbsboro boroughGlassboro boroughGlen Gardner boroughGlen Ridge boroughGlen Rock boroughGuttenberg townHackettstown townHaddon Heights boroughHaddonfield boroughHaledon boroughHamburg boroughHammonton townHampton boroughHarrington Park boroughHarrison townHarvey Cedars boroughHasbrouck Heights boroughHaworth boroughHawthorne boroughHelmetta boroughHi-Nella boroughHigh Bridge boroughHighland Park boroughHighlands boroughHightstown boroughHillsdale boroughHo-Ho-Kus boroughHopatcong boroughHopewell boroughInterlaken boroughIsland Heights boroughJamesburg boroughKeansburg boroughKearny townKenilworth boroughKeyport boroughKinnelon boroughLake Como boroughLakehurst boroughLaurel Springs boroughLavallette boroughLawnside boroughLebanon boroughLeonia boroughLincoln Park boroughLindenwold boroughLittle Ferry boroughLittle Silver boroughLoch Arbour villageLodi boroughLongport boroughMadison boroughMagnolia boroughManasquan boroughMantoloking boroughManville boroughMatawan boroughMaywood boroughMedford Lakes boroughMendham boroughMerchantville boroughMetuchen boroughMiddlesex boroughMidland Park boroughMilford boroughMillstone boroughMilltown boroughMonmouth Beach boroughMontvale boroughMoonachie boroughMorris Plains boroughMorristown townMount Arlington boroughMount Ephraim boroughMountain Lakes boroughMountainside boroughNational Park boroughNeptune City boroughNetcong boroughNew Milford boroughNew Providence boroughNewfield boroughNewton townNorth Arlington boroughNorth Caldwell boroughNorth Haledon boroughNorth Plainfield boroughNorthvale boroughNorwood boroughOakland boroughOaklyn boroughOcean Gate boroughOceanport boroughOgdensburg boroughOld Tappan boroughOradell boroughPalisades Park boroughPalmyra boroughParamus boroughPark Ridge boroughPaulsboro boroughPeapack and Gladstone boroughPemberton boroughPennington boroughPenns Grove boroughPhillipsburg townPine Beach boroughPine Hill boroughPitman boroughPoint Pleasant Beach boroughPoint Pleasant boroughPompton Lakes boroughPrincetonProspect Park boroughRamsey boroughRaritan boroughRed Bank boroughRidgefield boroughRidgefield Park villageRidgewood villageRingwood boroughRiver Edge boroughRiverdale boroughRiverton boroughRockaway boroughRockleigh boroughRocky Hill boroughRoosevelt boroughRoseland boroughRoselle boroughRoselle Park boroughRumson boroughRunnemede boroughRutherford boroughSaddle River boroughSayreville boroughSea Bright boroughSea Girt boroughSeaside Heights boroughSeaside Park boroughSecaucus townShiloh boroughShip Bottom boroughShrewsbury boroughSomerdale boroughSomerville boroughSouth Bound Brook boroughSouth Plainfield boroughSouth River boroughSouth Toms River boroughSpotswood boroughSpring Lake boroughSpring Lake Heights boroughStanhope boroughStockton boroughStone Harbor boroughStratford boroughSurf City boroughSussex boroughSwedesboro boroughTavistock boroughTenafly boroughTeterboro boroughTinton Falls boroughTotowa boroughTuckerton boroughUnion Beach boroughUpper Saddle River boroughVictory Gardens boroughWaldwick boroughWallington boroughWanaque boroughWashington boroughWatchung boroughWenonah boroughWest Cape May boroughWest Long Branch boroughWest New York townWest Wildwood boroughWestfield townWestville boroughWestwood boroughWharton boroughWildwood Crest boroughWood-Ridge boroughWoodbine boroughWoodbury Heights boroughWoodcliff Lake boroughOct 22, 2026Woodland Park boroughWoodlynne boroughWoodstown boroughWrightstown borough

Townships (241)

Aberdeen townshipAlexandria townshipAllamuchy townshipAlloway townshipAndover townshipBarnegat townshipBass River townshipBedminster townshipBelleville townshipBerkeley Heights townshipBerkeley townshipBerlin townshipBernards townshipBethlehem townshipBlairstown townshipBloomfield townshipBoonton townshipBordentown townshipBranchburg townshipBrick townshipBridgewater townshipBuena Vista townshipBurlington townshipByram townshipCarneys Point townshipCedar Grove townshipChatham townshipCherry Hill townshipChester townshipChesterfield townshipDec 2, 2026Cinnaminson townshipCity of Orange townshipClark townshipClinton townshipColts Neck townshipCommercial townshipCranbury townshipCranford townshipDeerfield townshipDelanco townshipDelaware townshipDelran townshipDennis townshipDenville townshipDeptford townshipDowne townshipEagleswood townshipEast Amwell townshipEast Brunswick townshipEast Greenwich townshipEast Hanover townshipEast Windsor townshipEastampton townshipEdgewater Park townshipEdison townshipEgg Harbor townshipElk townshipElsinboro townshipEvesham townshipEwing townshipFairfield townshipFairfield townshipFlorence townshipFrankford townshipFranklin townshipFranklin townshipFranklin townshipFranklin townshipFredon townshipFreehold townshipFrelinghuysen townshipGalloway townshipGloucester townshipGreen Brook townshipGreen townshipGreenwich townshipGreenwich townshipGreenwich townshipHaddon townshipHainesport townshipHamilton townshipHamilton townshipHampton townshipHanover townshipHarding townshipHardwick townshipHardyston townshipHarmony townshipHarrison townshipHazlet townshipHillsborough townshipHillside townshipHolland townshipHolmdel townshipHope townshipHopewell townshipHopewell townshipHowell townshipIndependence townshipIrvington townshipJackson townshipJefferson townshipOct 22, 2026Kingwood townshipKnowlton townshipLacey townshipLafayette townshipLakewood townshipLawrence townshipLawrence townshipLebanon townshipLiberty townshipLittle Egg Harbor townshipLittle Falls townshipLivingston townshipLogan townshipLong Beach townshipLong Hill townshipLopatcong townshipLower Alloways Creek townshipLower townshipLumberton townshipLyndhurst townshipMahwah townshipManalapan townshipManchester townshipMannington townshipMansfield townshipMansfield townshipMantua townshipMaple Shade townshipMaplewood townshipOct 21, 2026Marlboro townshipMaurice River townshipMedford townshipOct 21, 2026Mendham townshipMiddle townshipMiddletown townshipMillburn townshipMillstone townshipMine Hill townshipMonroe townshipMonroe townshipMontague townshipMontclair townshipMontgomery townshipMontville townshipMoorestown townshipMorris townshipMount Holly townshipMount Laurel townshipMount Olive townshipMullica townshipNeptune townshipNew Hanover townshipNorth Bergen townshipNorth Brunswick townshipNorth Hanover townshipNutley townshipOcean townshipOcean townshipOld Bridge townshipOldmans townshipOxford townshipParsippany-Troy Hills townshipPemberton townshipPennsauken townshipPennsville townshipPequannock townshipPilesgrove townshipPiscataway townshipPittsgrove townshipPlainsboro townshipPlumsted townshipPohatcong townshipQuinton townshipRandolph townshipRaritan townshipReadington townshipRiver Vale townshipRiverside townshipRobbinsville townshipRochelle Park townshipRockaway townshipRoxbury townshipSaddle Brook townshipSandyston townshipScotch Plains townshipShamong townshipShrewsbury townshipSouth Brunswick townshipSouth Hackensack townshipSouth Harrison townshipSouth Orange Village townshipSouthampton townshipSparta townshipSpringfield townshipSpringfield townshipStafford townshipStillwater townshipStow Creek townshipTabernacle townshipTeaneck townshipTewksbury townshipToms River townshipUnion townshipUnion townshipUpper Deerfield townshipUpper Freehold townshipUpper Pittsgrove townshipUpper townshipVernon townshipVerona townshipVoorhees townshipWall townshipWalpack townshipWantage townshipWarren townshipWashington townshipWashington townshipWashington townshipWashington townshipWashington townshipWaterford townshipWayne townshipWeehawken townshipWest Amwell townshipWest Caldwell townshipWest Deptford townshipWest Milford townshipWest Orange townshipWest Windsor townshipWestampton townshipWeymouth townshipWhite townshipWillingboro townshipWinfield townshipWinslow townshipWoodbridge townshipWoodland townshipWoolwich townshipWyckoff township

Records last verified Oct 7, 2026.

See the parcels behind the sale

BackLot maps tax-default parcels with county roll details, satellite views and a watchlist, and keeps this calendar current from official notices. One plan, everything included.

564 New Jersey jurisdictions tracked.

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