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County Administration Building
20 Grove Street
Somerville, NJ 08876-2306
Phone: (908) 231-7030
Fax: (908) 231-8754
www.co.somerset.nj.us

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:


If Somerset county, New Jersey is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Somerset county, New Jersey.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Somerset county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Somerset county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Somerset county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Somerset county, New Jersey allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Somerset county, New Jersey lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on New Jersey laws and competition, savvy Somerset county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with New Jersey tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with New Jersey tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Kenneth SchererFreeholder DirectorFreeholdersOffice@co.somerset.
Denise CoyleFreeholderFreeholdersOffice@co.somerset.
Richard FontanaFreeholderFreeholdersOffice@co.somerset.
Peter PalmerFreeholderFreeholdersOffice@co.somerset.
Robert ZaborowskiFreeholder Deputy DirectorFreeholdersOffice@co.somerset.
Frank Provenzano Jr.Sheriffprovenzano@co.somerset.nj.us
Brett RadiCounty Clerkradi@co.somerset.nj.us
Frank BrunoSurrogatebruno@co.somerset.nj.us

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