Check what you owe
Your town's tax collector
Each of the 12 municipalities in Mercer County bills and collects its own property taxes and holds its own tax sale. Your tax collector's contact details are on your tax bill and your town's website.
Central Jersey · County seat: Trenton
Behind on property taxes in Mercer County?
New Jersey Tax Relief helps Mercer County homeowners who have fallen behind on property taxes. Depending on your situation, we can pay the delinquent taxes or buy the property as-is, so you can avoid losing it to tax foreclosure.
Talk to a real person: 813-344-1184
Who handles property taxes in Mercer County
In New Jersey, your town collects your property taxes, not the county. Start with your town's tax collector for a current balance. The county tax board and the courts come in for appeals and foreclosures.
Assessments and appeals
Mercer County Board of Taxation
Oversees property assessments in Mercer County and hears tax appeals. If your assessment looks too high, an appeal here can lower future bills, but it doesn't erase taxes already owed.
Tax foreclosure
Mercer Vicinage
Tax foreclosures are lawsuits in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division. If you're served with foreclosure papers for a Mercer County property, act right away. Deadlines in the notice matter.
- The Mercer County Board of Taxation's page links to the county's property information site, which has property record cards, sales, deeds and tax information. Source
Links go to official government websites. New Jersey Tax Relief is a private company, not a government agency, and isn't affiliated with any municipality, county, or court.
How unpaid taxes lead to foreclosure in Mercer County
Every New Jersey town follows the same state law, the Tax Sale Law (N.J.S.A. 54:5). The process takes time, so the sooner you act, the more options you usually have.
Not sure where you are in the process? Call us at 813-344-1184 and we'll help you look it up.
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Quarterly taxes come due
Your town's tax collector bills property taxes in four quarterly installments. Some towns allow a grace period of up to 10 days.
Once a payment is late
Interest starts adding up
Towns can charge up to 8% a year on the first $1,500 owed and up to 18% on the rest, plus a year-end penalty of up to 6% if more than $10,000 is delinquent.
At the town's tax sale
A tax sale certificate is sold
Each town holds a tax sale at least once a year, after four weeks of public notice. An investor, or the town itself, buys a certificate for what's owed. It's a lien, not ownership, but the amount to pay it off keeps growing.
2 years later, or 6 months if the town holds it
A tax foreclosure can be filed
The certificate holder can sue in the Superior Court, Chancery Division, to end your right to redeem. Cases for Mercer County properties fall under the Mercer Vicinage.
Before final judgment
Your last chance to act
Until the court enters final judgment, you can generally still pay off the certificate through your tax collector, or demand in writing a sheriff's sale so you can claim your leftover equity. After final judgment, the certificate holder can take the property.
Towns we serve in Mercer County
We work with owners of homes, condos, rentals, inherited properties, and land in every Mercer County municipality:
- East Windsor
- Ewing Township
- Hamilton Township
- Hightstown
- Hopewell Borough
- Hopewell Township
- Lawrence Township
- Pennington
- Princeton
- Robbinsville Township
- Trenton
- West Windsor
- Hamilton Square
- Mercerville
- Yardville
- Lawrenceville
- Princeton Junction
- Twin Rivers
Other Central Jersey counties
Get help with your Mercer County property
Tell us a little about your property, and someone from New Jersey Tax Relief will reach out to talk through what can be done. Or call us now.
- Phone
- 813-344-1184
Talking with us doesn't commit you to anything. Help depends on your situation and isn't guaranteed, and any agreement is put in writing before anything happens.