Check what you owe
Your town's tax collector
Each of the 53 municipalities in Monmouth 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.
Jersey Shore · County seat: Freehold Borough
Behind on property taxes in Monmouth County?
New Jersey Tax Relief helps Monmouth 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 Monmouth 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
Monmouth County Board of Taxation
Oversees property assessments in Monmouth 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
Monmouth Vicinage
Tax foreclosures are lawsuits in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division. If you're served with foreclosure papers for a Monmouth County property, act right away. Deadlines in the notice matter.
- The Monmouth County Board of Taxation has run an online tax appeal filing system since 2010 and offers an online property records search. Source
- Monmouth County takes part in the state's Assessment Demonstration Program, which moves the property tax appeal deadline earlier than the usual April 1 date. 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 Monmouth 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 Monmouth County properties fall under the Monmouth 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 Monmouth County
We work with owners of homes, condos, rentals, inherited properties, and land in every Monmouth County municipality:
- Aberdeen Township
- Allenhurst
- Allentown
- Asbury Park
- Atlantic Highlands
- Avon-by-the-Sea
- Belmar
- Bradley Beach
- Brielle
- Colts Neck Township
- Deal
- Eatontown
- Englishtown
- Fair Haven
- Farmingdale
- Freehold Borough
- Freehold Township
- Hazlet
- Highlands
- Holmdel Township
- Howell Township
- Interlaken
- Keansburg
- Keyport
- Lake Como
- Little Silver
- Loch Arbour
- Long Branch
- Manalapan Township
- Manasquan
- Marlboro Township
- Matawan
- Middletown Township
- Millstone Township
- Monmouth Beach
- Neptune City
- Neptune Township
- Ocean Township
- Oceanport
- Red Bank
- Roosevelt
- Rumson
- Sea Bright
- Sea Girt
- Shrewsbury Borough
- Shrewsbury Township
- Spring Lake
- Spring Lake Heights
- Tinton Falls
- Union Beach
- Upper Freehold Township
- Wall Township
- West Long Branch
- Belford
- Leonardo
- Port Monmouth
- Morganville
- Oakhurst
- Cliffwood Beach
Other Jersey Shore counties
Get help with your Monmouth 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.