Check what you owe
Your town's tax collector
Each of the 24 municipalities in Sussex 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.
North Jersey · County seat: Newton
Behind on property taxes in Sussex County?
New Jersey Tax Relief helps Sussex 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 Sussex 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
Sussex County Board of Taxation
Oversees property assessments in Sussex 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
Morris/Sussex Vicinage
Tax foreclosures are lawsuits in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division. If you're served with foreclosure papers for a Sussex County property, act right away. Deadlines in the notice matter.
- The Sussex County Board of Taxation offers an online search of property assessment and sales records and posts a downloadable tax appeal packet on its website. Source
- Sussex County shares a Superior Court vicinage with Morris County (the Morris/Sussex Vicinage). 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 Sussex 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 Sussex County properties fall under the Morris/Sussex 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 Sussex County
We work with owners of homes, condos, rentals, inherited properties, and land in every Sussex County municipality:
- Andover Borough
- Andover Township
- Branchville
- Byram Township
- Frankford
- Franklin
- Fredon Township
- Green Township
- Hamburg
- Hampton Township
- Hardyston
- Hopatcong
- Lafayette Township
- Montague
- Newton
- Ogdensburg
- Sandyston
- Sparta
- Stanhope
- Stillwater Township
- Sussex
- Vernon Township
- Walpack Township
- Wantage Township
- Highland Lakes
- Lake Mohawk
- Vernon Valley
- Crandon Lakes
- Byram Center
- Layton
Other North Jersey counties
Get help with your Sussex 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.