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City of Watertown tax sale, 2026 season

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Watertown sells tax sale certificates, and the seller is the City Comptroller. The city's Tax Sale Certificate Auction page states the standing rule: the Comptroller is required to conduct the auction each year at the end of June, a public auction on the third floor of City Hall, 245 Washington Street, selling certificates for delinquent city, county and school taxes, with the owner holding two years from the sale date to redeem. Jefferson County's own foreclosure guidance excludes City of Watertown parcels from county installment agreements, because the city runs its own track.

The recent record has a break in it, and the break is part of the record. The auction set for June 20, 2024 was canceled by city press release on June 18, 2024, while the city revised its procedures after Tyler v. Hennepin County. The last documented sale is June 23, 2022: the redemption period on those certificates expired June 22, 2024, at 12 percent per annum, per the City Charter Section 142 redemption notice signed by Comptroller James E. Mills on March 2, 2024. No later sale date is claimed on this page.

Dates and deadlines

Standing saleThe Tax Sale Certificate Auction, held by the City Comptroller each year at the end of June, public auction, 3rd Floor City Council Chambers, City Hall, 245 Washington Street, per the city's auction page.
Most recent scheduled saleThursday, June 20, 2024: CANCELED by city press release dated June 18, 2024, while the city revised its sale procedures after Tyler v. Hennepin County. The auction did not take place.
Most recent verified saleThursday, June 23, 2022: certificates sold for delinquent city, county and school taxes. The redemption period on those certificates expired June 22, 2024, at 12 percent per annum (City Charter Section 142 notice, Comptroller James E. Mills, March 2, 2024).
Next saleNot announced in the sources read. No post-cancellation sale date was located, and none is stated here.
FormatIn person public auction of tax sale certificates by the City Comptroller.
Selling officeOffice of the City Comptroller, City of Watertown (James E. Mills), City Hall, 245 Washington Street, Watertown.

Sources: City of Watertown, Tax Sale Certificate Auction (watertown-ny.gov). City of Watertown, 2024 auction cancellation press release (watertown-ny.gov). Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.

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How City of Watertown tax sale certificates work

  • The Comptroller sells certificates, not property. The annual auction sells tax sale certificates covering delinquent city, county and school taxes on city parcels. The buyer takes the certificate; the owner keeps the property and the right to redeem.
  • Redemption runs two years. The owner has two years from the sale date to redeem, per the city's auction page. On the 2022 certificates redemption ran at 12 percent per annum and expired June 22, 2024, per the Comptroller's charter notice.
  • The county does not run a parallel city track. Jefferson County's foreclosure guidance excludes city parcels from county installment agreements. A Watertown parcel's delinquent taxes are worked with the City Comptroller.

How registration works

Not published in the sources read. The city's auction page states the sale's standing form and no bidder registration rule.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

The published figures are the redemption figures: two years to redeem, at 12 percent per annum on the 2022 certificates. Bidder deposit and premium terms are not published in the sources read. The rows below keep that split:

Redemption (owner)Two years from the sale date, per the city's auction page. The 2022 certificates carried interest at 12 percent per annum to their June 22, 2024 expiry, per the City Charter Section 142 notice.
Deposit or down paymentNot published in the sources read.
Buyer premiumNot published in the sources read.
Deed typeNot applicable at the sale. The buyer takes a tax sale certificate, not a deed.

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The trap in Watertown is the standing rule after a canceled sale. The Comptroller's duty to hold the auction each June is published and current; the June 2024 auction still did not happen, canceled two days out while procedures were revised. A buyer or owner working to a Watertown date needs the Comptroller's current notice, not the standing calendar, and this page claims no sale after June 23, 2022 until the city publishes one.

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