Sheriff Sale Directory
Where Somerset County posts its sale list, how sale day works here, and what to do if one is your home.
Somerset County publishes its sheriff sale list outside CivilView, so it is not in our monthly count yet. For current sales and dates, use the official Somerset County list.
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Sale listings: Somerset County sheriff sale listings
Sheriff's office: somersetcountynj.gov/government/elected-officials/sheriff
Phone: (908) 231-7144
Where sales are held: Somerset County Administration Building, 3rd Floor, 20 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ
Checked August 27, 2026; the county's site is the authority.
Somerset County runs sales every Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. in the Commissioners Meeting Room on the 3rd floor of the Administration Building, 20 Grove Street in Somerville. A sign-in sheet opens at the lower-level Sheriff Sales Office at 9:00 a.m. on sale day, with no lining up before 8:30. Cash is no longer accepted: deposits must be certified funds, cashier's or certified checks, or money orders. The plaintiff opens at $1,000.
From the county's official sheriff pages, read September 30, 2026. Terms change; confirm with the sheriff's office.
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Somerset County sits in the middle of the state and the middle of the market: suburban towns like Franklin, Bridgewater, and North Plainfield with real home values, a county seat in Somerville where the machinery runs, and — unusually — a sheriff's office that publishes its own sale list on the county website rather than the statewide CivilView system most counties use. Look in the right place or you will be reading someone else's auction calendar.
Somerset publishes its list on the county website rather than CivilView, and its page notes that adjournments, settlements or bankruptcies can cancel a sale at any time before it. Former owners keep 10 days after the sale to redeem.
Until the auction, and for the short redemption window after it, reinstating, selling the home or a Chapter 13 filing can still change the outcome. Never pay anyone to postpone it for you.
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When is the next Somerset County sheriff sale?
Somerset County publishes its own list on the county website; check it for the next sale date. The sheriff's office says sales are held every Tuesday at 2:00 p.m., at Somerset County Administration Building, 3rd Floor, Commissioners Meeting Room, 20 Grove Street, Somerville, NJ. Individual dates move often, so confirm any specific sale on the official list.
What deposit does Somerset County require from bidders?
Deposit: At least 20% of the total bid price at the close of the sale. Accepted: Certified funds, cashier's check, certified check or money order; cash no longer accepted. Balance: Within 30 days of sale in the same certified forms; interest from the 11th day after sale; buyer may lose deposit if unpaid. From the county's official sheriff pages as read on September 30, 2026; confirm with the sheriff's office before bidding.
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