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What this page is: a persistent profile of how Kent County, Delaware runs its tax sale, independent of any single year's date. For the specific upcoming sale with a confirmable date, see the event page linked below.

Kent County, Delaware Delinquent Tax List and Tax Sale Hub

33 parcels are on the Kent County delinquent tax list. Kent County, Delaware runs a redeemable-deed sale via Kent County Sheriff, monition-method public sale -- Kent County Administrative Complex, 555 Bay Road, Dover, DE. Held on an annual cycle; the specific date is set and published by the county each year rather than falling on a fixed statutory day.

Kent County delinquent list: 33 parcels published

Source: Kent County Sheriff's Office / SalesWeb, retrieved 2026-07-27

A sample of what the county has published for this sale. The full list, with map, filters, CSV export and a property report on any parcel, is in the member research view.

Years tracked: 2026 (1 list). 2026: 33 parcels. Each year's Kent County list is kept as published, so a parcel that appears again next year can be traced back.

AddressSale date
279 Albacore Drive, Frederica2026-07-28
6184 Halltown Road, Hartly2026-07-28
750 Abbotts Pond Road Greenwood DE 19950
1799 South Taylor Drive Dover DE 19901
39 Chucker Crossing Dover DE 19901
604 Fernwood Drive Harrington DE 19952
167 Fields Drive Smyrna DE 19977
Lot on Overhead Door Lane, Felton2026-07-28

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Sale type
redeemable-deed
Platform
Kent County Sheriff, monition-method public sale -- Kent County Administrative Complex, 555 Bay Road, Dover, DE
Bidding method
Open verbal bidding to the highest bidder (monition method); property sells to the top bid regardless of the amount owed in taxes/water/sewer
Statutory maximum rate
N/A -- redemption premium is fixed by statute at bid amount + 15%, not a competitive interest rate -- 9 Del. C. Ch. 87, Sec. 8729
Redemption period
60 days, counted from the court's confirmation of sale (confirmation occurs the first Friday following the first Monday of the month after the sale) -- 9 Del. C. Sec. 8729
Cadence
annual typical window

Legal structure & statutory basis

9 Del. C. Ch. 87 (monition method)

The county Sheriff sells tax-delinquent property by the monition method at a monthly public sale; the owner may redeem within 60 days of court confirmation by repaying the price + 15%.

County contact / official source

Kent County Sheriff, monition-method public sale -- Kent County Administrative Complex, 555 Bay Road, Dover, DE is the office/platform of record for this sale.

https://www.kentcountyde.gov/My-Government/Departments/Finance/Monition-Sale-Procedures

Sale history

We currently track one active cycle for Kent County at a time and don't yet maintain a distinct archive of past sale events for this county -- when a cycle closes, the record here reflects the newest tracked cycle rather than an appended history. This is a known gap in the dataset, not a claim that Kent County has held only one sale.

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