Rutland County, Vermont
County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.
Sale typestate default
Redemption periodstate default
Investor returnstate default
Governing statutestate default
Notes
Vermont municipal redeemable-deed practice — tax sales are run by individual towns, not by Rutland County government (VT counties have no independent tax-sale function). Within Rutland County check town treasurers/collectors (Rutland City, Rutland Town, Castleton, Brandon, etc.) under 32 V.S.A. Ch. 133. Process, notice, deposit, and redemption details are town-specific. County entry is a pointer only — never treat one town's auction as countywide.
Auction logistics
Format
Frequency
Deposit rules
Title risk
Deal maths for Vermont
- Assessment ratio
- 1× of market value
- Typical quiet title
- $1,800–$5,000 · 5 mo
- Recording and transfer
- $250
Vermont requires property to be listed at 100% of fair market value. The Department of Taxes publishes a Common Level of Appraisal for every town each year, measuring listed value against equalized fair market value, and a town's CLA is set to 100% in the year it reappraises. From FY26 a Statewide Adjustment — effectively the average level of appraisal for the whole state — is also applied to education tax rates.
Offices and records
Areas trending up
Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.
Regional medical and retail employment with the most liquid urban SF in the county
Seasonal tourism and short-term rental demand with scarcity of resort-adjacent lots
Institutional employment and student-adjacent rental absorption west of Rutland