3/11/2025 - Notice of Sale of Real Estate For Taxes
LEGAL NOTICE - Town of Southbury, Connecticut
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE FOR TAXES
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025
Conn. Gen. Stat. 12-157 (1949 rev., s.1838; PA 82-141 (3,4); PA 84-146 (9); PA 95-228 (3, 15); PA 96-180 (21,166); PA 97-139 (f); PA 99-283 (4,10); PA 02-103 (37); PA 13-276 (30); PA 14-139 (3); PA 15-156 (5)
TAX COLLECTOR OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHBURY, CONNECTICUT, having made lawful demand for the payment of taxes due me as the Tax Collector for the Town of Southbury, and payment having been neglected and refused, I WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION the following described properties, separately, to satisfy taxes and interest and all charges accrued thereon.
The amounts due are good through Monday, March 31, 2025. Additional interest and collection costs will be added prior to the sale. Taxes due for the October 1, 2024, Grand List will also be added to the sale in accordance with the jeopardy provisions in CGS 12-163. Minimum bids on all remaining properties will be posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
SAID SALE will take place at the Southbury Town Hall, Room 205 B, Southbury, CT 06488 on Thursday, May 15, 2025, beginning promptly at 2:00 PM.
None of the properties being sold is guaranteed buildable under current zoning regulations. All properties are subject to restrictions, covenants, and appurtenances of record that may appear. The Town of Southbury and its officials make no representations, warranties, or guarantees concerning the suitability or character of any property offered for tax sale. All properties are subject to additional taxes, interest, fees, and other charges authorized by law accruing subsequent to the date of the notice of sale, including jeopardy collection of taxes and charges due on the October 1, 2024, Grand List, as per CGS 12-163. Such will be added to the amounts indicated as due and owing.
Potential bidders are advised of the possible existence of environmental contaminants on the properties. Each tax sale property is sold “as is.” Potential bidders assume full and complete responsibility for ascertaining the suitability and character of each property, for any and all costs incurred pursuant thereto, and for all costs and/or liability incurred as a consequence of bidding.
TERMS OF SALE: This is a public auction and property will be sold to the highest bidder for each individual property. The minimum bid on each property will be the amount of taxes, interest, lien fees and other costs due as of the date of the sale. The tax collector reserves the right to organize the tax sale in the most efficient manner, and to potentially offer properties with lower minimum bids due after other properties have been sold. The tax collector reserves the right to adjourn the sale at any time.
Registration of bidders will begin at 12:45 PM in Room 205 B at the Southbury Town Hall, 501 Main Street South, Southbury, CT 06488. Bidders must have a $4,000 deposit using a bank check or certified check (made payable to: Town of Southbury Tax Collector – ONLY – no checks will be accepted payable to the Town and another person/company) for each property to be bid upon. On those properties with total amounts due under $4,000, the minimum deposit will be $1,000 payable using a bank check or certified check. ***CASH WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. Anyone not in line by 1:45 PM will not be able to register to bid. The highest bidder must pay the balance of the bid price by 2:00 PM on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, or that person shall forfeit the deposit and right to purchase the property.
A Tax Collector’s Deed shall be lodged in the Town Clerk's Office and shall remain unrecorded for six months from the date of the sale. If the property is not redeemed during the six-month period, then on or about Monday, November 17, 2025, title shall pass “free and clear” of other liens and encumbrances at that time, except certain items such as easements and other taxes. If title passes to the successful bidder, they will be responsible for payment in full to satisfy any amount due. More information concerning the Sale may be found in CGS 12-157.
This notice hereby constitutes a legal levy of my Tax Collector's Warrant(s) on the below described real estate. Dated at Southbury, Connecticut, this 11th day of March 2025.
Azra Sholtes, CCMC, Tax Collector, Town of Southbury
- Property assessed from 2013 through 2023, presently in the name of BERNIER, ALBERT to satisfy taxes of $91,129.86 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 30, Block 45, Lot H1, 277 PETER ROAD.
- Property assessed from 2021 through 2023, presently in the name of CIOFFOLETTI, MARLENE & OSWALD, GLENN S to satisfy taxes of $16,082.01 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 25B, Block E, Lot 67, Unit 70, 50 LEE FARM DRIVE.
- Property assessed from 2022 through 2023, presently in the name of HOFMANN, JOHN A to satisfy taxes of $17,412.47 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 37, Block 48, Lot M7, 1011 GEORGES HILL ROAD.
- Property assessed from 2021 through 2023, presently in the name of KIRSCHEN, ELIZABETH & DAVID to satisfy taxes of $32,933.64 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 36, Block 47, Lot S8, 920 PETER RD SOUTH.
- Property assessed from 2021 through 2023, presently in the name of KOVALESKI, CAROLYN ANN to satisfy taxes of $17,698.92 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 35, Block 43, Lot 021, 324 JEREMY SWAMP ROAD.
- Property assessed from 2021 through 2023, presently in the name of KOZAK, CHESTER M C/O KOZAK, KATHLEEN MUNSON to satisfy taxes of $20,968.24 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 37, Block 48, Lot H28, 107 MISTLETOE DRIVE.
- Property assessed from 2021 through 2023, presently in the name of LUCUK, RICHARD M & SARA L (JT SV) to satisfy taxes of $19,675.76 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 46, Block 5, Lot T2, 292 RESERVOIR ROAD.
- Property assessed from 2022 through 2023, presently in the name of MERCHAN, JANETH to satisfy taxes of $9,246.89 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 25A, Block 61, Lot 34, Unit 36, 105 LOWER FISH ROCK ROAD.
- Property assessed from 2022 through 2023, presently in the name of MERCHAN, JANETH K & CARLOS A C/O ROBALINO MAYTE STEPHANIE to satisfy taxes of $16,926.31 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 25A, Block 61, Lot 72, 126 LOWER FISH ROCK ROAD.
- Property assessed from 2020 through 2023, presently in the name of MERCHAN, JANETH K & CARLOS A C/O ROBALINO MAYTE STEPHANIE to satisfy taxes of $355.87 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 25A, Block 61, Lot 42, LOWER FISH ROCK ROAD.
- Property assessed from 2020 through 2023, presently in the name of MERCHAN, JANETH K & CARLOS A C/O ROBALINO MAYTE STEPHANIE to satisfy taxes of $522.80 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 25A, Block 61, Lot 39, Unit 40, LOWER FISH ROCK ROAD.
- Property assessed from 2022 through 2023, presently in the name of MUSULIN, CHRISTINA to satisfy taxes of $6,307.85 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map HRTGVIL, Unit 112 B, Unit Cut CU, 112 HERITAGE VILLAGE # B.
- Property assessed from 2019 through 2023, presently in the name of RAWLINGS, SANDRA to satisfy taxes of $9,897.60 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map HRTGVIL, Unit 758 B, Unit Cut CU, 758 HERITAGE VILLAGE # B .
- Property assessed from 2020 through 2023, presently in the name of SHAW, DEBRA A to satisfy taxes of $23,024.52 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 20A, Block 40, Lot 8, Unit 15,66, 357 BERKSHIRE ROAD.
- Property assessed from 2009 through 2023, presently in the name of SHERBURNE, VELZORA F to satisfy taxes of $1,105.25 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 13, Block J, Lot 7,9, Unit 10-12, ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
- Property assessed from 2020 through 2023, presently in the name of SNEDEKER, JOHN to satisfy taxes of $40,692.22 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 43, Block 19, Lot P12, 166 PALMER ROAD.
- Property assessed from 2021 through 2023, presently in the name of SHURKO, GARY to satisfy taxes of $380.07 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 13, Block J, Lot 1,6, Unit 8, ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
- Property assessed from 2020 through 2023, presently in the name of SHURKO, GARY to satisfy taxes of $31,325.23 plus all charges accrued thereon. Property described as Assessor's Map 13, Block J, Lot 13, Unit 32, 60 BRENNAN ROAD.