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Foreclosure Attorneys for the Tolland Judicial District — Rockville Superior Court, 69 Brooklyn Street

The Tolland Judicial District hears foreclosures from all thirteen Tolland County towns at the Rockville courthouse in Vernon. It is one of the state's smallest civil dockets, and the county has almost no resident foreclosure bar — most homeowners here hire counsel from Hartford or Manchester, twenty minutes west. Mansfield, home to the University of Connecticut, and the fast-growing towns along I-84 make up most of the filings. If your property is in Vernon, Ellington, Tolland or Coventry, this is your court, not Hartford.

13towns file here
3firms with an office in this district’s towns
1county served
1courthouse for foreclosure cases

The courthouse.

Confirmed on jud.ct.gov
Court
Rockville Superior Court
Address
69 Brooklyn Street, Rockville (Vernon), CT 06066 · Map and directions
Clerk's office
860-896-4920
Hours
Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Getting there
In the Rockville section of Vernon, off Route 83. Free courthouse lot; limited bus service. Most visitors drive.

Venue rule. Connecticut foreclosures are filed in the judicial district where the property sits, not where you live or where the lender is. The courthouse is in Rockville, which is a village within Vernon. Hartford is closer for many Tolland County homeowners but is not their court. Look up any town →

Judicial Branch court directory · Foreclosure Mediation Program

Towns whose foreclosures are heard here.

If your property is in any of these 13 towns, the Tolland Judicial District is your court. Every town on this list is in Tolland County, and every Tolland County town not listed here files in a different judicial district.

  • Andover
  • Bolton
  • Columbia
  • Coventry
  • Ellington
  • Hebron
  • Mansfield
  • Somers
  • Stafford
  • Tolland
  • Union
  • Vernon
  • Willington

Attorneys who appear in the Tolland Judicial District.

Firms below have an office in a town whose foreclosures are heard at 69 Brooklyn Street, according to their public listings. Any Connecticut-licensed attorney may appear in any Superior Court; what a firm that appears here regularly brings is familiarity with this court's mediators, clerks and calendar. Ordered by Google rating, then review volume. Featured and Enhanced profiles, where present, are paid and are listed first with a label.

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What happens at this courthouse.

  1. Service and return date. A marshal serves the complaint and a lis pendens is recorded on the land records. The return date printed on the summons is the day the case officially begins at 69 Brooklyn Street; an appearance is due by the second day after it (Practice Book § 3-2).
  2. Mediation notice. If the property is your primary residence, you may be eligible for the Foreclosure Mediation Program. Requests are filed with the clerk here and sessions are held in this building. Eligibility rules and the program's end date are set by statute and change; check the Judicial Branch program page or ask counsel.
  3. Motions and judgment. The lender moves for default and then for judgment. A judge at this courthouse decides whether the judgment is strict foreclosure (title passes to the lender on a set date, no auction) or foreclosure by sale (a committee auctions the property and the court approves the result). Which one is ordered usually turns on how much equity there is.
  4. Law days or sale. Under strict foreclosure each defendant is given a law day to redeem by paying the debt in full; if nobody redeems, title vests in the lender. Under a decree of sale, the auction is held on the property and the sale is confirmed by this court. A deficiency claim, if any, is heard here afterwards.

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Questions about the Tolland Judicial District.

Where exactly is Rockville?

Rockville is the historic centre of the town of Vernon. The courthouse address is 69 Brooklyn Street, Vernon (Rockville), CT 06066.

There are almost no foreclosure attorneys in Tolland County. What do I do?

Hire from Hartford County. Hartford and Manchester firms appear at Rockville routinely. Firms on this page declare that they appear in the Tolland district; the Hartford County page has the fullest list.

Does the small docket mean my case moves faster?

Scheduling is usually quicker, but the statutory timeline — return date, mediation, judgment, law days — is identical to every other Connecticut court.

Related pages.

Tolland County foreclosure attorneys · All Connecticut courts and counties · Which courthouse hears my foreclosure?