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Foreclosure Attorneys for the Windham Judicial District — Putnam Superior Court, 155 Church Street

The Windham Judicial District covers Connecticut's rural northeast corner — fifteen towns from Windham (Willimantic) and Killingly (Danielson) to Thompson and Woodstock on the Massachusetts line — at the courthouse in Putnam. The district has recorded some of the state's highest foreclosure rates relative to its housing stock, and it has one of its thinnest legal markets. Homeowners often assume their case is in Willimantic or Danielson; both have court buildings, but civil foreclosure venue is Putnam.

15towns file here
5firms with an office in this district’s towns
1county served
1courthouse for foreclosure cases

The courthouse.

Confirmed on jud.ct.gov
Court
Putnam Superior Court
Address
155 Church Street, Putnam, CT 06260 · Map and directions
Clerk's office
860-928-7749
Hours
Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Getting there
Downtown Putnam, off Route 44. Free courthouse lot. No rail; limited regional bus. 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. Willimantic and Danielson both have courthouses. Neither hears foreclosures; Putnam does. 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 15 towns, the Windham Judicial District is your court. Every town on this list is in Windham County, and every Windham County town not listed here files in a different judicial district.

  • Ashford
  • Brooklyn
  • Canterbury
  • Chaplin
  • Eastford
  • Hampton
  • Killingly
  • Plainfield
  • Pomfret
  • Putnam
  • Scotland
  • Sterling
  • Thompson
  • Windham
  • Woodstock

Attorneys who appear in the Windham Judicial District.

Firms below have an office in a town whose foreclosures are heard at 155 Church 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 155 Church 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.

The full Connecticut process, with timelines →

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Questions about the Windham Judicial District.

My property is in Willimantic. Why is my foreclosure in Putnam?

The Willimantic courthouse handles criminal and motor-vehicle matters as a Geographical Area court. Civil cases from Windham, including foreclosures, are filed at the judicial district courthouse in Putnam.

Danielson is closer to me than Putnam. Can I file there?

No. The Danielson courthouse is a Geographical Area court. Foreclosure venue for Killingly and every other Windham County town is Putnam, at 155 Church Street.

How do I find an attorney willing to travel to Putnam?

Firms on this page declare that they appear in the Windham district. Attorneys from Norwich, Hartford and eastern Massachusetts border towns appear here; ask about travel fees before you engage.

Related pages.

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