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I Live in One Connecticut Town but the Property Is in Another. Where Is the Foreclosure Filed?

Where the house is — not where you live. Connecticut files actions involving land in the judicial district where the property sits, and sixty-six towns can be filed in either of two courthouses. Pick the property’s town below and see the courthouse, then the firms that appear there.

Find the courthouse for the property.

All 169 towns, from the Judicial Branch’s own “Matters Involving Land” tool. Add a second property if you own more than one.

The town you live in is not asked for: it does not affect venue. You choose who to contact. We send your details only to the firms you select, and only when you ask us to. We do not recommend a firm, receive no part of any legal fee, and give no legal advice.

The rule, and the worked example.

Connecticut General Statutes § 51-345(b) makes actions involving land — foreclosure, mortgage redemption, liens, title — returnable to the judicial district where the land is located. The Judicial Branch publishes a town-by-town venue table; this page is built from it. See the official “Matters Involving Land” tool on jud.ct.gov →

01

You live in Plainville

Irrelevant to venue. Your address decides nothing about where the case is heard, only how far you travel.

02

The house is in New Haven

New Haven Judicial District — 235 Church Street, or the Meriden courthouse at the plaintiff’s option. Firms on the New Haven page appear there.

03

A second property in New Britain

A separate case in the New Britain Judicial District, 20 Franklin Square. Same courthouse a Plainville house would use. See the New Britain page.

04

One lawyer for both?

Any Connecticut-admitted firm can appear in both districts. Firms whose profiles list New Haven and Hartford County coverage are the overlap; confirm both courthouses on the first call.

The 66 towns with two courthouses.

For these towns the party filing chooses between two listed courthouses. A return date in the “other” building is not an error. Every other town has exactly one venue.

Ashford Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Avon Litchfield at Torrington / Hartford Bethany New Haven / Ansonia–Milford Bozrah New London / JD at Norwich Brooklyn Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Canterbury Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Chaplin Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Cheshire New Haven / New Haven at Meriden Colchester New London / JD at Norwich Darien Stamford–Norwalk / Fairfield at Bridgeport East Haven New Haven / New Haven at Meriden East Lyme New London / JD at Norwich East Windsor Hartford / Tolland at Rockville Eastford Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Enfield Hartford / Tolland at Rockville Franklin New London / JD at Norwich Griswold New London / JD at Norwich Groton New London / JD at Norwich Guilford New Haven / New Haven at Meriden Hamden New Haven / New Haven at Meriden Hampton Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Killingly Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Lebanon New London / JD at Norwich Ledyard New London / JD at Norwich Lisbon New London / JD at Norwich Lyme New London / JD at Norwich Madison New Haven / New Haven at Meriden Manchester Hartford / Tolland at Rockville Meriden New Haven / New Haven at Meriden Milford New Haven / Ansonia–Milford Montville New London / JD at Norwich New Haven New Haven / New Haven at Meriden New London New London / JD at Norwich Newington Hartford / New Britain North Branford New Haven / New Haven at Meriden North Haven New Haven / New Haven at Meriden North Stonington New London / JD at Norwich Norwich New London / JD at Norwich Old Lyme New London / JD at Norwich Plainfield Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Plymouth New Britain / Waterbury Pomfret Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Preston New London / JD at Norwich Putnam Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Rocky Hill Hartford / New Britain Salem New London / JD at Norwich Simsbury Litchfield at Torrington / Hartford South Windsor Hartford / Tolland at Rockville Southbury Ansonia–Milford / Waterbury Sprague New London / JD at Norwich Sterling Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Stonington New London / JD at Norwich Thompson Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Voluntown New London / JD at Norwich Wallingford New Haven / New Haven at Meriden Waterford New London / JD at Norwich Watertown Waterbury / Litchfield at Torrington West Haven Ansonia–Milford / New Haven Weston Stamford–Norwalk / Fairfield at Bridgeport Westport Stamford–Norwalk / Fairfield at Bridgeport Wethersfield Hartford / New Britain Wilton Stamford–Norwalk / Fairfield at Bridgeport Windham Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic Woodbridge New Haven / Ansonia–Milford Woodbury Waterbury / Litchfield at Torrington Woodstock Windham at Putnam / Windham at Willimantic

Frequently asked.

Does it matter that I live in a different town from the property?

Not for venue. The case is filed where the property is. It matters for travel, and for choosing a firm that appears at that courthouse routinely.

I own two properties in different towns and both are in default. Is that one case?

No — each mortgage is foreclosed in its own action, each returnable to the district where that property sits. One firm can handle both if it appears in both districts.

The summons names a courthouse I did not expect. Is it wrong?

Check the town on this page. Sixty-six towns have two permitted venues and the plaintiff picks one. If the courthouse named is not one of the listed venues for the property’s town, raise it with counsel promptly — venue objections have deadlines.

Why is Connecticut organized this way?

County government was abolished in 1960. Courts run by Judicial District, and district lines do not follow county lines: Hartford County alone is split across Hartford, New Britain and Litchfield districts.