Indiana tax sales
hybrid state
In Indiana, the county auditor and treasurer offer delinquent parcels at an annual tax sale. Buyers bid at least the minimum bid (delinquent taxes, penalties and sale costs), and the parcel is sold subject to the owner's right of redemption; the winning bidder gets a lien certificate and can seek a tax deed if the property isn't redeemed. Sales must be held within 171 days after the delinquent list is certified to the auditor, so most large counties hold them online between late summer and fall, often through vendors such as GovEase or zeusauction.com. The owner generally has one year to redeem, paying 110% of the delinquent taxes, special assessments, the next tax installment and sale costs within six months or 115% after that, plus 5% a year on any overbid. Parcels that don't sell pass to the county commissioners, who can later sell the certificates at a separate commissioners' certificate sale, usually held in spring.
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We track 14 counties in Indiana. None has posted a date we can confirm yet; see each one below for its schedule.
Information only, not investment or legal advice. Sale dates, terms and deadlines change; always confirm with the county before you register or bid.
Upcoming dated sales in Indiana
No dated sales posted by these counties yet. Check each county below for its schedule.
Counties
| County | Type | Format | Next sale | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | hybrid | Online GovEase (liveauctions.govease.com, per county info sheet) |
The 2026 tax sale has already taken place ("The 2026 Tax Sale will be held September 16, 2026"). No 2027 date or commissioners' certificate sale is posted. | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Clark | hybrid | Unknown SRI Inc. |
No dated tax sale or commissioners' certificate sale is posted on the Treasurer's page; property listings are on SRI's site. | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Elkhart | hybrid | Unknown SRI (sriservices.com, per treasurer page) |
The treasurer page lists "June 30, 2026 – Annual Tax Sale delinquent list created", with "TBD – Annual Tax Sale" and "TBD – Commissioners Certificate Sale". The county's 2026 tax sale advertisement PDF could not be read by our fetch, so no sale date is confirmed. | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Hamilton | hybrid | In person SRI (www.sriservices.com named for location updates) |
The 2026 sale has already taken place ("The Hamilton County Tax Sale will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2026, at 10:00 AM", Second Floor Historic Courtroom, 33 North 9th Street, Noblesville). No 2027 date or commissioners' certificate sale is posted. | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Hancock | hybrid | Online Zeus Auction (SRI Inc.) |
The 2026 online tax sale (Friday, September 18, 2026, payment due Tuesday, September 22, 2026) is past. No 2027 date and no tax certificate sale date are posted. | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Hendricks | hybrid | In person SRI Tax Sale Services |
typically held each year in September or October at the Hendricks County Government Center. | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Lake | hybrid | Online zeusauction.com (treasurer tax sale); onyxelectronics.com (commissioners tax sale) |
Tax Sales must be held no later than 171 days after the list is certified to the Auditor. | Oct 27, 2026 |
| LaPorte | hybrid | Unknown SRI Inc. |
the annual tax sale is typically held in October | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Madison | hybrid | Unknown SRI Tax Sale (linked from the county page) |
No 2026 or 2027 tax sale date is posted on the county page. The only dated item is a '03-09-2026 Notice of Commissioners' Certificate Sale' (past). The tax sale listing is on SRI's site. | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Marion | hybrid | Online GovEase (registration, per 2025 procedures document) |
Unverified: indy.gov tax sale pages render by script and returned no content to our fetch. The only official document we could read is the 2025 procedures (sale Oct 6-10, 2025). No 2026 or 2027 date was confirmed. | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Porter | hybrid | Unknown SRI Incorporated of Indianapolis (conducts the sales) |
The county page shows only the last sale ("Porter County's 2025 Tax Sale was held October 14th, 2025 at 10:00 CST"). No 2026 or 2027 tax sale date and no certificate sale date are posted. | Oct 27, 2026 |
| St. Joseph | hybrid | Online zeusauction.com (registration and listings); SRI (information) |
The County holds two Tax Sales a year. They are advertised in the newspaper and online. | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Steuben | hybrid | In person SRI Inc. |
The 2026 tax sale was held Wednesday, September 16, 2026 (past). No date is posted for the next commissioners' certificate sale; the latest one listed is the 2024 Commissioners' Sale, advertised in April 2025. | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Tippecanoe | hybrid | In person SRI (sriservices.com; zeusauction.com if the sale moves online, per 2026 notice) |
The 2026 tax sale has already taken place ("Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, September 18, 2026", Tippecanoe Room of the Tippecanoe County Office Building). The latest commissioners' sale listed is "2025 Commissioners' Sale - April 23, 2026", also past. No 2027 dates are posted. | Oct 27, 2026 |
Indiana tax sale questions
Does Indiana sell tax liens or tax deeds?
In Indiana, the county auditor and treasurer offer delinquent parcels at an annual tax sale. Buyers bid at least the minimum bid (delinquent taxes, penalties and sale costs), and the parcel is sold subject to the owner's right of redemption; the winning bidder gets a lien certificate and can seek a tax deed if the property isn't redeemed. Sales must be held within 171 days after the delinquent list is certified to the auditor, so most large counties hold them online between late summer and fall, often through vendors such as GovEase or zeusauction.com. The owner generally has one year to redeem, paying 110% of the delinquent taxes, special assessments, the next tax installment and sale costs within six months or 115% after that, plus 5% a year on any overbid. Parcels that don't sell pass to the county commissioners, who can later sell the certificates at a separate commissioners' certificate sale, usually held in spring.
When is the next tax sale in Indiana?
None of the Indiana places we track has posted a date we can confirm yet. 4 sell on a recurring schedule, quoted on each county's page.
Are Indiana tax sales online or in person?
Of the 14 places we track, 5 sell online, 4 in person and 5 haven't said. Each county page shows the format and the auction site, if there is one.
Where do these dates come from?
Each date is read from the county's own page or a legal notice the county must publish. We link that page next to the sale and show the day we last checked it.
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