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Brown County, IN tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Brown County, IN tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Indiana sells tax lien certificates paying up to 15%, redeemable for 1 year. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Oct 12, 2026.

How tax lien sales work in Brown County, seat of Nashville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

New to tax sales? Read how Indiana tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Next certificate sale
Early October.
Format
In person
Registration
Pre-register with GUTS on its Registration Form for Tax Sale Bidder.
County office
812-988-5458
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Brown County Treasurer. In person. annual

Record quality: high. Last verified: 2026-10-12.

Government Utilities Technology Service (GUTS) - Tax Sale Information (source accessed 2026-10-12)

Recorded reference information. Verify current sale conditions with the county. Read the full sale details.

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How Brown County sells delinquent taxes

From lien to deed

Indiana holds no general public tax deed auction. Once the redemption period runs out, the certificate holder files a verified petition in the same court that entered the judgment of sale, and the court directs the county auditor to issue the deed. That petition must be filed no later than three months after the redemption period expires, or the purchaser's lien terminates. One narrow exception exists: real property a county, city, or town executive has certified as vacant or abandoned is auctioned separately, and there the county auditor deeds fee simple title straight to the highest bidder with no right of redemption.

Tax certificate sale (lien)

In person
Run by
Brown County Treasurer
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Early October.
Registration
Pre-register with GUTS on its Registration Form for Tax Sale Bidder.
Sale list
Brown County tax sale advertising list, information and procedures, and bidder registration form (GUTS)
When it runs
Early October. The GUTS tax sale page lists the Brown County 2026 sale on "Wednesday, October 7, 2026," after earlier sales on October 8, 2025, October 9, 2024, and October 11, 2023, and states that each auction begins "promptly at 10 a.m. (local time)." The county has held its sale on a Wednesday in the first half of October in consecutive years.
Registration and deposit

Pre-register with GUTS on its Registration Form for Tax Sale Bidder. The GUTS page states: "Bidders are requested to fill out and submit their Bidder Registration form by Noon the day before each county's sale. This will speed up the process the morning of the sale and enable the auction to begin promptly at 10 a.m. (local time)." The form instructs bidders to "fill out completely, sign, and send to Sarita Koopman" by email to saritak@g-uts.com or by fax to 317-769-3329. It collects SSN or federal ID, driver's license number, company name, and the name to appear on the tax sale certificate and deed, and it requires a sworn affidavit that the bidder owes no delinquent property taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, or civil penalties in the county and is not bidding as an agent for a person barred from purchasing. The pre-registration wording implies registration is still handled on the morning of the sale, but registering the day before is what the county's vendor asks for.

Sale format and venue
Brown County holds its annual tax lien certificate sale in person, not online. The 2026 sale was held on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, starting at 10 a.m. local time in Nashville, and the next annual sale is expected in early October 2027. The Treasurer contracts Government Utilities Technology Service (GUTS) to administer the sale, publish the advertising list, and process bidder registrations. GUTS is a service vendor rather than an internet bidding site, so plan to attend and bid in the room. Winning bidders receive a tax sale certificate under IC 6-1.1-24, and the Brown County Auditor issues the tax deed after the redemption period under IC 6-1.1-25. Bring sufficient funds: the bidder affidavit warns that failure to pay carries a penalty of 25 percent of the bid amount, collectible by the county prosecutor. Business entities must provide a certificate of authority or proof of registration from the Indiana Secretary of State to the County Treasurer, and failure to do so may subject all purchases in the sale to forfeiture. The county's own Treasurer page still displays the 2025 sale date of October 8th, 2025, and the GUTS 2026 advertising list, sold items, and status reports for Brown County list no parcels, so confirm with the Treasurer whether any parcels remain available and when the 2027 list will be published. No online or remote bidding is offered.
Source: Government Utilities Technology Service (GUTS) - Tax Sale Information· Verified Oct 12, 2026

Brown County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Brown County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.

  1. Confirm the advertised parcel list

    Use Brown County tax sale advertising list, information and procedures, and bidder registration form (GUTS) as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.

  2. Register to bid

    Pre-register with GUTS on its Registration Form for Tax Sale Bidder. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Early October. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the Brown County Treasurer before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Brown County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Brown County

  1. Confirm the parcel list before pricing

    Open Brown County tax sale advertising list, information and procedures, and bidder registration form (GUTS). Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the county before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Pre-register with GUTS on its Registration Form for Tax Sale Bidder. The GUTS page states: "Bidders are requested to fill out and submit their Bidder Registration form by Noon the day before each county's sale. This will speed up the process the morning of the sale and enable the auction to begin promptly at 10 a.m. (local time)." The form instructs bidders to "fill out completely, sign, and send to Sarita Koopman" by email to saritak@g-uts.com or by fax to 317-769-3329. It collects SSN or federal ID, driver's license number, company name, and the name to appear on the tax sale certificate and deed, and it requires a sworn affidavit that the bidder owes no delinquent property taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, or civil penalties in the county and is not bidding as an agent for a person barred from purchasing. The pre-registration wording implies registration is still handled on the morning of the sale, but registering the day before is what the county's vendor asks for.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Indiana due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.

  4. Set a walk-away number

    Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.

Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases

Parcels that draw no bid at the treasurer's tax sale pass to the county executive, which acquires a lien for the minimum sale price and receives a tax sale certificate. The county executive may then adopt a resolution and offer those certificates at a separate advertised public sale, often called the commissioners' certificate sale, priced below the minimum bid that failed at the tax sale. Notice runs once a week for three consecutive weeks with the final advertisement at least 30 days before the sale. This is a scheduled sale rather than a walk-in list, and redemption on a certificate bought this way is 120 days. Check the county auditor page for the next commissioners' certificate sale date.

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Indiana calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.

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County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

Brown County Treasurer

812-988-5458

P.O. Box 98, Nashville, IN 47448 (office at 201 Locust Lane, 1st Floor, Nashville, IN 47448)

Official website

County notes

  • The Treasurer is Andrea (Andy) Bond. The office is at 201 Locust Lane, 1st Floor, Nashville, IN 47448, mailing P.O. Box 98, Nashville, IN 47448, phone 812-988-5458, fax 812-988-5520.
  • Tax deeds are issued by the Brown County Auditor, Julia Reeves, at 201 Locust Lane, 1st Floor, Nashville, IN 47448, mailing P.O. Box 37, Nashville, IN 47448, phone 812-988-5485, email auditor@browncounty-in.gov. Both the Treasurer and the Auditor pages link to the same GUTS tax sale page.
  • The GUTS report portal at taxsale.g-uts.com publishes county-specific reports for Brown County, covering the advertising list, bidder list, county lien items, sold items, and status lists. The 2026 advertising list, sold items, and status reports show no parcels, so ask the Treasurer about any unsold or county lien parcels before relying on the portal.
  • GUTS schedules several Indiana county sales in the same season, listing LaGrange on September 15, Clinton on September 30, Brown on October 7, and Boone on October 14 for 2026, so a bidder working multiple counties in a future season can group trips.
  • Third-party tax sale data resellers publish Brown County pages that are not county sources and sometimes carry stale dates. Verify the parcel list, minimum bids, and the sale date against the Treasurer or the GUTS advertising list before bidding.

Indiana rules

Max interest rate
15% of the amount paid maximum, as a flat statutory penalty
Minimum return
10% statutory penalty at redemption
Redemption
The standard period is one year after the date of the treasurer's tax sale. Several tracks run 120 days instead: a certificate bought at the county executive's certificate sale, a lien the county executive holds that was never sold on, a sale to a purchasing agency qualified under IC 36-7-17 or IC 36-7-17.1, a certificate the county executive assigns to another political subdivision, and a parcel that was not offered at the tax sale at all. Property on the county auditor's vacant and abandoned list carries no right of redemption after its sale. A county treasurer may also extend redemption by agreement with the owner, in which case the extended period ends one year after the date of that agreement.
Surplus proceeds
The treasurer applies the payment first to the taxes, assessments, penalties, and costs in the minimum bid, then to other delinquent property taxes, then deposits the remainder in a tax sale surplus fund. The owner of record at the time the parcel was certified for sale, or the purchaser on a redemption, may file a verified claim against that fund. Unclaimed surplus transfers to the county general fund three years after it was received.
Governing statute
IC 6-1.1-24-5

A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Brown County, Indiana sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax lien certificates. In Indiana investors buy the lien, not the property; the County Treasurer runs the sale.

When is the Brown County tax certificate sale?

Early October. The GUTS tax sale page lists the Brown County 2026 sale on "Wednesday, October 7, 2026," after earlier sales on October 8, 2025, October 9, 2024, and October 11, 2023, and states that each auction begins "promptly at 10 a.m. (local time)." The county has held its sale on a Wednesday in the first half of October in consecutive years. The sale is held in person. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Indiana's redemption rule: 1 year from the date of sale. Call the Brown County Treasurer as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

Where can I find the Brown County tax sale list?

The recorded official list reference is at g-uts.com. Check whether it covers auction parcels, office information or Lands Available, then obtain the advertised parcel list for the sale you plan to bid on. Confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement.

Verified Oct 12, 2026 against official county and state sources.

Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the office that runs the sale before you bid.

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