Brown County, IN tax sales
How tax lien certificate sales work in Brown County, seat of Nashville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
Verified Jul 30, 2026 against official county and state sources.
New here? Read how Indiana tax sales work, the difference between a lien and a deed, and redemption periods.
How Brown County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Brown County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Early October. The GUTS tax sale page lists the Brown County sale as "Wednesday, October 7, 2026" with "Sale starts at 10 a.m. (local time)" at the "Salmon Room, 2nd Floor of the County Annex Building." The Treasurer's own page still shows the prior sale as "October 8th, 2025," so the county has held its sale 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 [email protected] 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.
Brown County holds its annual tax lien certificate sale in person, not online. The 2026 sale is set for Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 10 a.m. local time in the Salmon Room on the 2nd floor of the County Annex Building in Nashville. 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. As of late July 2026 the county's own Treasurer page still displays the prior year's date of October 8th, 2025, and the 2026 advertising list on the GUTS portal loads with an empty parcel table, so confirm the parcel list and the date with the Treasurer before traveling. In person at the County Annex Building in Nashville. No online or remote bidding is offered. The sale is administered for the county by Government Utilities Technology Service (GUTS), an Indiana tax sale service vendor, which publishes the advertising list and processes bidder registrations.
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.
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.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
P.O. Box 98, Nashville, IN 47448 (office at 201 Locust Lane, 1st Floor, Nashville, IN 47448)
Official websiteNotes for Brown County
- 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 [email protected]. 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 under site id 7, covering the advertising list, information and procedures, bidder list, county lien items, sold items, and status lists. The 2026 advertising list URL loads but returned an empty parcel table when checked on July 29, 2026, which is expected this far ahead of the October sale.
- 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 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 statewide rules
- 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.
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.
Frequently asked questions
Does Brown County, Indiana sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Brown County follows Indiana's tax lien state system.
When is the Brown County tax certificate sale?
- Early October. The GUTS tax sale page lists the Brown County sale as "Wednesday, October 7, 2026" with "Sale starts at 10 a.m. (local time)" at the "Salmon Room, 2nd Floor of the County Annex Building." The Treasurer's own page still shows the prior sale as "October 8th, 2025," so the county has held its sale in the first half of October in consecutive years.. Registration and bidding happen on the county's online platform. Always confirm the exact date with the Tax Collector before the sale.
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 county office before you bid.
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