Greene County, IN tax sales
How tax lien certificate sales work in Greene County, seat of Bloomfield: 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 Greene County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Greene County Treasurer's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Annual, in early October. SRI Incorporated, the county's tax sale administrator, lists the Greene County tax sale as October 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM, sale type in person, location the Commissioners' Room. A third-party courtesy notice records an earlier Greene County live tax lien sale on October 2, 2024, which matches the early-October pattern. Confirm the current date with the Treasurer's Office before you plan around it.
Registration and deposit
Registration runs through the county and SRI Incorporated, which administers the sale. No online bidder registration portal is published for this sale, so call the Treasurer's Office at (812) 384-4378 to confirm the forms, the deadline, and whether registration opens before sale day. Under Indiana law a business entity must give the county treasurer a certificate of good standing or proof of registration from the Indiana Secretary of State, and a business that is not registered or not in good standing may not purchase. Many Indiana counties also ask for a completed IRS Form W-9.
Greene County sells tax lien certificates at a live auction rather than online. Bidding goes up from the statutory minimum and the full bid is due to the treasurer at the sale, so arrive with funds. Parcels that draw no bid pass to the Board of Commissioners, which resells those certificates at a separate commissioners' certificate sale; SRI lists a Greene County certificate sale on March 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM in the Commissioners' Room. Caution on third-party listings: Bid4Assets carries a Greene County notice headlined as a live tax lien sale, and the notice itself states that Bid4Assets is not conducting the auction and is not affiliated with it, so treat it as a courtesy announcement and not as a place to bid. The county website has no tax sale page of its own, so the schedule comes from SRI Incorporated.
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)
Notes for Greene County
- The Greene County website has no tax sale page. Sale dates, times, and locations come from SRI Incorporated, the county's tax sale administrator.
- The sale is held in person in the Commissioners' Room. The Board of Commissioners keeps its offices in the Greene County Courthouse at 1 East Main Street in Bloomfield, and the Treasurer's Office is in Room 130 at the same address.
- The Treasurer's Office runs the annual tax sale. The Auditor's Office, at the same courthouse address and reachable at (812) 384-8658, handles the tax deed side after the redemption period runs.
- The Treasurer's Office page publishes payment and penalty policy but posts no bidder instructions, so verify registration requirements by phone.
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 Greene County, Indiana sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Greene County follows Indiana's tax lien state system.
When is the Greene County tax certificate sale?
- Annual, in early October. SRI Incorporated, the county's tax sale administrator, lists the Greene County tax sale as October 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM, sale type in person, location the Commissioners' Room. A third-party courtesy notice records an earlier Greene County live tax lien sale on October 2, 2024, which matches the early-October pattern. Confirm the current date with the Treasurer's Office before you plan around it.. 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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