Harrison County, IN tax sales
How tax lien certificate sales work in Harrison County, seat of Corydon: 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.
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How Harrison County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Harrison County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Annual, held in the fall. The county's 2025 notice reads "Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, October 24, 2025" and "Such sale will be held on 10/24/2025 at the Harrison County Government Center - Commissioners' Room and that sale will continue until all tracts and real property have been offered for sale." The treasurer's page states "Eligible tax sale properties will be certified every year on July 1st, and after this date, interested parties can go to the SRI website for a list of certified properties."
Registration and deposit
Bidder registration runs through SRI. The county notice states: "If you are interested in bidding on the tax sale for an Indiana county, you may register online at https://sriservices.com/. This registration is good for all counties that SRI services. You need to register only once for all counties. Make sure to bring the completed form with you to each sale." Bidders without internet access may register the morning of the sale. The notice also directs bidders to "arrive the morning of the tax sale at least 30 minutes before the beginning time to be assured you will receive your bid number before the start of the sale" and to bring both the registration form and a W-9. Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1 a business entity that registers to bid must provide a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement from the Secretary of State to the Harrison County Treasurer.
Harrison County runs its annual tax lien certificate sale as a live, in-person public auction in the Commissioners' Room on the first floor of the Harrison County Government Center at 245 Atwood Street NE in Corydon. The Treasurer coordinates the sale and the Auditor certifies the delinquent list and handles redemption and the tax deed. SRI Incorporated administers the sale and hosts bidder registration and the property search. Because the auction is conducted live, no online bidding platform is confirmed as the default; the county's own notice keeps an online option in reserve, stating that at the discretion of local officials the sale may switch to an electronic format under IC 6-1.1-24-2(b)(10) at www.zeusauction.com starting at the same date and time, with location updates posted at www.sriservices.com before the sale. Confirm the format with the Treasurer's office before you travel. The 2025 notice certified 90 parcels and set the redemption period for certificates sold at the sale to expire Monday, October 26, 2026, with certificates struck to the county potentially expiring Monday, February 23, 2026. Redemption costs 110 percent of the minimum bid if paid within six months of the sale and 115 percent after six months, plus 5 percent per annum interest on any amount the purchase price exceeded the minimum bid. As of July 29, 2026 the Treasurer's page still linked the 2025 advertisement and the county had not yet published a 2026 notice, so treat the October date as the recurring pattern and verify the current year's date with the office. SRI Incorporated, live in-person auction at the county government center
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 Harrison County
- The Treasurer's page states the office "coordinates the county's annual tax sale" and that a parcel becomes eligible when "the spring installment or any portion of it is delinquent from the previous year."
- The Harrison County Auditor, at 245 Atwood St NE, Suite 211, Corydon, IN 47112, phone (812) 738-8241, lists Tax Sale and Tax Sale Redemption among its duties and certified the 2025 delinquent list on September 10, 2025.
- The auditor and treasurer apply for the court judgment authorizing the sale roughly two weeks before it runs; the 2025 notice gives that date as October 7, 2025.
- The Treasurer's "Eligible Properties" link points to the SRI property search at properties.sriservices.com, which did not resolve when checked on July 29, 2026. The SRI main site at sriservices.com does load and is the address the county's printed notice gives for the complete property list.
- The 2025 notice sets minimum bids to cover delinquent taxes and special assessments, taxes and special assessments due in the year of sale, penalties, a fifty dollar postage and publication cost, and county-attributable costs.
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 Harrison County, Indiana sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Harrison County follows Indiana's tax lien state system.
When is the Harrison County tax certificate sale?
- Annual, held in the fall. The county's 2025 notice reads "Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, October 24, 2025" and "Such sale will be held on 10/24/2025 at the Harrison County Government Center - Commissioners' Room and that sale will continue until all tracts and real property have been offered for sale." The treasurer's page states "Eligible tax sale properties will be certified every year on July 1st, and after this date, interested parties can go to the SRI website for a list of certified properties.". 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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