Parke County, IN tax sales
How tax lien certificate sales work in Parke County, seat of Rockville: 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 Parke County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Parke County Treasurer and Parke County Auditor, who jointly apply to the Parke County Circuit Court for the judgment and order of sale. Bidder registration and the certified property list are handled through SRI Services.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Annual sale held in September at 10:00 AM. The 2026 notice states "Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, September 04, 2026, Parke County Courthouse Court Room Floor 2" and adds that "Such sale will be held on 09/04/2026 at the Parke County Courthouse Court Room Floor 2 and that sale will continue until all tracts and real property have been offered for sale." The auditor and treasurer apply for court judgment "on or after 08/18/2026." The prior year followed the same pattern: "Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, September 19, 2025, Parke County Courthouse Foyer."
Registration and deposit
Register online in advance at sriservices.com. The 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." Bring the completed registration form and a W-9 on the morning of the sale, both printable from the registration site. Bidders without internet access may register the morning of the sale, and the county asks bidders to arrive at least 30 minutes before the start time to receive a bid number. Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity must provide a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement from the Indiana Secretary of State to the Parke County Treasurer before it can register to bid.
Parke County holds the sale in person at the courthouse, so there is no standing online bidding platform to register on. The notice reserves an electronic fallback: "At the discretion of local officials, the tax sale may switch to an online format. If those measures are taking place, the public auction will be conducted as an electronic sale under IC 6-1.1-24-2 (b) 10 at www.zeusauction.com commencing on the same date/time listed above. All location updates will be posted at www.sriservices.com prior to the tax sale." Confirm the format with the Treasurer before the sale date, because the venue moved between years (2025 in the courthouse foyer, 2026 in the second-floor court room). The certified list is published once in the newspaper under the change in law, and later notices are posted on the county website. The 2026 certified list carried 71 properties. Buyers receive a certificate subject to redemption, not immediate title. Live in-person auction at the Parke County Courthouse in Rockville, with SRI Services handling registration and the certified list
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 Parke County
- Redemption pricing from the 2026 notice: 110% of the minimum bid if redeemed within six months of the sale, or 115% of the minimum bid if redeemed after six months, plus the amount by which the purchase price exceeded the minimum bid, plus 5% per annum interest on that overbid amount. Taxes and special assessments the purchaser pays after the sale are also repaid with 5% per annum interest.
- The 2026 notice sets the redemption deadline at Tuesday, September 07, 2027 for certificates sold in the sale. For certificates struck to the county, the notice says the redemption period may expire Monday, January 04, 2027.
- Minimum bid is the sum of delinquent taxes and special assessments, current-year taxes and assessments whether or not delinquent, all penalties, an auditor-prescribed amount that includes $25 for postage and publication plus other direct tax-sale costs, and any unpaid costs due under IC 6-1.1-24-2(c) from a prior sale.
- If a parcel sells above the minimum bid and is not redeemed, the owner of record who is divested when the tax deed issues may claim the tax sale surplus.
- The Auditor and Treasurer reserve the right to withhold any parcel listed in error or that becomes ineligible before or during the sale, and the county does not warrant street addresses or common descriptions.
- Under IC 6-1.1-24-3(e), property descriptions may be omitted for parcels that appear on the certified list in consecutive years. The notice says a complete property list may be obtained at www.sriservices.com or in an alternative form on request.
- The Parke County Auditor is Susan Kramer, at 116 West High Street, Room 104, Rockville, IN 47872, phone 765-569-3422, email [email protected]. The Auditor signs the certified delinquent list and issues the tax deed.
- The Auditor runs a public document center that includes a searchable tax sale records section by name, parcel number, and tax sale year.
- No third-party courtesy-listing site was found advertising this sale. Treat any such listing with caution, since only the county and its contracted administrator conduct the auction.
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 Parke County, Indiana sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Parke County follows Indiana's tax lien state system.
When is the Parke County tax certificate sale?
- Annual sale held in September at 10:00 AM. The 2026 notice states "Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, September 04, 2026, Parke County Courthouse Court Room Floor 2" and adds that "Such sale will be held on 09/04/2026 at the Parke County Courthouse Court Room Floor 2 and that sale will continue until all tracts and real property have been offered for sale." The auditor and treasurer apply for court judgment "on or after 08/18/2026." The prior year followed the same pattern: "Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, September 19, 2025, Parke County Courthouse Foyer.". Registration and bidding happen on the county's online platform. Always confirm the exact date with the Tax Collector before the sale.
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