Pike County, IN tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Pike 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 Pike County, seat of Petersburg: 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
- Annually in October, held online.
- Format
- ZEUS
- Registration
- Registration is online through the Zeus auction site.
- County office
- (812) 354-6363
On this page
How Pike 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)
- Run by
- Pike County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Annually in October, held online.
- Registration
- Registration is online through the Zeus auction site.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Registration is online through the Zeus auction site. The notice states: "If you are interested in participating in this public auction, registration information and the procedures you must follow to bid are available online at https://www.zeusauction.com. In order to participate, you must become a member of the auction web site (www.zeusauction.com)." After creating a Zeus account you must register for the Pike County auction specifically, read and agree to the rules of sale and payment terms, complete IRS Form W-9, and agree electronically to the registration statement described at IC 6-1.1-24-5.3(c). 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 Pike County Treasurer. For the 2026 sale the notice sets the registration period as beginning "September 14, 2026" and closing "October 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM local time", and warns that bidders who do not complete the full registration process will not be approved to bid.
Sale format and venue
Pike County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Pike 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.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Use 2026 Notice of Real Property Tax Sale (190 parcels, PDF) 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.Register to bid
Sale day
Annually in October, held online. Bidding runs on ZEUS; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Pike County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Pike County
4 checks
Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open 2026 Notice of Real Property Tax Sale (190 parcels, PDF). 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.Confirm registration and deposit
Registration is online through the Zeus auction site. The notice states: "If you are interested in participating in this public auction, registration information and the procedures you must follow to bid are available online at https://www.zeusauction.com. In order to participate, you must become a member of the auction web site (www.zeusauction.com)." After creating a Zeus account you must register for the Pike County auction specifically, read and agree to the rules of sale and payment terms, complete IRS Form W-9, and agree electronically to the registration statement described at IC 6-1.1-24-5.3(c). 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 Pike County Treasurer. For the 2026 sale the notice sets the registration period as beginning "September 14, 2026" and closing "October 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM local time", and warns that bidders who do not complete the full registration process will not be approved to bid.
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.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
unsold certificates
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)
County notes
- The county brands the sale a "Treasurer's Tax Sale", but the tax sale notice, the parcel list and the Tax Sales page all sit under the Auditor's Office. The 2026 notice states that "The county auditor and county treasurer will apply on or after 09/25/2026 for a court judgment" and that "The Auditor and Treasurer specifically reserve the right to withhold from the sale any parcel which has been listed in error", so both offices are involved.
- Pike County Auditor's Office (publisher of the sale notice and parcel list): Pike County Courthouse, 801 E Main St, Petersburg, IN 47567, phone (812) 354-6451, fax (812) 354-3500. Auditor is Judith Gumbel; a deputy is assigned to tax sale duties. Courthouse hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Defenses to the application for judgment must be filed with the Pike County Circuit Court and served on the county auditor and treasurer before the date stated in each year's notice (09/25/2026 for the 2026 sale).
- The notice explains that under a change in law the tax sale advertisement appears only once in newspapers, and that "Subsequent notices can be found at www.pikecounty.in.gov/", so the county website is the place to watch for each year's date.
- Property taxes and post-sale amounts can be paid online at https://billpay.forte.net/pikecointax/ or in person at the Treasurer's Office on the second floor of the Pike County Courthouse.
- The Auditor's Office homepage states that the last day to redeem from the 2025 tax sale is October 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM.
Indiana 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
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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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