Posey County, IN tax sales

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Notes for Posey County

• •Format: live, in person auction at the Hovey House, Commissioners' Room, Mount Vernon, starting at 10:00 AM local time. The 2026 notice allows local officials to switch to an electronic sale at www.zeusauction.com under IC 6-1.1-24-2(b)(10) on the same date and time, with location updates posted at www.sriservices.com before the sale.
• •Minimum bid is set by statute and equals delinquent taxes and special assessments, plus taxes and special assessments due and payable in the year of the sale, plus all penalties on the delinquencies, plus an auditor-prescribed amount of $25 for postage and publication plus other county costs directly attributable to the tax sale, plus any unpaid costs due under IC 6-1.1-24-2(c) from a prior tax sale. The notice adds that minimum bids "are subject to change prior to the auction date."
• •Redemption pricing per the notice: 110% of the minimum bid if redeemed not more than six months after the sale date, or 115% of the minimum bid if redeemed more than six months after the sale date, plus the amount by which the purchase price exceeded the minimum bid, plus 5% per annum interest on that overbid. Taxes and special assessments the purchaser pays after the sale are also added, with 5% per annum interest.
• •Redemption deadlines in the 2026 notice: the period expires Tuesday, August 31, 2027 for certificates sold at the sale. For certificates struck to the county, the period may expire Tuesday, December 29, 2026.
• •Under IC 6-1.1-25-2(e) the redemption amount may also include the purchaser's attorney fees and cost of giving notice under IC 6-1.1-25-4.5, plus the cost of a title search or of examining and updating the abstract of title.
• •Judgment step: the county auditor and county treasurer apply on or after 08/14/2026 for a court judgment and an order to sell. Any defense must be filed with the Posey County Circuit Court and served on the auditor and treasurer before 08/14/2026, with a hearing set at least seven days before the advertised sale date.
• •Surplus: if a parcel sells for more than the minimum bid and is not redeemed, the owner of record divested at the time the tax deed is issued may have a right to the tax sale surplus.
• •Advertising: "Pursuant to a change in law, this publication will appear only once in newspapers. Subsequent notices can be found at https://www.poseycountyin.gov/." Watch the county site rather than the newspaper for updates.
• •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 states a complete property list may be obtained at www.sriservices.com or in an alternative form on request, and that the county does not warrant the accuracy of street addresses or common descriptions.
• •The Auditor and Treasurer reserve the right to withhold any parcel listed in error or that becomes ineligible before or during the sale.
• •Offices: the 2026 notice is signed by Maegen Greenwell, Auditor, Posey County, Indiana, dated 07/14/2026. The Auditor's Office phone is (812) 838-1300 and the Treasurer, Vicki J. Peerman, handles collections and bidder paperwork at (812) 838-1316, open Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm.
• •Caution on third party sites: commercial lien listing sites republish Indiana county sale data and search results for this county surface several of them. Only the county notice on poseycountyin.gov and the SRI sale record are authoritative for parcels, minimum bids and sale format.
• •The county's DataPitStop treasurer portal hosts a searchable list of parcels eligible for tax sale, but the host name did not match its TLS certificate at the time of research, so it is not cited here. Ask the Treasurer's office for the current eligible list link.