Vermillion County, IN tax sales
How tax lien certificate sales work in Vermillion County, seat of Newport: 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 Vermillion County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Vermillion County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The sale runs in the fall. The county's 2025 notice reads "NOTICE OF REAL PROPERTY TAX SALE, Vermillion County Indiana, Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, October 10, 2025, Vermillion County Courthouse" and "Such sale will be held on 10/10/2025 at the Vermillion County Courthouse and that sale will continue until all tracts and real property have been offered for sale." SRI Incorporated's Vermillion County page lists the next tax sale as Friday, September 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM, in person.
Registration and deposit
Bidder registration is handled by SRI Incorporated at https://sriservices.com/ and covers every Indiana county SRI services, so you register once for all of them. The county notice tells bidders to bring the completed registration form and a W-9 (both printable from the registration site) to each sale, and to arrive at least 30 minutes before the 10:00 AM start to be sure of getting a bid number. Bidders without internet access may register the morning of the sale. Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity that wants to register must provide the Vermillion County Treasurer with a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement from the Secretary of State.
Vermillion County holds a traditional in-person tax lien certificate sale at the courthouse rather than an online auction, and SRI Incorporated administers registration and the sale calendar. SRI's county page shows the next tax sale as Friday, September 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM, in person, at the Vermillion County Courthouse. The county's published notice adds that at the discretion of local officials the sale may switch to an online format, in which case it would be conducted as an electronic sale 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 beforehand. No online platform is confirmed for the current sale, so confirm the format with the Treasurer's office before you travel. The county auditor and county treasurer applied on or after 09/23/2025 for the court judgment authorizing the 2025 sale, and Auditor Ron Dunavan signed the notice. Under that notice, redemption on certificates sold at the 2025 sale expires Monday, October 12, 2026. In-person auction at the Vermillion County Courthouse in Newport, administered for the county by 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)
255 S. Main St., Courthouse 2nd Fl., P.O. Box 99, Newport, IN 47966-0099
Official websiteNotes for Vermillion County
- Treasurer Jennifer Umbarger-Peebles. The office also lists (765) 492-5345 as an auto attendant with extensions 362, 363, 364 and 365, and a fax at (765) 492-5326.
- Vermillion County Auditor's Office: Auditor Ron Dunavan, Courthouse 2nd Floor, 255 S. Main Street, PO Box 190, Newport, IN 47966-0190, phone (765) 492-5300. The auditor signs the tax sale notice and handles the tax deed side of the process.
- The 2025 notice sets the minimum bid as the delinquent taxes and special assessments on the parcel, the taxes and special assessments due and payable in the year of the sale, all penalties on the delinquencies, $50 for postage and publication costs plus any other county costs directly attributable to the tax sale, and any unpaid costs due under IC 6-1.1-24-2(c) from a prior tax sale.
- Per that notice, redemption costs 110% of the minimum bid if redeemed within six months of the sale date and 115% if redeemed later, plus the amount by which the purchase price exceeded the minimum bid with 5% per annum interest on that overbid, plus any taxes and special assessments the purchaser paid after the sale.
- Certificates struck off to the county carry a shorter window. The 2025 notice put that redemption expiry at Monday, February 09, 2026.
- The tax sale notice now appears only once in newspapers, and the county directs readers to www.vermilliongov.us for subsequent notices.
- A full parcel list can be pulled from SRI's property search at https://sriservices.com/properties by selecting Indiana and Vermillion County. The notice warns that under IC 6-1.1-24-3(e) property descriptions may be omitted from the published list for parcels appearing on the certified list in consecutive years.
- The Auditor and Treasurer reserve the right to withhold any parcel listed in error or that becomes ineligible before or during the sale, and minimum bids can change before the auction date.
- SRI Incorporated support for bidders: (800) 800-9588, [email protected].
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 Vermillion County, Indiana sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Vermillion County follows Indiana's tax lien state system.
When is the Vermillion County tax certificate sale?
- The sale runs in the fall. The county's 2025 notice reads "NOTICE OF REAL PROPERTY TAX SALE, Vermillion County Indiana, Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, October 10, 2025, Vermillion County Courthouse" and "Such sale will be held on 10/10/2025 at the Vermillion County Courthouse and that sale will continue until all tracts and real property have been offered for sale." SRI Incorporated's Vermillion County page lists the next tax sale as Friday, September 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM, in person.. 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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