Warrick County, IN tax sales
How tax lien certificate sales work in Warrick County, seat of Boonville: 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 Warrick County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Warrick County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Annual sale held in October. The county's Notice of Real Property Tax Sale, posted 09/04/2025, reads "Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, October 09, 2025" and "Online - www.zeusauction.com". The body states: "The public auction will begin on 10/09/2025 at 10:00 AM local time. The properties in the online auction will commence closing at 4:00 PM local time on 10/09/2025 at www.zeusauction.com. Each property will have its specific closing time posted on the auction web site." The notice also states the Auditor and Treasurer apply for the judgment and order of sale "on or after 09/22/2025".
Registration and deposit
Registration is handled entirely online through the auction site. The notice states: "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). You must read, understand and agree to the rules of sale and payment terms. Once you become a member of the auction web site, you must register for the Warrick County auction, specifically." Bidders must also "complete IRS Form W-9 and agree to the registration statement described at IC 6-1.1-24-5.3(c) electronically, through the auction web site." For the 2025 cycle the window was: "The period to register for the sale begins on September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM and closes on October 08, 2025 at 2:00 PM local time. If you do not complete the full registration process for the sale you will not be approved to bid on the auction." Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity registering to bid must provide a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement under IC 5-23 from the Secretary of State to the Warrick County Treasurer.
Warrick County runs a fully online certificate sale on the Zeus Auction platform, confirmed by the county's own notice: "The public auction will be conducted as an electronic sale under IC 6-1.1-24-2(b)10, at the following web site: www.zeusauction.com." The notice is issued jointly by the county auditor and county treasurer and is signed "Michael Dietsch, Auditor, Warrick County, Indiana", dated 09/04/2025. Bidders register with the Treasurer's office through the auction site, and the Auditor issues the tax deed after redemption expires. Minimum bid is set by statute and covers delinquent taxes and special assessments, current-year taxes, penalties, a $30 postage and publication charge, other tax-sale costs, and unpaid costs from a prior sale. Redemption is 110% of the minimum bid if redeemed within six months of the sale, 115% after six months, plus the amount by which the purchase price exceeded the minimum bid with 5% per annum interest on that overbid, plus any subsequent taxes paid by the purchaser with 5% per annum interest. For certificates sold at the 2025 sale the notice says "The period of redemption shall expire on Friday, October 09, 2026"; for certificates struck to the county the notice says redemption "may expire Friday, February 06, 2026". The notice warns that property descriptions may be omitted for parcels appearing on the certified list in consecutive years under IC 6-1.1-24-3(e), and directs bidders to www.sriservices.com for a complete property list. To pull a parcel from the sale, payment had to be received by 2:00 PM local time on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, in cash or certified funds payable to the Warrick County Treasurer. The county also cautions that successful bidders may be required to pay amounts certified under IC 6-1.1-22-13.5 or added for ineligible deductions under IC 6-1.1-12-37 at the close of the online auction, and that the Auditor and Treasurer reserve the right to withhold any parcel listed in error. Only one publication runs in newspapers; the notice states subsequent notices are posted at https://www.warrickcounty.gov/. As of the last check the county homepage still featured the 2025 posting, so confirm the current year's date and registration window with the Treasurer's office before planning a bid.
Register on SRI / ZEUSFrom 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 Warrick County
- The Treasurer's page confirms the office "holds an annual tax sale of delinquent real properties" but carries no sale specifics; the logistics live in the annual Notice of Real Property Tax Sale linked from the county homepage.
- Treasurer's office: Tabitha Heilman, Treasurer; Jamie Lochmueller, Chief Deputy. Fax 812-897-6167, email [email protected], open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Warrick County Auditor: Michael Dietsch, 1 County Square, Suite 240, Boonville, IN 47601, phone 812-897-6110, email [email protected]. The Auditor co-signs the sale notice and handles the tax deed side.
- Redemption payments and pre-sale payoffs go to the Warrick County Treasurer at One County Square Judicial Center, Suite 270, Boonville, IN 47601, in cash or certified funds.
- Any defense to the application for judgment must be filed with the Warrick County Superior #1 Court and served on the county auditor and treasurer before the deadline stated in the notice.
- The 2025 notice listed roughly 200 parcels across Boonville, Newburgh, Chandler, Elberfeld and surrounding townships, so the county carries meaningful annual inventory.
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 Warrick County, Indiana sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Warrick County follows Indiana's tax lien state system.
When is the Warrick County tax certificate sale?
- Annual sale held in October. The county's Notice of Real Property Tax Sale, posted 09/04/2025, reads "Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, October 09, 2025" and "Online - www.zeusauction.com". The body states: "The public auction will begin on 10/09/2025 at 10:00 AM local time. The properties in the online auction will commence closing at 4:00 PM local time on 10/09/2025 at www.zeusauction.com. Each property will have its specific closing time posted on the auction web site." The notice also states the Auditor and Treasurer apply for the judgment and order of sale "on or after 09/22/2025".. 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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