Auglaize County, OH tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Auglaize County Sheriff's Office, civil division: 1051 Dearbaugh Avenue / P.O. Box 26, Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895, phone (419) 739-6565, fax (419) 739-6566, email [email protected]. The auction site names this office as the contact for sale questions. Sheriff Michael L. Vorhees.
• •Auglaize County Clerk of Courts, Mandy L. Dunlap, Common Pleas civil division: 201 S. Willipie Street, Room 043, P.O. Box 409, Wapakoneta, OH 45895, phone 419-739-6765, fax 419-739-6768, open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The auction site directs court questions here. Each sale on the Sheriff's list carries a Common Pleas case number such as 2025 CV 0001, which is how you pull the file.
• •Auglaize County Treasurer Mandy Frank collects the taxes: P.O. Box 56, 209 S. Blackhoof Street, Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895, phone 419-739-6745, email [email protected], open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tax bills are mailed in mid January and mid June. The Treasurer posted first half 2025 taxes due February 17, 2026 and second half due August 14, 2026, along with a notice that second half bills were delayed.
• •Owners can keep a parcel off the delinquent publication and out of foreclosure with a written installment contract with the Treasurer. The Notice of Delinquency states that without a written contract, interest is charged on accounts remaining unpaid as of the last day of November. That option shortens the pipeline of parcels that reach a sale.
• •Realauction runs the Sheriff's online site and handles bidder support at (877) 361-7325 and [email protected]. Deposits move through a Manage Escrow account that can be funded once and allocated across counties, wire transfers must reference the bidder number and county name or they are rejected, and cash and international funds are not accepted. Judgment creditors bidding under R.C. 2329.211 do not post a deposit but must submit their bidder number, bidding style and a copy of the court order at least one business day before the sale.
• •The Sheriff's Sales page warns that entering a property without permission of the owner or occupants violates R.C. 2911.21, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $250 fine, and points to R.C. 315.251 for mandatory survey requirements on property splits. It also recommends an attorney and a professional title search, and tells buyers to check back taxes, outstanding liens, utility assessments and zoning violations themselves.
• •The Sheriff's Sales page also publishes two forms for buyers, a real estate purchaser information PDF and a property description approval PDF. Bidders on the online sales complete the Ohio Real Estate Judicial Sale Purchaser Information Form through the auction site, which transmits it to the Sheriff's Office once the sale closes; all changes must be made before the sale date.

Ohio rules

Max interest rate

18% per year, bid down in 0.25% stepsOhio Revised Code 5721.30 - Tax certificate definitionsR.C. 5721.30Verified Aug 6, 2026

Minimum return

6% floor at redemptionOhio Revised Code 5721.30 - Tax certificate definitionsR.C. 5721.30Verified Aug 6, 2026

Redemption

Ohio has no post-sale redemption window. On the certificate track the owner or any other person entitled to redeem may pay the county treasurer at any time before the certificate holder pays to start foreclosure, and after that up until the entry of confirmation of sale, the expiration of the 28-day alternative redemption period, or the decree that conveys title to the certificate holder. On the direct foreclosure track, delinquent land may be redeemed before proceedings begin, and afterwards up to the entry of confirmation of sale or the end of the alternative redemption period. The alternative redemption period is 28 days after an adjudication of foreclosure is journalized, and when it expires the right and equity of redemption terminate without any further order. Once title vests, a decree conveying the parcel to a certificate holder is a permanent bar to redemption.Ohio Revised Code 5721.38 - Right to redeemR.C. 5721.38Verified Aug 6, 2026

Deed deposit

For residential property the deposit is fixed by statute: $2,000 if the appraised value is $10,000 or less, $5,000 if it is above $10,000 and up to $200,000, and $10,000 if it is above $200,000. A judgment creditor buying at its own sale posts no deposit. For commercial property the deposit follows whatever requirements the sale sets. Deposit timing is set by the court or the officer conducting the sale and printed in the sale advertisement, and an online sale may take the deposit by card or other financial transaction device.Ohio Revised Code 5721.19 - Finding; appraisal and saleR.C. 5721.19Verified Aug 6, 2026

Surplus proceeds

Sale proceeds pay costs first, then the certificate holder or the taxing districts, and any residue goes to the clerk of the court within 45 days after confirmation. The clerk notifies the former owner. Residue left unclaimed 90 days after that final notice is paid into the county treasury and held for the owner, who may demand it within three years. After three years it is forfeited to the county's delinquent tax and assessment collection fund, or to the county land reutilization corporation fund where one exists.Ohio Revised Code 5721.20 - Excess foreclosure proceedsR.C. 5721.20Verified Aug 6, 2026

Governing statute

R.C. Chapter 5721Ohio Revised Code 5721.30 - Tax certificate definitionsR.C. 5721.30Verified Aug 6, 2026

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.

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