Coshocton County, OH tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Coshocton County runs the deed path only. The regular auction is the Sheriff's online foreclosure sale on Realauction; there is a second, less frequent deed-path venue in the Auditor's forfeited land sale. No tax lien certificate sale is advertised by the Treasurer.
• •Auditor's forfeited land sale (Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5723): held in person at the Coshocton County Court House, commencing at 10:30 a.m., with two rounds back to back. Sale #1 opens at the lesser of the Auditor's fair market value or the total of all costs, taxes and charges; parcels unsold in Sale #1 are immediately re-offered in Sale #2 at the best price obtainable. Registration is required to participate, and a pre-registration form is posted online.
• •Auditor's sale payment terms: the Auditor issues a Certificate of Sale and collects a non-refundable down payment of 10 percent of the total due or $50, whichever is greater. Any balance plus deed, recording and transfer fees is due within 10 days of the sale. The purchaser becomes owner on the date the Auditor executes the deed.
• •Auditor's sale bidder restrictions: parcels may not be sold to anyone delinquent on real property taxes in Ohio, and a prior owner of record or an immediate family member must bid at least the full amount of taxes, assessments, penalties, interest and costs.
• •Auditor's sale contact: Coshocton County Auditor Grant K. Daugherty, 349 Main Street, Coshocton, OH 43812, (740) 622-1243, [email protected]. The Auditor Sale page is at https://www.coshoctoncounty.net/auditor/auditor-sale/.
• •The owner may pay taxes and costs and redeem a forfeited parcel at any time before the Auditor's sale, which removes it from the sale list.
• •At the Auditor's sale all liens are eliminated except the real estate tax lien. Where a federal lien exists, the federal government holds a right of redemption for up to one year after the original foreclosure filing, and the buyer is reimbursed only the amount paid at the sale.
• •Foreclosure case dockets are searchable through the Coshocton County Clerk of Courts at https://eservices.coshoctoncourt.com. The Clerk of Courts Legal Office is at 318 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Coshocton, OH 43812, (740) 622-1456.
• •The Realauction county subdomain returned an HTTP 403 to an automated fetch, which is a bot filter rather than a dead link. The address is published verbatim by the county on both the Sheriff Sales FAQs page and the Sheriff's online sale notice.

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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