Harrison County, OH tax sales
Harrison County, Ohio sells both tax lien certificates and tax deeds. The County Treasurer runs the certificate sale (18% maximum, bid down), and the County Sheriff holds the tax deed sale on parcels whose certificates go unredeemed, from the county seat in Cadiz, under R.C. Chapter 5721.
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- Next sale
- Sales are scheduled case by case rather than on one fixed annual date.
- Format
- In person
- County office
- 740-942-8864
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How Harrison County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Harrison County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No tax lien certificate sale is scheduled or advertised by this county.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Harrison County Sheriff's Office, selling under court order in tax foreclosure cases brought by the Harrison County Treasurer through the Harrison County Clerk of Courts
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Sales are scheduled case by case rather than on one fixed annual date.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Tax foreclosure parcels are bid in person, so there is no online bidder account for this sale. The Sheriff's notice states that tax sales "will continue to be sold on location until further notice at 100 West Market ST, 1st Floor, Cadiz, OH 43907 at 9:00 a.m." On the deposit, the Sheriff's policy provides: "When the successful bidder for property sold at Tax Sales, Tax Lien Certificate Sales, and Probate Sales is not the plaintiff, the successful bidder shall deposit with the Sheriff in cash or by certified check 10% of the amount of such bid". That deposit is due when the sale is final, and if it is not presented at the time of sale the sale is continued. Full payment is required within 15 days after the sale. Winning bidders also complete a Purchaser Information Form under Ohio Rev. Code 2329.271 and a Real Estate Judicial Sale form, and must cover recording and conveyance fees at the time of sale, including $75 for recording the deed under Ohio Rev. Code 2327.02(C) and conveyance fees of $4.00 per thousand plus $0.50 per parcel payable to the County Auditor.
Sale format and venue
Harrison County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Harrison County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.
Get the advertised list
Use Sheriff's Property for Sale 2026 list for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Sales are scheduled case by case rather than on one fixed annual date. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Harrison County Sheriff's Office, selling under court order in tax foreclosure cases brought by the Harrison County Treasurer through the Harrison County Clerk of Courts as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Harrison County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Sheriff's Property for Sale 2026 list. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Tax foreclosure parcels are bid in person, so there is no online bidder account for this sale. The Sheriff's notice states that tax sales "will continue to be sold on location until further notice at 100 West Market ST, 1st Floor, Cadiz, OH 43907 at 9:00 a.m." On the deposit, the Sheriff's policy provides: "When the successful bidder for property sold at Tax Sales, Tax Lien Certificate Sales, and Probate Sales is not the plaintiff, the successful bidder shall deposit with the Sheriff in cash or by certified check 10% of the amount of such bid". That deposit is due when the sale is final, and if it is not presented at the time of sale the sale is continued. Full payment is required within 15 days after the sale. Winning bidders also complete a Purchaser Information Form under Ohio Rev. Code 2329.271 and a Real Estate Judicial Sale form, and must cover recording and conveyance fees at the time of sale, including $75 for recording the deed under Ohio Rev. Code 2327.02(C) and conveyance fees of $4.00 per thousand plus $0.50 per parcel payable to the County Auditor.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Ohio due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold liens and deeds
Ohio has no over-the-counter tax certificate channel. The equivalent inventory is the county auditor's forfeited land list, made up of parcels that drew no qualifying bid at two foreclosure sales. The auditor offers that list at public auction at least annually, and a tract that still receives no bid meeting the statutory minimum may then be sold for the best price obtainable.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
County notes
- Harrison County is a small eastern Ohio county with roughly 17,000 taxable parcels, per the Treasurer's stated duty to maintain records on "more than 17,000 parcels". Tax-sale inventory is correspondingly thin.
- The county runs only the deed side of Ohio's hybrid system. There is no tax lien certificate sale here, so lien investors have nothing to bid on in Harrison County.
- Escalation path per the Treasurer's FAQ: delinquency is published in the local paper, and if unpaid by the following November it is "certified to the County Prosecutor to start foreclosure actions". The Prosecutor files, the Clerk of Courts dockets, and the Sheriff conducts the sale.
- Ohio's statutory judicial-sale deposit tiers of $2,000, $5,000 and $10,000 apply to the county's general foreclosure sales. Tax sales instead use the 10 percent of bid deposit stated in the Sheriff's policy.
- The Treasurer offers a delinquent installment contract that halts foreclosure once signed, which can pull a parcel off the sale list before auction day.
- Harrison County Auditor: Clint A. Barr, 100 West Market Street, Dept 106, Cadiz, Ohio 43907, phone 740-942-8861. The Auditor's pages publish no separate forfeited land sale, so no Ohio Rev. Code Chapter 5723 forfeited-land auction was found for this county.
- Harrison County Clerk of Courts, 100 West Market Street, Cadiz, OH 43907, phone (740) 942-8863, is the office that dockets the foreclosure case and holds the case file.
Ohio rules
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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 Harrison County, Ohio sell tax liens or tax deeds?
When is the Harrison County tax certificate sale?
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Verified Aug 7, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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