Henry County, OH tax sales
Henry 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 Napoleon, under R.C. Chapter 5721.
New to tax sales? Read how Ohio tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Scheduled case by case rather than on a fixed annual date.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- Bidders attend in person and no online registration is published for tax sales.
- County office
- 419-592-1851
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How Henry County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Henry County Treasurer's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No recurring tax lien certificate sale date is published by Henry County.
- Registration
- No certificate sale registration process is published by the county.
Sale format and venue
Ohio authorizes county tax certificate sales under Ohio Rev. Code 5721.32 and 5721.33, but Henry County does not advertise one. The Treasurer's delinquent tax pages describe monthly payment plans and direct collection only, and the Auditor's published delinquent land list carries the Ohio Rev. Code 5721.03 notice with no certificate offering attached. The 2025 list covers 242 parcels totaling $215,407.93. Henry County instead enforces delinquency through judicial foreclosure, with the Treasurer named as plaintiff and the Sheriff conducting the resulting sale. No certificate sale platform is confirmed for this county, so investors seeking Ohio certificates should verify current practice with the Treasurer at 419-592-1851 before planning a purchase.
Source: Henry County Treasurer, Delinquent Taxes· Verified Aug 7, 2026
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Henry County Sheriff's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Scheduled case by case rather than on a fixed annual date.
- Registration
- Bidders attend in person and no online registration is published for tax sales.
- Sale list
- Tax Sale Dates
When it runs
Scheduled case by case rather than on a fixed annual date. The county states "All Tax Sales are held on the 1st Floor of the Henry County Courthouse and begin at 10 am unless otherwise advertised." Each notice sets a first sale date and a second sale date two weeks later, both on a Tuesday. Recent tax sales ran June 24, 2025, November 26, 2024, October 31, 2023 and April 11, 2023.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Henry County runs two separate sale tracks and they are not on the same system. Mortgage foreclosure sheriff sales moved online to RealAuction at henry.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov under House Bill 390 for orders received after August 1, 2022, but the Sheriff Sales page states "Tax sales will still be held on the 1st floor of the Courthouse." Delinquent land tax parcels therefore do not appear on the online sheriff sale platform, and the online deposit schedule and Tuesday 10 am online start time apply to the mortgage foreclosure track only. The Sheriff posts each tax sale as a PDF headed "DELINQUENT LAND TAX SALES" listing the case number, parcel number, property address, amount of judgment, first and second sale dates, and sale status. The Treasurer is the plaintiff on these cases and the Prosecuting Attorney's office handles the litigation at 419-591-3091. A parcel unsold at the first sale is offered again at the second sale two weeks later. In person at the Henry County Courthouse, first floor hallway
Source: Henry County Sheriff, Tax Sale Dates· Verified Aug 7, 2026
Henry County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Henry 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 Tax Sale Dates for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Scheduled case by case rather than on a 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 Henry County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Henry County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax Sale Dates. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.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)
Henry County Treasurer's Office
660 N Perry Street, 2nd Floor, Napoleon, OH 43545 (mailing: P.O. Box 546, Napoleon, OH 43545)
Official websiteCounty notes
- Henry County appears to run only the deed side of Ohio's hybrid system. No county-run tax lien certificate sale is advertised on any Treasurer, Auditor or Sheriff page reviewed.
- The deed path is a judicial foreclosure sale conducted by the Henry County Sheriff, with the County Treasurer named as plaintiff. Treasurer Diana Wachtman appears as plaintiff on the 2025 sale notices.
- Caution for investors: the county's online sheriff sale platform carries mortgage foreclosure sales only. Tax sales remain in person at the courthouse, so searching the online platform alone will miss every delinquent land tax parcel.
- Tax sale frequency is irregular. Notices posted between 2022 and 2025 fell in March, April, June, July, October and November, so monitor the Tax Sale Dates page rather than expecting a fixed annual month.
- No 2026 tax sale date was posted at the time of research; the most recent notice listed was June 24, 2025.
- The Auditor publishes the annual delinquent land list under Ohio Rev. Code 5721.03. The 2025 edition is signed by Auditor Elizabeth Fruchey.
- Excess proceeds from tax sales go to an Unclaimed Foreclosure Fund and are held until claimed or dormant for three years, per the Treasurer's unclaimed funds page.
- Related offices: Sheriff at 123 E. Washington Street, Napoleon, OH 43545, 419-592-8010 (tax sale contact Kim Bingham); Clerk of Courts at 660 N Perry Street, Suite 302, Napoleon, OH 43545, 419-592-5886; Prosecuting Attorney at 660 N Perry Street, Suite 101, Napoleon, OH 43545, 419-591-3091.
- Research constraint: the WebSearch budget for this session was exhausted, so all findings come from direct fetches of official henrycountyohio.gov pages and county PDFs. No third-party aggregator was used.
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 Henry County, Ohio sell tax liens or tax deeds?
Henry County follows Ohio's hybrid system. The County Treasurer sells tax lien certificates, and the County Sheriff handles the tax deed sale on parcels whose certificates go unredeemed.
When is the Henry County tax certificate sale?
No recurring tax lien certificate sale date is published by Henry County. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.
How often does Henry County hold tax deed sales?
Henry County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Scheduled case by case rather than on a fixed annual date. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Ohio's redemption rule: 1 year after the certificate sale before the holder can request foreclosure; redemption then stays open until confirmation of sale. Call the Henry County Sheriff's Office as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.
Where can I find the Henry County tax sale list?
Henry County posts its tax sale list at henrycountyohio.gov. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.
Verified Aug 7, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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