Paulding County, OH tax sales
Paulding 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 online via RealAuction on parcels whose certificates go unredeemed, from the county seat in Paulding, under R.C. Chapter 5721.
New to tax sales? Read how Ohio tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Online, on scheduled Thursday mornings.
- Format
- RealAuction
- County office
- 419-399-8280
On this page
How Paulding County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Paulding County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No tax lien certificate sale is published for Paulding County.
- Registration
- No certificate bidder registration process is published by the Paulding County Treasurer.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Paulding County Sheriff's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Online, on scheduled Thursday mornings.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register on the Paulding County site of the Official Public Sheriff's Sale Website at https://paulding.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov. The Sheriff states, "All potential bidders must register with Realauction. Registration will include completion of the Purchaser Information Form." Bidders post a deposit set by appraised value: $2,000 when the appraised amount is under $10,000, $5,000 from $10,000 to $200,000, and $10,000 over $200,000. For tax sales specifically, "Tax sale properties which are not appraised will require a $10.00 deposit." Only bank wire transfers or ACH are accepted and no cash deposits are taken. Wire deposits must be received by 5 p.m. EST two business days before the auction date, and ACH deposits must be initiated by 4 p.m. EST five business days before. Realauction runs roughly 90 minute bidder webinars; its customer service line is 954-734-7401 or 877-361-7325 and its email is [email protected]. A plaintiff or judgment creditor must register but does not post a deposit or file the purchaser information form, and instead supplies a court verification of judgment creditor status plus a bidding style choice for each case.
Sale format and venue
Paulding County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Paulding 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 Paulding County Sheriff scheduled tax sales 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
Online, on scheduled Thursday mornings. Bidding runs on RealAuction; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Paulding County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Paulding County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Paulding County Sheriff scheduled tax sales. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Register on the Paulding County site of the Official Public Sheriff's Sale Website at https://paulding.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov. The Sheriff states, "All potential bidders must register with Realauction. Registration will include completion of the Purchaser Information Form." Bidders post a deposit set by appraised value: $2,000 when the appraised amount is under $10,000, $5,000 from $10,000 to $200,000, and $10,000 over $200,000. For tax sales specifically, "Tax sale properties which are not appraised will require a $10.00 deposit." Only bank wire transfers or ACH are accepted and no cash deposits are taken. Wire deposits must be received by 5 p.m. EST two business days before the auction date, and ACH deposits must be initiated by 4 p.m. EST five business days before. Realauction runs roughly 90 minute bidder webinars; its customer service line is 954-734-7401 or 877-361-7325 and its email is [email protected]. A plaintiff or judgment creditor must register but does not post a deposit or file the purchaser information form, and instead supplies a court verification of judgment creditor status plus a bidding style choice for each case.
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
- County seat is Paulding. The Treasurer and Clerk of Courts both sit in the Paulding County Courthouse at 115 N. Williams Street; the Sheriff's Office is at 500 East Perry Street.
- Treasurer is Lou Ann Wannemacher. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Phone 419-399-8280, fax 419-399-8268, email [email protected]. The county officials directory lists an alternate Treasurer line of (419) 399-8281.
- Real estate taxes are billed semiannually. The Treasurer states, "Typically, Real Estate Taxes are due the first week of February and approximately mid-July of each year," and posts 2025 payable 2026 due dates of February 11, 2026 and July 15, 2026.
- Late payment carries a 5 percent penalty for the first 10 days after the due date and 10 percent after that, per both the Real Estate Tax page and the FAQ.
- The Treasurer offers a Taxpayer Escrow Prepayment program that splits the first half year tax into five payments and the second half into four, but the site describes no delinquent payment plan beyond that and publishes no delinquent tax list.
- Other officials: Auditor Claudia J. Fickel, 115 N Williams St., Suite 101, (419) 399-8205; Sheriff Jason K. Landers, (419) 399-3791; Clerk of Courts Sarah J. Harpel, (419) 399-8210; Prosecutor Joseph R. Burkard, 120 North Walnut Street, (419) 399-8270.
- The Paulding County Auditor site at pauldingcountyauditor.com returns a bot challenge to automated fetches, so any forfeited land sale content it may host could not be confirmed. Nothing on the Treasurer or Sheriff sites references an Auditor's forfeited land sale.
- The Realauction subdomain for Paulding County loads as "RealForeclose - Paulding County Sheriff" and carries START HERE, REGISTER and AUCTION CALENDAR entry points plus links to Clerk of Courts, Auditor, Recorder and Treasurer record searches and the Purchaser Information Form. Its footer reads "Realauction.com LLC."
- Both the Sheriff's foreclosure page and its tax sale page showed no scheduled sales on August 7, 2026, which is normal for a rural county of this size between court orders. Watch the Realauction auction calendar rather than the county pages for the next date.
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
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Verified Aug 7, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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