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Pickaway County, OH tax sales

Pickaway 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 Circleville, under R.C. Chapter 5721.

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Next sale
Tax sale scheduled for September 15, 2026.Tuesday · 2026
Format
RealAuction
Registration
Bidding is online.
County office
(740) 477-6000
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How Pickaway County sells delinquent taxes

Tax certificate sale (lien)

Run by
Pickaway County Treasurer
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
No tax certificate sale is scheduled or advertised.
Registration
There is no certificate bidder registration because no certificate sale is offered.
When it runs
No tax certificate sale is scheduled or advertised. The Treasurer publishes only the two annual collection deadlines, listed for 2026 as March 6 and August 21, and posts no certificate auction calendar.
Registration and deposit

There is no certificate bidder registration because no certificate sale is offered. Investors should call the Treasurer at (740) 474-2370 to confirm before assuming certificates are available.

Sale format and venue
Ohio Rev. Code 5721.30 through 5721.43 permits a county treasurer to sell tax certificates, but it does not require it, and smaller counties commonly skip the certificate route. Nothing on the Pickaway County Treasurer's site, on the county government Treasurer page, or in the Treasurer's frequently asked questions describes a certificate sale, a certificate bidder list, or an over-the-counter certificate inventory. The Treasurer's frequently asked questions instead describe a straight path to judicial foreclosure: "Reminder notices will be issued to those with delinquent tax amounts. If no response is received from the taxpayer, then foreclosure proceedings may be initiated," and "A list is sent to the office of the Pickaway County Prosecutor for legal foreclosure proceedings. Proceeds from the sale of foreclosed properties are then used to settle the tax bill." Taxpayers who fall behind are offered payment arrangements by phone rather than having a lien sold to an investor. The practical result for investors is that the buying opportunity in Pickaway County sits on the deed side, at the Sheriff's delinquent tax foreclosure auction, not in a certificate purchase.
Source: Pickaway County Treasurer, frequently asked questions including the delinquent tax and foreclosure process· Verified Aug 7, 2026

Tax deed sale

RealAuction
Run by
Pickaway County Sheriff's Office
Frequency
annual
Next sale
Tax sale scheduled for September 15, 2026.
Registration
Bidding is online.
Sale list
Pickaway County Sheriff Sales listings
When it runs
Sales are set case by case as the court orders each parcel sold, on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. Eastern, not on one annual date. The Sheriff's Sheriff Sales page states that "Foreclosure Sheriff's Sales are advertised every Thursday in the Circleville Herald" and that "Delinquent tax sales will be held every Tuesday at 1:30 PM at the Pickaway County Courthouse, 207 S. Court St, Circleville, Ohio 43113." The RealForeclose auction calendar for August 2026 showed a single foreclosure auction, on August 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET. Individual sale notices carry a second sale date three weeks after the first, for example an August 18, 2026 sale with an "If Not Sold Second Sale Date" of September 8, 2026.
Registration and deposit

Bidding is online. Register for a username and password on the county RealForeclose site and complete the Ohio Real Estate Judicial Sale Purchaser Information Form before the sale date. To be a qualified participant you must post a deposit with the Sheriff's Office by the posted deadline. The platform lists deposits for appraised cases at $2,000 when appraised value is $10,000 or less, $5,000 when it is above $10,000 and up to $200,000, and $10,000 when it is above $200,000, unless a judge orders otherwise. For tax cases the platform states the deposit "is set by the Treasurer and is not subject to the above deposit requirements," and warns that "Appraisals are not conducted for cases that are tax liens or delinquent tax foreclosure sales and the appraised value listed on the site indicates the taxes owed, not the actual appraised value." Tax case bidders must satisfy Ohio Rev. Code 5721.19: "You cannot purchase property through a tax foreclosure sale if you own property in Ohio against which delinquent taxes have been assessed." The Sheriff's terms require the balance within 30 days of confirmation of sale, paid in cash or certified check only.

Sale format and venue
The Sheriff's listings mix two case types. Entries titled "Sheriff Sale" are mortgage foreclosures and show an appraised amount with a start bid at two thirds of it, for example a $160,000 appraisal opening at $106,667. Entries titled "Delinquent Tax Sale" carry case numbers in the DLT series such as 2024DLT002 and 2023DLT0012, show no appraisal, and open at the taxes and costs owed, for example a start bid of $8,001.46 on two New Holland parcels with a $2,000 minimum deposit. Those tax cases are prosecuted by the county, and the attorney phone printed on them, (740) 474-6066, matches the Pickaway County Prosecutor's Office. Each listing publishes the case number, property address, parcel number, start bid, minimum deposit, attorney contact, and after the sale the purchaser and price. One conflict on the Sheriff's page is worth resolving by phone before you bid: the same paragraph says "All Sheriff Sales are held via the internet at https://pickaway.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov/" and also that delinquent tax sales are held at the Pickaway County Courthouse. Recent listings and the online calendar point to the RealForeclose site, so call (740) 477-6000 to confirm the venue for a specific tax case. Terms published by the Sheriff: property cannot sell for less than two thirds of the appraised value, appraised value does not include an interior inspection, the Sheriff makes no guarantee of title, the sale operates under caveat emptor, and buyers cannot enter the property until the deed arrives, which typically takes four to six weeks. The Sheriff also warns that real property sold at public auction may be subject to a federal tax lien that the sale does not extinguish, and directs buyers to search the Federal Tax Lien Index kept by the County Recorder. Separately, the County Auditor has historically conducted forfeited land sales under Ohio Rev. Code Chapter 5723 at the Pickaway County Courthouse, 207 S. Court Street, with a $500 minimum bid at a second offering; the most recent such notice on the Sheriff's page dates to October 27, 2020, so ask the Auditor at (740) 474-4765 whether a forfeited land sale is currently pending.
Register on RealAuction
Source: Pickaway County Sheriff's Office, Sheriff Sales general information and terms of sale· Verified Aug 7, 2026

Pickaway County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Pickaway 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Pickaway County Sheriff Sales listings for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Bidding is online. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Tax sale scheduled for September 15, 2026. Bidding runs on RealAuction; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Pickaway County Sheriff's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Pickaway County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Pickaway County Sheriff Sales listings. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidding is online. Register for a username and password on the county RealForeclose site and complete the Ohio Real Estate Judicial Sale Purchaser Information Form before the sale date. To be a qualified participant you must post a deposit with the Sheriff's Office by the posted deadline. The platform lists deposits for appraised cases at $2,000 when appraised value is $10,000 or less, $5,000 when it is above $10,000 and up to $200,000, and $10,000 when it is above $200,000, unless a judge orders otherwise. For tax cases the platform states the deposit "is set by the Treasurer and is not subject to the above deposit requirements," and warns that "Appraisals are not conducted for cases that are tax liens or delinquent tax foreclosure sales and the appraised value listed on the site indicates the taxes owed, not the actual appraised value." Tax case bidders must satisfy Ohio Rev. Code 5721.19: "You cannot purchase property through a tax foreclosure sale if you own property in Ohio against which delinquent taxes have been assessed." The Sheriff's terms require the balance within 30 days of confirmation of sale, paid in cash or certified check only.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

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)

Pickaway County Sheriff's Office

(740) 477-6000

600 Island Road, Circleville, OH 43113

Official website

County notes

  • County seat is Circleville. The Sheriff's Office at 600 Island Road, Circleville, OH 43113 conducts the real estate auctions and answers sale questions at (740) 477-6000, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • Pickaway County Treasurer, John Howley, 110 Island Rd. Suite E, Circleville, OH 43113, phone (740) 474-2370, fax (740) 477-2386, open Monday through Friday 8:15 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., website https://picktreasurer.org. Published 2026 tax due dates are March 6 and August 21.
  • Pickaway County Auditor, Brad Washburn, 110 Island Road Suite F, Circleville, OH 43113, phone (740) 474-4765. The Auditor's own site at auditor.pickawaycountyohio.gov is behind a bot challenge and could not be read, so nothing from it is reported here.
  • Pickaway County Prosecutor's Office, 143 East Main St., Circleville, OH 43113, mailing address P.O. Box 910, Circleville, OH 43113, phone (740) 474-6066. This office files the delinquent tax foreclosures that produce the DLT case numbers on the Sheriff's sale list.
  • The Sheriff's website is built on the OCV platform and renders its sale pages with JavaScript, so the Sheriff Sales general information text was read from the site's own published content feed at cdn.myocv.com. Both the human page and the feed are listed as sources.
  • The RealForeclose county site labels every August 2026 calendar entry FC for foreclosure. Registration and login are required to see live bidding detail, so deposit and registration facts here come from the site's public frequently asked questions.

Ohio rules

Max interest rate
18% per year, bid down in 0.25% steps
Minimum return
6% floor at redemption
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.
Governing statute
R.C. Chapter 5721

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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Frequently asked questions

Does Pickaway County, Ohio sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Pickaway 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 Pickaway County tax certificate sale?

No tax certificate sale is scheduled or advertised. The Treasurer publishes only the two annual collection deadlines, listed for 2026 as March 6 and August 21, and posts no certificate auction calendar. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.

How often does Pickaway County hold tax deed sales?

Pickaway County holds its tax deed sale once a year. 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 Pickaway 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 Pickaway County tax sale list?

Pickaway County posts its tax sale list at pickawaysheriff.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.

Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.

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