Wyandot County, OH tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Wyandot County runs the deed path only, as far as its official sites disclose. The Sheriff's online foreclosure auction is the sale investors can actually enter. No tax lien certificate sale is advertised by the Treasurer.
• •Verified office contacts. Treasurer's Office: 419-294-2131, [email protected], 109 S Sandusky Avenue, Upper Sandusky, OH 43351, open Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm; mail payments to Room 22, ZIP 43351-1494. Sheriff's Office: 419-294-2362, fax 419-294-1719, 125 E Wyandot Avenue, Upper Sandusky, OH 43351. Clerk of Courts legal division: (419) 294-1432, fax (419) 294-6414, 109 S. Sandusky Ave., Room 31, Upper Sandusky, OH 43351, Monday through Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm.
• •The county staff directory lists the Treasurer, Auditor, Sheriff, Clerk of Courts and Prosecutor all at the courthouse address, 109 South Sandusky Avenue. The Sheriff's own department page gives a separate operational address at 125 E Wyandot Avenue. Use the Wyandot Avenue address for sale questions.
• •Case research runs through the Clerk of Courts. The clerk site offers a record search, and the auction platform links out to Clerk of Courts, Auditor, Recorder and Treasurer searches from its left navigation, which is the fastest route to the underlying foreclosure case file.
• •The Treasurer's "Sheriff Sales of Real Estate" page exists in the menu but has no content on it. Rely on the Sheriff's Sheriff Sales page and the RealAuction calendar instead.
• •The Wyandot County Auditor site at wyandotcountyauditor.us blocked automated retrieval on August 7, 2026, so no forfeited land sale information under Ohio Rev. Code Chapter 5723 could be confirmed for this county. Contact the Auditor at 419-294-1531 to ask about forfeited parcels.
• •Timing is thin here. Only one foreclosure auction was on the calendar when checked, on August 3, 2026. Wyandot is one of Ohio's smallest counties by population, so volume is low and sale dates appear irregularly. Watch the calendar rather than assuming a monthly rhythm.

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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