Real Estate Tax Sale

Each year the County Treasurer must certify to the County Auditor a list of real property on which property taxes or special assessments from the prior year’s Spring installment are unpaid. Any delinquent taxes from last year’s Spring installment that remain unpaid, plus penalties that have accrued on that delinquency, will cause your property to be eligible for tax sale.

Please note that these are not the same as Sheriff's Sales.  Click here for more information on Sheriff's Sales.
 

The Miami County Treasurer must certify a list of those properties eligible for the 2007 tax sale to the County Auditor no later than fifty-one (51) days after the due date for the Spring installment of taxes.  The County Auditor will send a Tax Sale Notice to taxpayers by certified letter informing them of the amount of tax, penalties, and tax sale costs that must be paid to remove their property from tax sale.  Taxpayers may pay the amount due up to the time of the tax sale.

A real estate tax sale will be held on June 18, 2008.  As soon as the list of the tax sale eligible properties has been certified to the County Auditor, you will be able to view the list.  Click here to access our tax sale vendor’s website at www.sri-taxsale.com.  Properties offered for sale will also be advertised in the local newspaper.

Bidders must register prior to the start of the sale.  The minimum bid is the total amount owed on the parcel through the current year.  If your bid is accepted, you will pay the bid amount in the County Treasurer's Office and you will be given a receipt and a Tax Sale Certificate signed by the County Auditor and County treasurer.  A Tax Sale Certificate does not convey ownership to the property.  Ownership will be conveyed through a Tax Deed issued by the County Auditor pursuant to the statutory requirements.  You do not own the property until you receive the deed.  

For more information about the tax sale process, refer to our tax sale vendor’s website at www.sri-taxsale.com or call the Miami County Auditor’s Office at 472-3901.