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Morgan County, IN tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Morgan County, IN tax sale, one of 2,553 counties in 30 states. Indiana sells tax lien certificates paying up to 15%, redeemable for 1 year. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Jul 30, 2026.

How tax lien sales work in Morgan County, seat of Martinsville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

New to tax sales? Read how Indiana tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Next sale
Tax Sale, Wednesday, October 7, 2026,.Wednesday · 2026
Format
In person
Registration
Bidders can pre-register online through SRI, which covers every county SRI serves.
County office
(765) 342-1048
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How Morgan County sells delinquent taxes

From lien to deed

Indiana holds no general public tax deed auction. Once the redemption period runs out, the certificate holder files a verified petition in the same court that entered the judgment of sale, and the court directs the county auditor to issue the deed. That petition must be filed no later than three months after the redemption period expires, or the purchaser's lien terminates. One narrow exception exists: real property a county, city, or town executive has certified as vacant or abandoned is auctioned separately, and there the county auditor deeds fee simple title straight to the highest bidder with no right of redemption.

Tax certificate sale (lien)

In person
Run by
Morgan County Treasurer's Office (Treasurer Dan Bastin), with the Morgan County Auditor joining the application for the court judgment and order of sale. SRI Incorporated administers the auction for the county.
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Tax Sale, Wednesday, October 7, 2026,.
Registration
Bidders can pre-register online through SRI, which covers every county SRI serves.
Sale list
SRI property search (select Indiana, then Morgan County)
When it runs
Annual, in early October. SRI's Morgan County page lists the next sale as "Tax Sale, Wednesday, October 7, 2026," format "In-person," with "Sale Hours 10:00 AM" and "Sale Location Lucille Sadler Room "A"." The county's published notice for the prior year sale opened "Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, October 1, 2024" at "180 S Main St, Martinsville, IN; Lucille Sadler Room "A"," and states the sale "will continue until all tracts and real property have been offered for sale."
Registration and deposit

Bidders can pre-register online through SRI, which covers every county SRI serves. The county notice says: "If you are interested in bidding on the tax sale for an Indiana county, you may register online at https://sriservices.com/. This registration is good for all counties that SRI services. You need to register only once for all counties." Bring the completed registration form and an IRS Form W-9 to the sale, and "arrive the morning of the tax sale at least 30 minutes before the beginning time to be assured you will receive your bid number before the start of the sale." Bidders without internet access may register the morning of the sale. Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity must give the Morgan County Treasurer a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement from the Indiana Secretary of State. SRI's page for the October 7, 2026 sale shows no registration period, so confirm cutoffs with the Treasurer's Office.

Sale format and venue
The sale is held in person, not online, so no online bidding platform is confirmed for this county. SRI lists the format as "In-person" at 10:00 AM in the Lucille Sadler Room "A" at 180 S Main St in Martinsville. The county's published notice does reserve a fallback: "At the discretion of local officials, the tax sale may switch to an online format. If those measures are taking place, the public auction will be conducted as an electronic sale under IC 6-1.1-24-2 (b) 10 at www.zeusauction.com commencing on the same date/time listed above. All location updates will be posted at www.sriservices.com prior to the tax sale." Treat Zeus Auction as a contingency and check SRI and the Treasurer's Office shortly before the sale date. The county tax sale page states the sale is buyer beware, that all properties and tax liens sell "AS IS," and that the only warranty under IC 6-1.1-24-10 is that the taxes and special assessments were delinquent and the property was eligible for sale. SRI's Morgan County page currently shows one scheduled tax sale and zero scheduled certificate sales, so no commissioners' certificate sale date is posted at the moment. The county's own document center carries one tax sale notice PDF, from the prior sale year, and the notice itself says subsequent notices are posted at morgancounty.in.gov rather than repeated in the newspaper. In person (administered by SRI Incorporated)
Source: SRI Incorporated - Morgan County, Indiana county page (scheduled tax sale date, sale hours, in-person format, sale location, auditor and treasurer contacts)· Verified Jul 30, 2026

Morgan County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Morgan 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 SRI property search (select Indiana, then Morgan County) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Bidders can pre-register online through SRI, which covers every county SRI serves. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Tax Sale, Wednesday, October 7, 2026,. 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.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Morgan County Treasurer's Office (Treasurer Dan Bastin), with the Morgan County Auditor joining the application for the court judgment and order of sale. SRI Incorporated administers the auction for the county. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Morgan County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from SRI property search (select Indiana, then Morgan County). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidders can pre-register online through SRI, which covers every county SRI serves. The county notice says: "If you are interested in bidding on the tax sale for an Indiana county, you may register online at https://sriservices.com/. This registration is good for all counties that SRI services. You need to register only once for all counties." Bring the completed registration form and an IRS Form W-9 to the sale, and "arrive the morning of the tax sale at least 30 minutes before the beginning time to be assured you will receive your bid number before the start of the sale." Bidders without internet access may register the morning of the sale. Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity must give the Morgan County Treasurer a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement from the Indiana Secretary of State. SRI's page for the October 7, 2026 sale shows no registration period, so confirm cutoffs with the Treasurer's Office.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Indiana 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

Parcels that draw no bid at the treasurer's tax sale pass to the county executive, which acquires a lien for the minimum sale price and receives a tax sale certificate. The county executive may then adopt a resolution and offer those certificates at a separate advertised public sale, often called the commissioners' certificate sale, priced below the minimum bid that failed at the tax sale. Notice runs once a week for three consecutive weeks with the final advertisement at least 30 days before the sale. This is a scheduled sale rather than a walk-in list, and redemption on a certificate bought this way is 120 days. Check the county auditor page for the next commissioners' certificate sale date.

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Indiana calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.

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County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

Morgan County Treasurer's Office

(765) 342-1048

180 S. Main St., Suite 129, Martinsville, IN 46151

Official website

County notes

  • Morgan County runs its tax sale in person at the county administration building at 180 S Main St in Martinsville, in the Lucille Sadler Room "A", starting at 10:00 AM. Pre-registering through SRI speeds up check in, but bidders can still register the morning of the sale.
  • The Treasurer's Office collects the winning bid and handles redemptions; call (765) 342-1048 for redemption figures. The Morgan County Auditor issues the tax deed. SRI lists Auditor Linda Pruitt at 765-342-1001 and Treasurer Dan Bastin at 765-342-1048.
  • SRI posts a preliminary parcel list before the auction. The county-hosted lien buyer handout warns that any list released before the auction is preliminary, is "subject to change without notice," and that minimum bids can change, so verify minimum bid amounts on sale day before bidding.
  • Treasurer's Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., open through lunch and closed on major holidays. Mail goes to Morgan County Treasurer, 180 S. Main St., Ste 129, Martinsville, IN 46151.

Indiana rules

Max interest rate
15% of the amount paid maximum, as a flat statutory penalty
Minimum return
10% statutory penalty at redemption
Redemption
The standard period is one year after the date of the treasurer's tax sale. Several tracks run 120 days instead: a certificate bought at the county executive's certificate sale, a lien the county executive holds that was never sold on, a sale to a purchasing agency qualified under IC 36-7-17 or IC 36-7-17.1, a certificate the county executive assigns to another political subdivision, and a parcel that was not offered at the tax sale at all. Property on the county auditor's vacant and abandoned list carries no right of redemption after its sale. A county treasurer may also extend redemption by agreement with the owner, in which case the extended period ends one year after the date of that agreement.
Surplus proceeds
The treasurer applies the payment first to the taxes, assessments, penalties, and costs in the minimum bid, then to other delinquent property taxes, then deposits the remainder in a tax sale surplus fund. The owner of record at the time the parcel was certified for sale, or the purchaser on a redemption, may file a verified claim against that fund. Unclaimed surplus transfers to the county general fund three years after it was received.
Governing statute
IC 6-1.1-24

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 Morgan County, Indiana sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax lien certificates. In Indiana investors buy the lien, not the property; the County Treasurer runs the sale.

When is the Morgan County tax certificate sale?

Annual, in early October. SRI's Morgan County page lists the next sale as "Tax Sale, Wednesday, October 7, 2026," format "In-person," with "Sale Hours 10:00 AM" and "Sale Location Lucille Sadler Room "A"." The county's published notice for the prior year sale opened "Beginning 10:00 AM Local Time, October 1, 2024" at "180 S Main St, Martinsville, IN; Lucille Sadler Room "A"," and states the sale "will continue until all tracts and real property have been offered for sale." The sale is held in person. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Indiana's redemption rule: 1 year from the date of sale. Call the Morgan County Treasurer's Office (Treasurer Dan Bastin), with the Morgan County Auditor joining the application for the court judgment and order of sale. SRI Incorporated administers the auction for the county. 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 Morgan County tax sale list?

Morgan County posts its tax sale list at sriservices.com. 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 Jul 30, 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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