Posey County, IN tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Posey 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 Posey County, seat of Mount Vernon: 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
- Annual sale in late August.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- Bidders register through SRI.
- County office
- (812) 838-1316
On this page
How Posey 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)
- Run by
- Posey County Treasurer and Posey County Auditor, with the sale administered by SRI Incorporated
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Annual sale in late August.
- Registration
- Bidders register through SRI.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidders register through SRI. The notice states: "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. Make sure to bring the completed form with you to each sale." Bidders without internet access "may register the morning of the sale," and the notice asks bidders to "arrive the morning of the tax sale at least 30 minutes before the beginning time" to get a bid number. Business entities must provide a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement under IC 5-23 from the Secretary of State to the Posey County Treasurer.
Sale format and venue
Posey County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Posey 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 2026 Notice of Real Property Tax Sale with parcel list and minimum bids (PDF) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Annual sale in late August. 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.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Posey County Treasurer and Posey County Auditor, with the sale administered by SRI Incorporated as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Posey County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from 2026 Notice of Real Property Tax Sale with parcel list and minimum bids (PDF). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidders register through SRI. The notice states: "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. Make sure to bring the completed form with you to each sale." Bidders without internet access "may register the morning of the sale," and the notice asks bidders to "arrive the morning of the tax sale at least 30 minutes before the beginning time" to get a bid number. Business entities must provide a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement under IC 5-23 from the Secretary of State to the Posey County Treasurer.
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.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 certificates
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)
County notes
- Format: live, in person auction at the Hovey House, Commissioners' Room, Mount Vernon, starting at 10:00 AM local time. The 2026 notice allows local officials to switch to an electronic sale at www.zeusauction.com under IC 6-1.1-24-2(b)(10) on the same date and time, with location updates posted at www.sriservices.com before the sale.
- Minimum bid is set by statute and equals delinquent taxes and special assessments, plus taxes and special assessments due and payable in the year of the sale, plus all penalties on the delinquencies, plus an auditor-prescribed amount of $25 for postage and publication plus other county costs directly attributable to the tax sale, plus any unpaid costs due under IC 6-1.1-24-2(c) from a prior tax sale. The notice adds that minimum bids "are subject to change prior to the auction date."
- Redemption pricing per the notice: 110% of the minimum bid if redeemed not more than six months after the sale date, or 115% of the minimum bid if redeemed more than six months after the sale date, plus the amount by which the purchase price exceeded the minimum bid, plus 5% per annum interest on that overbid. Taxes and special assessments the purchaser pays after the sale are also added, with 5% per annum interest.
- Redemption deadlines in the 2026 notice: the period expires Tuesday, August 31, 2027 for certificates sold at the sale. For certificates struck to the county, the period may expire Tuesday, December 29, 2026.
- Under IC 6-1.1-25-2(e) the redemption amount may also include the purchaser's attorney fees and cost of giving notice under IC 6-1.1-25-4.5, plus the cost of a title search or of examining and updating the abstract of title.
- Judgment step: the county auditor and county treasurer apply on or after 08/14/2026 for a court judgment and an order to sell. Any defense must be filed with the Posey County Circuit Court and served on the auditor and treasurer before 08/14/2026, with a hearing set at least seven days before the advertised sale date.
- Surplus: if a parcel sells for more than the minimum bid and is not redeemed, the owner of record divested at the time the tax deed is issued may have a right to the tax sale surplus.
- Advertising: "Pursuant to a change in law, this publication will appear only once in newspapers. Subsequent notices can be found at https://www.poseycountyin.gov/." Watch the county site rather than the newspaper for updates.
- Under IC 6-1.1-24-3(e) property descriptions may be omitted for parcels that appear on the certified list in consecutive years. The notice states a complete property list may be obtained at www.sriservices.com or in an alternative form on request, and that the county does not warrant the accuracy of street addresses or common descriptions.
- The Auditor and Treasurer reserve the right to withhold any parcel listed in error or that becomes ineligible before or during the sale.
- Offices: the 2026 notice is signed by Maegen Greenwell, Auditor, Posey County, Indiana, dated 07/14/2026. The Auditor's Office phone is (812) 838-1300 and the Treasurer, Vicki J. Peerman, handles collections and bidder paperwork at (812) 838-1316, open Monday through Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm.
- Caution on third party sites: commercial lien listing sites republish Indiana county sale data and search results for this county surface several of them. Only the county notice on poseycountyin.gov and the SRI sale record are authoritative for parcels, minimum bids and sale format.
- The county's DataPitStop treasurer portal hosts a searchable list of parcels eligible for tax sale, but the host name did not match its TLS certificate at the time of research, so it is not cited here. Ask the Treasurer's office for the current eligible list link.
Indiana rules
- 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.
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 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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