Ripley County, IN tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Ripley 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 Ripley County, seat of Versailles: 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
- Late October to early November, beginning at 10:00 AM local time.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- Register through SRI Services at https://www.sriservices.com/.
- County office
- 812-689-6352
On this page
How Ripley 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
- Ripley County Auditor and Ripley County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Late October to early November, beginning at 10:00 AM local time.
- Registration
- Register through SRI Services at https://www.sriservices.com/.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register through SRI Services at https://www.sriservices.com/. The 2025 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. Bring the registration form and a W-9, which print from the registration site, and arrive at least 30 minutes before the 10:00 AM start to be assured of a bid number. Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity that seeks to register must provide a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement under IC 5-23 from the Secretary of State to the Ripley County Treasurer.
Sale format and venue
Ripley County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Ripley 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 2025 Ripley County Tax Lien Sale (Notice of Real Property Tax Sale, certified parcel list) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Late October to early November, beginning at 10:00 AM local time. 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 Ripley County Auditor and Ripley County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Ripley County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from 2025 Ripley County Tax Lien Sale (Notice of Real Property Tax Sale, certified parcel list). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Register through SRI Services at https://www.sriservices.com/. The 2025 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. Bring the registration form and a W-9, which print from the registration site, and arrive at least 30 minutes before the 10:00 AM start to be assured of a bid number. Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity that seeks to register must provide a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement under IC 5-23 from the Secretary of State to the Ripley 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)
Ripley County Annex Building, 102 West First North Street, Versailles, IN 47042. Mailing address: P.O. Box 176, Versailles, IN 47042.
Official websiteCounty notes
- The Auditor compiles and certifies the delinquent list and signs the sale notice. The 2025 notice is signed "Amy Copeland, Auditor, Ripley County, Indiana" and dated 09/16/2025. The Auditor's duties page states the office "is required to compile annually on July 1 lists of real estate on which tax is delinquent preliminary to its posting and offering at public sale."
- Both offices control what reaches the block. The notice states "The Auditor and Treasurer specifically reserve the right to withhold from the sale any parcel which has been listed in error, or which otherwise becomes ineligible for sale either prior to 10/30/2025 or during the duration of the sale."
- Redemption deadlines in the 2025 notice: the period of redemption expires Friday, October 30, 2026 for certificates sold at the tax sale, and may expire Friday, February 27, 2026 for certificates struck to the county.
- Redemption pricing in the notice: 110 percent of the minimum bid if redeemed within six months of the sale, 115 percent if redeemed more than six months after the sale, plus the amount by which the purchase price exceeded the minimum bid and 5 percent per annum interest on that overbid amount.
- Judgment timeline for the 2025 cycle: the county applied for judgment on or after 10/13/2025, with any defense filed in Ripley County Superior Court and served on the Auditor and Treasurer before 10/13/2025.
- Stale link caution: the Auditor's Tax Sale Information page points to an SRI portal at tsm.sriservices.com, a hostname that no longer resolves. The Treasurer's page links to the working site at https://www.sriservices.com/, which is also the address named in the sale notice itself.
- The sale notice says subsequent notices can be found at www.ripleycounty.in.gov/advertisements/, but that page currently lists budget and claims documents rather than tax sale notices. The tax sale advertisement PDFs are reachable through the county site search and the Auditor's tax sale page.
- The county's separate /auction/ page is a surplus equipment auction run by the Ripley County Technology office and is unrelated to the tax lien sale.
- Ripley County Auditor contact for redemption figures and Form 137B: 812-689-6311, fax 812-689-3006, Ripley County Annex Building, 102 W. First North Street, P.O. Box 235, Versailles, IN 47042. The Auditor's tax sale page states that tax sale redemption amounts can be given by calling the office, and that a Form 137B cannot be filed with the Auditor's Office until 30 days after the tax sale.
- Form 137B cost caps listed by the Auditor: $475 for attorney's fees and the cost of giving notice under IC 6-1.1-25-4.5, and $250 for the cost of a title search or examining and updating the abstract of title.
- Ripley County Treasurer is Lisa Vestal. Office hours for both the Treasurer and the Auditor are Monday through Friday, 8am to 4pm.
- Zeus Auction (www.zeusauction.com) is operated by SRI and redirects bidders to the SRI sale search site, so both addresses lead back to the same vendor that administers the county's sale.
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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