Vermillion County, IN tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Vermillion 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 Vermillion County, seat of Newport: 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
- The sale runs in the fall.
- Format
- In person
- County office
- (765) 492-5360
On this page
How Vermillion 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
- Vermillion County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The sale runs in the fall.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidder registration is handled by SRI Incorporated at https://sriservices.com/ and covers every Indiana county SRI services, so you register once for all of them. The county notice tells bidders to bring the completed registration form and a W-9 (both printable from the registration site) to each sale, and to arrive at least 30 minutes before the 10:00 AM start to be sure of getting a bid number. Bidders without internet access may register the morning of the sale. Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity that wants to register must provide the Vermillion County Treasurer with a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement from the Secretary of State.
Sale format and venue
Vermillion County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Vermillion 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 Treasurer tax sale advertisement list for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
The sale runs in the fall. 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 Vermillion County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Vermillion County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Treasurer tax sale advertisement list. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidder registration is handled by SRI Incorporated at https://sriservices.com/ and covers every Indiana county SRI services, so you register once for all of them. The county notice tells bidders to bring the completed registration form and a W-9 (both printable from the registration site) to each sale, and to arrive at least 30 minutes before the 10:00 AM start to be sure of getting a bid number. Bidders without internet access may register the morning of the sale. Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity that wants to register must provide the Vermillion County Treasurer with a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement from the Secretary of State.
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)
255 S. Main St., Courthouse 2nd Fl., P.O. Box 99, Newport, IN 47966-0099
Official websiteCounty notes
- Treasurer Jennifer Umbarger-Peebles. The office also lists (765) 492-5345 as an auto attendant with extensions 362, 363, 364 and 365, and a fax at (765) 492-5326.
- Vermillion County Auditor's Office: Auditor Ron Dunavan, Courthouse 2nd Floor, 255 S. Main Street, PO Box 190, Newport, IN 47966-0190, phone (765) 492-5300. The auditor signs the tax sale notice and handles the tax deed side of the process.
- The 2025 notice sets the minimum bid as the delinquent taxes and special assessments on the parcel, the taxes and special assessments due and payable in the year of the sale, all penalties on the delinquencies, $50 for postage and publication costs plus any other county costs directly attributable to the tax sale, and any unpaid costs due under IC 6-1.1-24-2(c) from a prior tax sale.
- Per that notice, redemption costs 110% of the minimum bid if redeemed within six months of the sale date and 115% if redeemed later, plus the amount by which the purchase price exceeded the minimum bid with 5% per annum interest on that overbid, plus any taxes and special assessments the purchaser paid after the sale.
- Certificates struck off to the county carry a shorter window. The 2025 notice put that redemption expiry at Monday, February 09, 2026.
- The tax sale notice now appears only once in newspapers, and the county directs readers to www.vermilliongov.us for subsequent notices.
- A full parcel list can be pulled from SRI's property search at https://sriservices.com/properties by selecting Indiana and Vermillion County. The notice warns that under IC 6-1.1-24-3(e) property descriptions may be omitted from the published list for parcels appearing on the certified list in consecutive years.
- The Auditor and Treasurer reserve the right to withhold any parcel listed in error or that becomes ineligible before or during the sale, and minimum bids can change before the auction date.
- SRI Incorporated support for bidders: (800) 800-9588, support@sriservices.com.
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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Where can I find the Vermillion County tax sale list?
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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