Warrick County, IN tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Warrick 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 Warrick County, seat of Boonville: 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 held in October.
- Format
- ZEUS
- Registration
- Registration is handled entirely online through the auction site.
- County office
- 812-897-6166
On this page
How Warrick 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
- Warrick County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Annual sale held in October.
- Registration
- Registration is handled entirely online through the auction site.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Registration is handled entirely online through the auction site. The notice states: "registration information and the procedures you must follow to bid are available online at https://www.zeusauction.com. In order to participate, you must become a member of the auction web site (www.zeusauction.com). You must read, understand and agree to the rules of sale and payment terms. Once you become a member of the auction web site, you must register for the Warrick County auction, specifically." Bidders must also "complete IRS Form W-9 and agree to the registration statement described at IC 6-1.1-24-5.3(c) electronically, through the auction web site." For the 2025 cycle the window was: "The period to register for the sale begins on September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM and closes on October 08, 2025 at 2:00 PM local time. If you do not complete the full registration process for the sale you will not be approved to bid on the auction." Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity registering to bid must provide a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement under IC 5-23 from the Secretary of State to the Warrick County Treasurer.
Sale format and venue
Warrick County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Warrick 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 Notice of Real Property Tax Sale (eligible parcel list, posted 09/04/2025) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Annual sale held in October. Bidding runs on ZEUS; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Warrick County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Warrick County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Notice of Real Property Tax Sale (eligible parcel list, posted 09/04/2025). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Registration is handled entirely online through the auction site. The notice states: "registration information and the procedures you must follow to bid are available online at https://www.zeusauction.com. In order to participate, you must become a member of the auction web site (www.zeusauction.com). You must read, understand and agree to the rules of sale and payment terms. Once you become a member of the auction web site, you must register for the Warrick County auction, specifically." Bidders must also "complete IRS Form W-9 and agree to the registration statement described at IC 6-1.1-24-5.3(c) electronically, through the auction web site." For the 2025 cycle the window was: "The period to register for the sale begins on September 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM and closes on October 08, 2025 at 2:00 PM local time. If you do not complete the full registration process for the sale you will not be approved to bid on the auction." Under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1, a business entity registering to bid must provide a Certificate of Existence or Foreign Registration Statement under IC 5-23 from the Secretary of State to the Warrick 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
- The Treasurer's page confirms the office "holds an annual tax sale of delinquent real properties" but carries no sale specifics; the logistics live in the annual Notice of Real Property Tax Sale linked from the county homepage.
- Treasurer's office: Tabitha Heilman, Treasurer; Jamie Lochmueller, Chief Deputy. Fax 812-897-6167, email treas@warrickcounty.gov, open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Warrick County Auditor: Michael Dietsch, 1 County Square, Suite 240, Boonville, IN 47601, phone 812-897-6110, email auditor@warrickcounty.gov. The Auditor co-signs the sale notice and handles the tax deed side.
- Redemption payments and pre-sale payoffs go to the Warrick County Treasurer at One County Square Judicial Center, Suite 270, Boonville, IN 47601, in cash or certified funds.
- Any defense to the application for judgment must be filed with the Warrick County Superior #1 Court and served on the county auditor and treasurer before the deadline stated in the notice.
- The 2025 notice listed roughly 200 parcels across Boonville, Newburgh, Chandler, Elberfeld and surrounding townships, so the county carries meaningful annual inventory.
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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