Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to vacant or abandoned real property that is on the list prepared by the county auditor under section 1.5 of this chapter.
(b) When real property is eligible for sale under this chapter, the county auditor shall post a copy of the notice required by section 2 of this chapter at a public place of posting in the county courthouse or in another public county building at least twenty-one (21) days before the earliest date of application for judgment. In addition, the county auditor shall, in accordance with IC 5-3-1-4, publish the notice required in section 2 of this chapter once each week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the earliest date on which the application for judgment may be made. The expenses of this publication shall be paid out of the county general fund without prior appropriation.
(c) At least twenty-one (21) days before the application for judgment is made, the county auditor shall mail a copy of the notice required by section 2 of this chapter by certified mail, return receipt requested, to any mortgagee, or purchaser under an installment land contract recorded in the office of the county recorder, who annually requests, by certified mail, a copy of the notice.
(d) The notices mailed under this section are considered sufficient notice of the intended application for judgment and of the sale of real property under the order of the court.
(e) For properties not sold at their initial tax sale, the county auditor may omit the descriptions of the tracts or items of real property specified in section 2(b)(1) and 2(b)(5) of this chapter for those properties when they come up for sale at subsequent tax sales if:
(1) the county auditor includes in the notice a statement that descriptions of those tracts or items of real property are available on the Internet web site of the county government or the county government's contractor and the information may be obtained in an alternative form from the county auditor upon request; and
(2) the descriptions of those tracts or items of real property eligible for sale a second or subsequent time are made available on the Internet web site of the county government or the county government's contractor and may be obtained from the county auditor in an alternative form upon request in accordance with section 3.4 of this chapter.
[Pre-1975 Property Tax Recodification Citation: 6-1-56-2 part.]
Formerly: Acts 1975, P.L.47, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.74, SEC.2; P.L.87-1987, SEC.3; P.L.83-1989, SEC.5; P.L.50-1990, SEC.5; P.L.39-1994, SEC.5; P.L.29-1998, SEC.2; P.L.139-2001, SEC.3; P.L.169-2006, SEC.17; P.L.247-2015, SEC.12; P.L.118-2015, SEC.1; P.L.251-2015, SEC.3; P.L.187-2016, SEC.2.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 24. Sale of Real Property When Taxes or Special Assessments Become Delinquent
6-1.1-24-1. Delinquency List; Certification
6-1.1-24-1.2. Removal of Property From Delinquency List; Arrangement for Payment of Delinquent Taxes
6-1.1-24-1.4. Orders for Necessary Repairs
6-1.1-24-1.5. Vacant or Abandoned Real Property List; Auction; Notice
6-1.1-24-1.7. Properties Not Suitable for Tax Sale; Notice
6-1.1-24-2.3. Notice of Sale of Vacant or Abandoned Property
6-1.1-24-3. Notice of Auction Sale
6-1.1-24-3.4. Requests for Information in an Alternative Form
6-1.1-24-4. Notice of Sale to Owner; Other Notices; Listing of Properties on Tax Sale Record
6-1.1-24-4.5. Urban Homesteading Agency; List of Real Property With Delinquent Taxes
6-1.1-24-4.7. Judgment and Order for Sale; Procedure
6-1.1-24-5. Conduct of Sale; Parcels Subject to Sale; Minimum Sale Price; Sale by Electronic Means
6-1.1-24-5.1. Ineligible Purchasers; Registration to Bid
6-1.1-24-5.3. Persons Barred From Bidding on or Purchasing Tracts Offered for Sale
6-1.1-24-5.4. Foreign Business Associations
6-1.1-24-5.7. Signed Statement; Forfeiture
6-1.1-24-6. Lien by County; Tax Sale Certificate
6-1.1-24-6.1. Public Sale by County Executive of Certificates of Sale; Notice
6-1.1-24-6.2. Transfer of Property to the City or Town in Which the Property Is Located
6-1.1-24-6.3. Conditions of Sale of Certificates of Sale
6-1.1-24-6.7. Transfer of Property to a Nonprofit Entity
6-1.1-24-6.8. Transfer of Parcels and Certificates of Sale to Adjacent Homeowners
6-1.1-24-6.9. Transfer of Property to a Person Able to Repair and Maintain the Property
6-1.1-24-8. Failure to Pay Bid; Effect
6-1.1-24-9. Certificate of Sale; Contents; Purchaser's Lien; Assignments
6-1.1-24-10. Guarantee by Treasurer
6-1.1-24-11. Certificate of Sale as Presumptive Evidence
6-1.1-24-12. Priority of Purchaser's Lien at Subsequent Sale
6-1.1-24-14. Duties Regarding Conduct of Tax Sale
6-1.1-24-17. Assignment of a Certificate of Sale to a Nonprofit Entity