Indiana Code
Chapter 24. Sale of Real Property When Taxes or Special Assessments Become Delinquent
6-1.1-24-4.6. Corrected Delinquency List; County Auditor Affidavit; Application for Judgment and Order for Sale as Cause of Action; Defenses

Sec. 4.6. (a) On the day on which the application for judgment and order for sale is made, the county treasurer shall report to the county auditor all of the tracts and real property listed in the notice required by section 2 of this chapter upon which all delinquent taxes and special assessments, all penalties due on the delinquencies, any unpaid costs due from a prior tax sale, and the amount due under section 2(b)(3)(D) of this chapter have been paid up to that time. The county auditor, assisted by the county treasurer, shall compare and correct the list, removing tracts and real property for which all delinquencies have been paid, and shall make and subscribe an affidavit in substantially the following form:
State of Indiana
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County of ____________
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I, ______________, treasurer of the county of __________, and I, _______________, auditor of the county of ___________, do solemnly affirm that the foregoing is a true and correct list of the real property within the county of ___________ upon which have remained delinquent uncollected taxes, special assessments, penalties and costs, as required by law for the time periods set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief.
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County Treasurer
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County Auditor
Dated ____________
I, _____________, auditor of the county of ____________, do solemnly affirm that notice of the application for judgment and order for sale was mailed via certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owners on the foregoing list, and publication made, as required by law.
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County Auditor
Dated ____________
(b) Annually, the county treasurer and the county auditor shall make application for judgment and order for sale. The application shall be made as one (1) cause of action to any court of competent jurisdiction jointly by the county treasurer and county auditor. The application shall include the names of at least one (1) of the owners of each tract or item of real property, the dates of mailing of the notice required by section 2 of this chapter, as applicable, the dates of publication required by section 3 of this chapter, and the affidavit and corrected list as provided in subsection (a).
(c) Any objection to the application for judgment and order of sale shall be filed with the court on or before the earliest date on which the application may be made as set forth in the notice required under section 2 of this chapter. The county auditor and the county treasurer for the county where the real property is located are entitled to receive all pleadings, motions, petitions, and other filings related to an objection to the application for judgment and order of sale.
As added by P.L.83-1989, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.50-1990, SEC.7; P.L.39-1994, SEC.7; P.L.169-2006, SEC.19; P.L.89-2007, SEC.3; P.L.247-2015, SEC.14; P.L.251-2015, SEC.5; P.L.236-2015, SEC.2.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 6. Taxation

Article 1.1. Property Taxes

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

6-1.1-24-1.9. Repealed

6-1.1-24-2. Notice of Tax Sale; Information Required in Notice; County Recovery of Unpaid Costs; Combined Sale or Redemption

6-1.1-24-2.1. Repealed

6-1.1-24-2.2. Repealed

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

6-1.1-24-3.5. Repealed

6-1.1-24-4. Notice of Sale to Owner; Other Notices; Listing of Properties on Tax Sale Record

6-1.1-24-4.1. Repealed

6-1.1-24-4.2. Repealed

6-1.1-24-4.5. Urban Homesteading Agency; List of Real Property With Delinquent Taxes

6-1.1-24-4.6. Corrected Delinquency List; County Auditor Affidavit; Application for Judgment and Order for Sale as Cause of Action; Defenses

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

6-1.1-24-5.2. Repealed

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

6-1.1-24-5.5. Repealed

6-1.1-24-5.6. Repealed

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

6-1.1-24-6.4. Distribution of Proceeds of Sale of Certificates of Sale; Tax Sale Surplus Fund; County Auditor Duty on Assignment of Certificate

6-1.1-24-6.5. Repealed

6-1.1-24-6.6. Repealed

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

6-1.1-24-7. Payment of Sale Price; Application of Payment; Tax Sale Surplus Fund; Claims Procedure; Fund Transfers; Invalidity of Sale

6-1.1-24-7.5. Limitations on Agreements for Recovery of Money Deposited in the Tax Sale Surplus Fund; Enforcement by Attorney General

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

6-1.1-24-13. Placement of Costs on Tax Duplicate of Unsold Tract; Execution of Deed of Unsold Vacant and Abandoned Property to Municipal or County Executive

6-1.1-24-14. Duties Regarding Conduct of Tax Sale

6-1.1-24-15. Repealed

6-1.1-24-16. Paddle Fee

6-1.1-24-17. Assignment of a Certificate of Sale to a Nonprofit Entity

6-1.1-24-17.5. Sale of Real Property to Eligible Nonprofit Entities for Low or Moderate Income Housing Project