Allen County tax sales, Indiana

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Allen County runs its tax sale information through the auditor office, and its page states a local eligibility shorthand that a property delinquent for three or more installments is eligible for tax sale, which is a county summary and not the statutory test in IC 6-1.1-24-1. The page also states that certain unsold properties may be certified to the board of commissioners and assigned and deeded to the Allen County Community Development Corporation for resale. Unverified flags: the auditor page read does not publish the sale format, the platform, a registration window, or a deposit amount for the 2026 sale, so each of those facts is unverified in this record.

Selling office: Allen County Treasurer

Next sale: 2026 tax sale, September 16, 2026, completed. The auditor page states that the 2026 tax sale will be held September 16, 2026, and the same page now lists 2026 Sold Properties, so as of November 9, 2026 the sale already ran on that verified date. The page does not publish a time of day, a format, or a platform for that date in the text read.

As of November 9, 2026, the 2026 Allen County tax sale, held September 16, 2026, is complete and the auditor page lists 2026 Sold Properties. The page read does not publish a parcel count for the 2026 sale, so no count is given here.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	2026 tax sale, September 16, 2026, completed
The sale	The Allen County Treasurer sells tax sale certificates at the sale held September 16, 2026 under IC 6-1.1-24-5, with the auditor as clerk of the sale. The format of the 2026 sale is unverified in the sources read.
The list	The auditor page states that if a property is delinquent for three or more installments it is eligible for tax sale. The governing statutory test is IC 6-1.1-24-1, delinquency from the prior year spring installment or before, certified by the treasurer to the auditor.
Registration	The auditor page read does not publish a registration window, a registration site, or registration instructions for the 2026 sale, so registration detail is unverified in this record. The statute requires the IC 6-1.1-24-5.3 statement and, for a business entity, the IC 6-1.1-24-5.1 certificate of existence.
Bidding and the certificate	Bidding starts at the statutory minimum bid in IC 6-1.1-24-5(e) and the highest bidder receives a tax sale certificate, a lien, not a deed. Any overbid goes to the tax sale surplus fund under IC 6-1.1-24-7.
Redemption	The owner may redeem within one year after the date of sale by paying the IC 6-1.1-25-2 amount to the county treasurer. The auditor page directs redemption and title questions to the auditor office.
Unsold parcels	Certain unsold properties may be certified to the board of commissioners and subsequently assigned and deeded to the Allen County Community Development Corporation for resale to the public. Not all unsold tax sale properties are deeded to that corporation.
Format	Unverified in the sources read: The Allen County Auditor tax sale page read does not publish an online platform or an auction web site for the 2026 sale, so the platform is unverified in this record.
Selling office	Allen County Treasurer

Sources: Allen County Auditor, Tax Sale page. Indiana Code IC 6-1.1-24, iga.in.gov. Indiana Code IC 6-1.1-25, iga.in.gov. Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.

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How Indiana tax lien sales work

Unpaid taxes become a lien, and the treasurer certifies the list. A parcel becomes eligible when taxes or special assessments from the prior year spring installment or before are delinquent. Under IC 6-1.1-24-1 the county treasurer certifies the delinquent list to the county auditor on or after January 1 of the sale year and not later than fifty one days after the first tax payment due date in that year, and the auditor and treasurer then apply for a court judgment and order for sale.
The treasurer sells, and the auditor keeps the record. Under IC 6-1.1-24-5(e) the county treasurer sells the parcel at public auction to the highest bidder, subject to the right of redemption, and under IC 6-1.1-24-5(g) the county auditor serves as clerk of the sale. The treasurer may run the sale by electronic means under IC 6-1.1-24-5(i), and most counties in this set sell online in the fall through SRI Incorporated on ZeusAuction. Marion County is the exception in this set: it sells on GovEase.
Bidding opens at the minimum bid, and the overbid leaves the deal. The minimum bid under IC 6-1.1-24-5(e) is the delinquent taxes and special assessments, the taxes and assessments due in the year of sale, penalties, sale costs, and any unpaid costs from a prior sale. The purchaser pays the full bid immediately to the treasurer under IC 6-1.1-24-7; the minimum bid portion is applied to the taxes and costs, and anything paid above it goes to the tax sale surplus fund.
Redemption pays fixed percentages, not a bid rate. Under IC 6-1.1-25-2 the redeemer pays 110 percent of the minimum bid if the parcel is redeemed within six months of the sale, or 115 percent if it is redeemed after six months and within the year, plus the overbid itself with interest at 5 percent per year, plus later taxes the purchaser paid with interest at 5 percent per year, plus the notice and title costs the statute allows. Nothing in Indiana is bid down or bid up: the percentages are the same in every county.
Some parcels sell with no redemption at all, and unsold certificates go to the commissioners. A parcel on the county vacant and abandoned list under IC 6-1.1-24-1.5 has no right of redemption after its sale. For an ordinary parcel the deed is earned on deadlines: the notice under IC 6-1.1-25-4.5 within six months, and the petition for a tax deed under IC 6-1.1-25-4.6 within three months after the redemption year expires. Parcels nobody bids on pass to the county executive under IC 6-1.1-24-6 and are offered again at a commissioners certificate sale under IC 6-1.1-24-6.1, at a price below the original minimum bid, with a redemption period of only 120 days.

How bidding works in Allen County

The auditor page read does not publish registration instructions for the 2026 sale, so the registration window, the registration site, and any local registration form are unverified in this record. State law still applies: a bidder must sign the statement required by IC 6-1.1-24-5.3, a person who owes delinquent taxes on a listed parcel is barred from bidding by IC 6-1.1-24-5.7, and a business entity must provide a certificate of existence or foreign registration statement to the county treasurer under IC 6-1.1-24-5.1.

The percentages are fixed, so the overbid sets your real rate. Redemption can pay no more than 115 percent of the minimum bid, and everything above the minimum earns 5 percent. A parcel won at twice its minimum bid returns close to 5 percent overall even if the owner redeems on the best possible day. The disciplined Indiana bid stays at or near the minimum and lets other bidders own the expensive parcels.
The certificate dies on missed deadlines. The notice under IC 6-1.1-25-4.5 is due within six months of the sale and the deed petition within three months after the redemption year ends. Indiana pays the bidder who runs a calendar, and quietly confiscates the position of the bidder who does not.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Deposit, Allen County	The auditor page does not publish a deposit amount for the 2026 sale, so no deposit amount is stated here. Many Indiana sales take no separate deposit beyond the bid itself, and nothing in the official sources read for Allen County states a separate deposit, a paddle fee, or a registration fee for 2026. Any deposit claim for this county should be treated as unverified until the auditor or treasurer publishes one.
Payment, Allen County	Under IC 6-1.1-24-7 the purchaser pays the amount of the bid to the county treasurer immediately at the sale. The auditor page read does not publish a local payment method or a local payment deadline for the 2026 sale, so no local method or deadline is stated here. A purchaser who fails to pay the bid faces the twenty five percent civil penalty in IC 6-1.1-24-8 and the parcel is again offered for sale.
What is sold	A tax sale certificate: a lien on the property for the delinquent taxes, penalties and sale costs. Not the property, not a deed, and no right to enter or use it. A deed exists only at the end of the notice and petition process, after the redemption period expires unredeemed.
The minimum bid	Set by IC 6-1.1-24-5(e): the delinquent taxes and special assessments, the taxes and assessments due and payable in the year of sale, penalties on the delinquencies, an auditor amount for postage and publication and other sale costs, and any unpaid costs from a prior tax sale. Every bid is measured against that floor.
The overbid	Any amount paid above the minimum bid goes to the tax sale surplus fund under IC 6-1.1-24-7; the county does not keep it as taxes. On redemption it is returned to the purchaser with interest at 5 percent per year for sales after June 30, 2014 (IC 6-1.1-25-2). It is the part of the bid that earns the least, and it is most of the bid on a contested parcel.
Redemption money	One hundred ten percent of the minimum bid if the parcel is redeemed not more than six months after the sale, or one hundred fifteen percent if redeemed more than six months but not more than one year after the sale, plus the overbid with 5 percent interest, plus taxes and special assessments the purchaser paid after the sale with 5 percent interest, plus the notice and title costs allowed by IC 6-1.1-25-2(e).
Redemption periods	One year after the date of sale for an ordinary parcel (IC 6-1.1-25-4(a)). No right of redemption at all for a parcel sold from the vacant and abandoned list under IC 6-1.1-24-1.5. One hundred twenty days for a commissioners certificate sold under IC 6-1.1-24-6.1 (IC 6-1.1-25-4(c)). Read the parcel's list status before pricing any of the three.
The deed path	Notice under IC 6-1.1-25-4.5 not later than six months after the sale, or ninety days for a commissioners or county held certificate, then a petition for a tax deed under IC 6-1.1-25-4.6 after the redemption period expires and not later than three months after it expires. Miss either window and the certificate is spent, whatever was paid for it.

Unsold parcels: the commissioners certificate sale

Allen County states that certain unsold properties from the tax sale may be certified to the board of commissioners and subsequently assigned and deeded to the Allen County Community Development Corporation for resale to the public, and that not all unsold properties are deeded to that corporation. That local assignment route sits on top of the general Indiana layer: under IC 6-1.1-24-6 the county executive acquires a lien on unsold parcels, and under IC 6-1.1-24-6.1 the commissioners may sell the certificates by resolution below the IC 6-1.1-24-5 minimum bid, with a one hundred twenty day redemption period from the sale of the certificate under IC 6-1.1-25-4(c).

Before you bid

Read the parcel's list status before its rate. A parcel on the vacant and abandoned list sells with no right of redemption at all, which makes it a different purchase from the identical parcel one line up the list. The list a parcel was sold from is part of its price.
Assume the 2026 sale already ran. Indiana's season is September and October for most counties in this set, and every dated 2026 sale here was complete when these pages were checked. Treat this set as the verified 2026 record and the 2027 working map, and confirm the new season's dates with the treasurer.
Model the overbid at 5 percent, not at the headline percentages. The 110 and 115 percent figures apply to the minimum bid only. Run the redemption case with your full bid in the denominator before deciding what a parcel is worth to you.
Set the maximum before the sale opens. The free Max-Bid Calculator below works backwards from your exit value to the highest bid you can pay, with the costs shown.

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