A recent delinquent property tax sale in Marshall County netted the county $59,680 from the sale of 39 parcels.
Marshall County Auditor Julie Fox and Treasurer Angie Birchmeier conducted the sale with assistance from Indianapolis-based SRI Incorporated.
A property tax sale is required to be held where an owner of real estate fails to pay the property taxes from the prior year’s first property tax bill installment. A tax lien on the property may be sold to have one year to pay the delinquent property taxes, costs, and penalties to keep the property.
SRI offered 39 parcels to 26 bidders.
There were 19 properties that did not sell. As a result, the county commissioners acquired a tax lien. A certificate sale may held in the future to get the properties back on the tax roll.
