Auditor Sales

Properties that have been tax-foreclosed and have not sold at two separate Sheriff's Sales are forfeited to the State of Ohio. The Auditor conducts an annual forfeited land sale of these properties. The County Auditor must offer the property for sale within 1 year of notice. At the sale the property must be offered for the back taxes plus any fees. If it doesn't sell, the Auditor will re offer it again after the completion of all sales that day. The second sale will remove any back taxes. Prior to any sale, the county Prosecutor will release any State and Local liens on the property. Properties are subject to any federal liens. 

Any buyer of a property can't be delinquent on any property taxes in the State of Ohio. Also, If the county auditor discovers within three years after the date of the sale that a parcel was sold to that owner or a member of the specified class of parties connected to that owner for a price less than the amount so described, and if the parcel is still owned by that owner or a member of the specified class of parties connected to that owner, the auditor within thirty days after such discovery shall add the difference between that amount and the sale price to the amount of taxes that then stand charged against the parcel and is payable at the next succeeding date for payment of real property taxes.

Properties for Sale