Porter County, Indiana

Oct 21, 2026 · in 20 days· 09:00 AM

Tax Lienscheduledvia County site

Parcels

532

532 land-only hidden

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

365 days

10% flat penalty

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Certificate is a lien only. Mortgages and other liens remain until a valid tax deed issues after redemption expires and statutory notices. Federal tax liens and bankruptcy can impair outcomes. Post-sale investor notice duties are strict under IC 6-1.1-25.

Porter County rules

Sale type: Tax Lien
Redemption period: 1 year from sale
Investor return: 10–15% plus 5–10% penalty depending on timing
Governing statute: Indiana Code Title 6, Art. 1.1
Population: 175,860 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: Online
Frequency: Annually in October (2026: Oct 21–22 online); commissioners’ certificate sale may follow for unsolds
Platform: SRI Incorporated — Porter County Tax/Certificate Sale800-800-9588
Deposit rules: Register on SRI/Zeus platform and complete W-9 plus statutory bidder affidavit (no delinquent taxes/judgments in the county). Pre-auction deposit practice varies by Indiana SRI counties — confirm Porter packet for the current cycle. Payment of winning certificate amounts due per SRI settlement rules. Lien Buyer Handout covers notice requirements after purchase.

Title risk

After tax deed issues, quiet title is commonly used to obtain insurable/marketable title for resale or financing in Indiana.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Porter County Auditor — Tax Sale/Certificate Sale219-465-3400
Clerk of court: Porter County Clerk / Circuit Court (tax deed petitions)
Property appraiser: Porter County Assessor / Beacon property search
GIS / parcel map: Porter County GIS / parcel resources

Areas trending up

Valparaiso core / university edge — County seat employment, Valparaiso University demand, and SF resale liquidity on the Chicago-exurb fringe
Portage / I-94 industrial corridor — Logistics and manufacturing jobs supporting workforce housing absorption
Chesterton–Porter beach-town fringe — Indiana Dunes tourism and premium lakeshore demand with constrained inventory

Notes

Indiana tax-lien (certificate) county — not a tax-deed auction. Porter County Auditor/Treasurer sell certificates on delinquent real-property taxes at an annual online auction via SRI Incorporated (properties.sriservices.com / Zeus-class SRI stack). 2026 Tax Sale scheduled online October 21–22, 2026. Successful bidders receive a Tax Sale Certificate (lien), not a deed; owners generally have one year to redeem under IC 6-1.1-24/25 before a tax-deed petition path. Local quirk: Porter County Ordinance No. 00-7 restricts distribution of tax-sale results to in-person examination at the Auditor’s office only (no electronic results distribution). Review SRI Lien Buyer Handout for post-sale noticing duties. NW Indiana / Chicago commute (Valparaiso, Portage, Chesterton).

3 sources

Inherited from Indiana rather than researched for Porter: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 532 land-only parcel(s)

Nothing left to show

Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 532 land-only. Land-only means no street address, a house number of zero, or a street with no number; withdrawn parcels are no longer on offer.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Indiana assesses at 100% of true tax value (assessed value has equalled 100% of true tax value since the 2001 assessment year), so the statutory ratio is 1.0. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.