Delaware County, Indiana

Oct 14, 2026 · in 13 days· 09:00 AM

Tax Lienscheduledvia County site

Parcels

917

917 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 stage does not clear title. After tax deed issues post-redemption, most junior private liens are cut off; federal and some governmental liens can survive. Full title search before deed petition.

Delaware 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: 112,951 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: Online (confirm current vendor) / fall certificate sale
Frequency: Typically one fall tax certificate sale annually (often October) — confirm 2026 date with Auditor
Platform: SRI Incorporated (recent cycles) — confirm current Delaware County tax sale vendor800-800-9588
Deposit rules: Pre-register online with the announced vendor (SRI for recent cycles). Deposit, funding, and settlement rules per SRI/county packet for that year. Call Auditor/Treasurer (historically 765-747-7808 Treasurer range) to confirm platform if county page still shows mixed GUTS history vs. SRI.

Title risk

Tax deed issuance has statutory notice requirements; quiet title is still often used to make title insurable for resale in the Muncie market.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Delaware County Auditor / Treasurer — Tax Sale765-747-7808
Clerk of court: Delaware County Clerk (tax deed / court records)
Property appraiser: Delaware County Assessor — parcel search
GIS / parcel map: Delaware County / Muncie GIS parcel resources (incl. Land Bank dashboards)

Areas trending up

Downtown Muncie / Ball State edge — University-driven rental demand and selective adaptive-reuse supporting small multifamily turns
Northwest Muncie / medical corridor — Hospital employment supporting relatively stable workforce housing absorption
Yorktown / Daleville I-69 fringe — Suburban school-driven demand with more liquid SF than soft inner-city blocks

Notes

Indiana tax-lien (certificate) county. Delaware County (Muncie) historically ran tax sales on GUTS; more recent county materials (Fall 2025) direct bidders to SRI (1-800-800-9588) with online pre-registration. Delaware County’s newer tax-sale page notes a fall auction pattern (test/placeholder date Oct 17, 2026 at Heartland Hall, Delaware County Fairgrounds appears on county meeting calendar — treat as provisional). Confirm current platform (SRI vs. other), exact 2026 dates, and deposit rules with the Auditor/Treasurer before registering. Buyer receives a tax sale certificate, not fee title; redemption then tax-deed court process. Muncie Land Bank tracks sale outcomes for local inventory strategy.

5 sources

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

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 917 land-only parcel(s)

Nothing left to show

Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 917 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.