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County Complex
813 Lincolnway
La Porte, IN 46350-0000
Phone: (219) 326-6808
www.alco.org

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If La Porte county, Indiana is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for La Porte county, Indiana.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of La Porte county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a La Porte county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the La Porte county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem La Porte county, Indiana allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the La Porte county, Indiana lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Indiana laws and competition, savvy La Porte county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Indiana tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Indiana tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Marlow HarmonCommissioner, Chair, District 1mharmon@laportecounty.org
William HagerCommissionerCommissioners@laportecounty.or
Barbara HustonCommissioner 
Jerry CooleyCouncil 
Terry GarnerCouncil 
John JonesCounciljonesforcouncil@hotmail.com
Mark LudlowCouncil 
Lois SosinskiCouncil 
Ann SpevakCouncil 
Mark YagelskiCouncil 
Robert BeckmanProsecuting AttorneyProsLp@adsnet.com
Krista MacClennan SmithCouncil Attorney 
Robert SzylagyiAttorney 
James ArnoldSheriff 
Kenneth LaytonTreasurerklayton@laportecounty.org
Teresa ShuterAuditorteresashuter@laportecounty.org
Carol McDanielAssessorcmcdaniel@laportecounty.org
Robert BehlerClerk of the Circuit CourtRBehler@laportecounty.org
Barbara DeanRecorderbdean@laportecounty.org

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