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County/City Building
227 W. Jefferson Blvd.
South Bend, IN 46601-1830
Phone: (574) 235-9534
www.stjosephcountyindiana.com

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph county, Indiana.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of St. Joseph county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem St. Joseph county, Indiana allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph 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: 
Cynthia BodleCommissionerpag@co.st-joseph.in.us
Mark DobsonCommissioner, District 1markdob17@aol.com
Steve RossCommissioner 
Joseph BaldoniCouncil, District H 
Mark Anthony CatanzariteCouncil, District G 
Dale DevonCouncil, District Czwitness@aol.com
Andrew KostielneyCouncil 
Michael KrukCouncil 
Rafael MortonCouncil, District D 
W. Randall PrzybyszCouncil, District A 
Mark RootCouncil 
Dennis SchaferCouncil, District F 
Michael DvorakProsecuting Attorney 
Anthony ZappiaAttorney 
Frank Canarecci Jr.Sheriff 
Sean ColemanTreasurer 
Michael EbyAuditormeby@co.st-joseph.in.us
David WesolowskiAssessor 
Terri RethlakeRecordertrethlake@co.st-joseph.in.us

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