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Newton county sheriff7/24/2023 ![]() "Indiana law prohibits a person who owes delinquent taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, or costs directly attributable to real property under IC 6-1.1 from bidding on or purchasing property at a sheriff's sale. The affidavit used by the Newton County Sheriff's Office states the following: 32-29-7 in it's entirety prior to participating in a Sheriff's Sale. Your due diligence should include reviewing I.C. 1048 requires an individual, partnership, business, etc., that intends to bid on property offered at a Sheriff's Sale to sign an affidavit confirming that they are not prohibited from bidding under I.C. ALL SALES MAY BE CANCELLED RIGHT UP UNTIL THE TIME OF SALE. Notices are also posted at the Newton County Courthouse. Notices of Sale are available on our website They are also published at least 30 day prior to Sale in the Newton County Enterprise, a paper of weekly circulation in Newton County. If you are the successful bidder and your check is greater than your successful bid, the Sheriff will issue you a check for the surplus after funds are deposited and the check has been honored by the institution on which it was drawn. All certified checks are to be payable to the Newton County Sheriff. We do not accept letters of credit from a financial institution. A suggestion for the bidder is to bring a cashier’s check for the highest amount they wish to bid. The Plaintiff always opens the bid and may start lower than the judgment amount.īids must be in the form of CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK. ![]() All Sheriff’s Sales are conducted according to (but not limited to) IC 32-29-7 through 32-29-7-14 and IC 32-8-16-5.īidding is open and progressive. Sheriff’s Sales and Tax Sales are completely different. There is a one year redemption period on Tax Sales. ![]() Tax Sales are when the property owners do not pay their property taxes and are sold through the Newton County Auditor/Treasurer’s Office. There is no redemption period on Sheriff’s Sales. Sheriff’s Sales are Mortgage Foreclosures where a judgment has been entered through the court. Indiana Law requires the Sheriff to follow certain guidelines that does not afford him the opportunity to allow the public time to acquire funding. Many times the public will have questions concerning properties that are going to be auctioned by the Newton County Sheriff.
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