§ 6-1.1-24-13 — Placement of costs on tax duplicate of unsold tract; execution of deed of unsold vacant and abandoned property to municipal or county executive

(a) Whenever:
(1) a tract is offered for sale under this chapter; and
(2) no bid is received for the minimum sale price set under section
5 of this chapter;
the county auditor shall prepare a certified statement of the actual costs
incurred by the county described in section 2(b)(3)(D) of this chapter.
(b) The county auditor shall place the amount specified in the
certified statement prepared under subsection (a) on the tax duplicate
of the tract offered but not sold at the sale. The amount shall be
collected as real property taxes are collected and paid into the county
general fund.
(c) Whenever the minimum sale price is not received for a property
that is on the list of abandoned or vacant property prepared under
section 1.5 of this chapter, the executive of the county, city, or town
that certified the property for the list may request that the county
auditor execute and deliver a deed for the property to the executive.
The request must be delivered to the county auditor within six (6)
months after the date of sale. If it is an executive of a city or town that
certified the property for the list prepared under section 1.5 of this
chapter, and the executive does not deliver a request for a deed within
six (6) months after the date of sale, the executive of the county may
request that the county auditor execute and deliver a deed for the
property to the county executive. The request must be delivered to the
county auditor within nine (9) months after the date of sale.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.60-1988, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.56-2012, SEC.10; P.L.247-2015, SEC.21.