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Every Tax Sale bidder will be required to have a bidder number in order to bid on a parcel in the public auction. Prospective bidders will need to fill out the Registration Form for Tax Sale Bidder and return it to a member of the GUTS team. At that time your name will be entered into the computer and you will receive a bidder paddle with your unique bidder number. You must clearly display your bidder paddle to the auctioneer to be acknowledged as a bidder on every parcel on which you intend to bid.

A person is not eligible to bid in this sale if he/she owes taxes, penalties, special assessments, or Tax Sale costs (attributable to a prior tax sale). If the ineligible person is a successful bidder in this Tax Sale, the sale is void and the bidder’s bid amount will be applied to his/her delinquent taxes and a certificate will be issued to the County for the parcel.

The “Parcel Number” is the primary key that identifies a property. Even though the advertising list includes the owner name, the property location and/or legal description, the parcel number identifies the exact property offered for sale.
Parcels will be offered for sale with the Tax Sale Item Number.

The numbers have been advertised as 'Axxxx'; the auctioneer may or may not announce the 'A'.

At the sale, parcels will be offered in groups that will be announced by the auctioneer. Any bidder may call out an item. A call for a specific item number such as A17 is considered a minimum bid for that item. Once the minimum bid is made, that item is auctioned to the highest bidder. If the item called for is no longer in the sale, that fact will be announced, and a call for another item within that current group will be accepted. This procedure will continue until there are no more calls for item numbers within the group being considered. At that time the next group of item numbers will be offered.

After all items have been offered once, the GUTS Tax Sale team will open up the auction for all available items to be offered on a first-asked, first-offered basis. A call for a specific item is considered a minimum bid for that item. Once the minimum bid is made, that item is auctioned to the highest bidder.

Any payment made to the Brown County Treasurer by an owner to withdraw a parcel from the sale or by a successful bidder at the sale must be paid by Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check, or Official Check. NO PERSONAL CHECKS OR BUSINESS CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The minimum bid that will be accepted on any property includes all taxes, penalties, and special assessments presently due on the parcel – including the fall property tax installment – plus the $95.00 Tax Sale Cost.

If there are multiple bidders after a minimum bid has been received for a particular item number, the auctioneer will announce the increment by which the bids will be increased.

No one should bid in this Tax Sale who does not have the correct type of payment (Cash, Cashier's Check, Certified Check, or Official Check). Qualified checks must be for the exact amount of purchase and made payable to the Brown County Treasurer. A
high bidder who fails to pay the bid price in acceptable funds by the end of the tax sale day must pay a penalty of 25% of the amount of the bid (subject to prosecution – I.C. 6-1.1-24-8).

All sales are final! There will be no refunds or exchanges. Prospective buyers are urged to research available properties thoroughly to aid in identifying the exact piece of property identified by the parcel number. Research may include, but not necessarily be limited to, a review of:
Liens recorded with the Brown County Recorder;
Plat maps in the Brown County Real Estate Office;
* Liens filed with the Brown County Clerk.
* Plat maps in the Brown County Real Estate Office;
* Liens filed with the Brown County Clerk.

The IRS may claim redemption rights in properties sold that are subject to Federal tax liens pursuant to a right of redemption established under 26 U.S.C. #167;7425, which is different than that provided under Indiana Statute. The Brown County Auditor has filed the required Blanket Consent with the IRS and will make a copy available to tax sale purchasers (on request).

If a successful bidder buys a “pig in a poke”, the buyer will get just that. (Make sure you know the parcel on which you are bidding. The Brown County Treasurer and Auditor will not invalidate a sale simply because you thought you were buying something else!)

After you have finished bidding and you are ready to pay for your purchases, you will need to proceed to the Treasurer’s office, 201 Locust Lane. The Treasurer’s office will have a list of your purchases based on your bidder number. Prospective purchasers will be informed during the pre-sale instructions about the county's policy for issuing the Tax Sale certificate.