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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Parcels offered at successive tax sales."
+description: "Requires that the county auditor's notice of tax sale include a statement providing that if a tract or item of real property has been offered for sale at a county treasurer's tax sale (treasurer's sale) and a county executive's tax sale (executive's sale) on two or more occasions without a bid, the tract or item of real property may be subject to an ordinance authorized by the bill. Adds a person who claims a substantial property interest of public record to a statute concerning the county auditor's provision of notice of tax sale to certain persons who annually request a copy of the notice. Provides that a person who owns any tract or item of real property that has been offered for sale at a treasurer's sale and executive's sale on two or more occasions without a bid is prohibited from bidding on or purchasing tracts offered for sale. Adds language that allows a county legislative body to adopt an ordinance with respect to parcels of real property that have been offered for sale at a treasurer's sale and an executive's sale on two or more occasions without a bid. Specifies that such a parcel (subject to certain criteria) is considered a public hazard. Establishes a procedure for a county to transfer a tax sale certificate to a municipality or retain a tax sale certificate and for a county or municipality to file a petition with the circuit court (court) requesting the issuance of a deed for the property to the requesting county or municipality. Provides that, at the request of a municipality, the county auditor and county treasurer (subject to available funding) shall enter into a mutual agreement for the county auditor to perform certain duties concerning notification of a party's right to redeem such a parcel and the filing of a petition to the court for issuance of a tax deed for the parcel. Provides that the court shall hold a hearing on the petition for issuance of a tax deed. Provides requirements that apply to a quiet title action with respect to a parcel placed into the name of a county or municipality. Provides that an owner of a parcel of real property that has been offered for sale at a treasurer's sale and an executive's sale on two or more occasions without a bid may transfer the real property, subject to any liens and encumbrances, by warranty deed to a county or municipality."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 157"
+citation: "Indiana SB 157 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["AUDITS AND AUDITORS", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "PROPERTY", "PROPERTY TAXES generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dan Dernulc", "Harold Slager", "Rick Niemeyer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-09"
+last_action: "2023-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7a6ff57-7da7-40eb-ab54-11f427315d23"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/157"
+source_hash: "9b76a86e582faaafb24a72f5d6297f9cd0acb23b5e8f4e2802a648e5c7832cf8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana SB 157 (2023) — Parcels offered at successive tax sales.
+
+Requires that the county auditor's notice of tax sale include a statement providing that if a tract or item of real property has been offered for sale at a county treasurer's tax sale (treasurer's sale) and a county executive's tax sale (executive's sale) on two or more occasions without a bid, the tract or item of real property may be subject to an ordinance authorized by the bill. Adds a person who claims a substantial property interest of public record to a statute concerning the county auditor's provision of notice of tax sale to certain persons who annually request a copy of the notice. Provides that a person who owns any tract or item of real property that has been offered for sale at a treasurer's sale and executive's sale on two or more occasions without a bid is prohibited from bidding on or purchasing tracts offered for sale. Adds language that allows a county legislative body to adopt an ordinance with respect to parcels of real property that have been offered for sale at a treasurer's sale and an executive's sale on two or more occasions without a bid. Specifies that such a parcel (subject to certain criteria) is considered a public hazard. Establishes a procedure for a county to transfer a tax sale certificate to a municipality or retain a tax sale certificate and for a county or municipality to file a petition with the circuit court (court) requesting the issuance of a deed for the property to the requesting county or municipality. Provides that, at the request of a municipality, the county auditor and county treasurer (subject to available funding) shall enter into a mutual agreement for the county auditor to perform certain duties concerning notification of a party's right to redeem such a parcel and the filing of a petition to the court for issuance of a tax deed for the parcel. Provides that the court shall hold a hearing on the petition for issuance of a tax deed. Provides requirements that apply to a quiet title action with respect to a parcel placed into the name of a county or municipality. Provides that an owner of a parcel of real property that has been offered for sale at a treasurer's sale and an executive's sale on two or more occasions without a bid may transfer the real property, subject to any liens and encumbrances, by warranty deed to a county or municipality.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0157/versions/SB0157.04.ENRH)
+2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0157/versions/SB0157.01.INTR)
+3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0157/versions/SB0157.03.COMH)
+4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0157/versions/SB0157.02.COMS)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 157 - Slager - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
+- Harold Slager — primary (person)
+- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
+- Eddie Melton — coauthor (person)
+- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
+- Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
+- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-09** Authored by Senator Niemeyer
+- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** Senator Dernulc added as second author
+- **2023-01-31** Senator Pol added as coauthor
+- **2023-02-02** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 78: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07** House sponsor: Representative Slager
+- **2023-02-07** Cosponsor: Representative Olthoff
+- **2023-02-07** Senators Qaddoura and Melton added as coauthors
+- **2023-02-07** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
+- **2023-02-09** Referred to the House `referral`
+- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-21** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 303: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-28** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
+- **2023-03-30** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-20** Public Law 27 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7a6ff57-7da7-40eb-ab54-11f427315d23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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