republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-157.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	SB 157	Indiana SB 157 (2023)	bill	AUDITS AND AUDITORS COUNTY GOVERNMENT PROPERTY PROPERTY TAXES generally	enacted	Dan Dernulc Harold Slager Rick Niemeyer	4	22	1	2023-01-09	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/b7a6ff57-7da7-40eb-ab54-11f427315d23	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/157	9b76a86e582faaafb24a72f5d6297f9cd0acb23b5e8f4e2802a648e5c7832cf8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/b7a6ff57-7da7-40eb-ab54-11f427315d23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).