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

---
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).