VANDERBURGH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Attorney information

 

Notice of Sale:

Vanderburgh County requires a notice specific to our county. Due to personnel constraints, we

must insist that this form be used. We do not hold the sales in the Sheriff's Office and we do

not fill in the blanks for you. The township MUST be included and the common street address

MUST be included. If you are a new firm with us, please make sure you include your address

under the firm name so we can mail your paperwork back to you. Email is our main source of

communication so if you will contact us with your address we will include you in all our

mailings. Prepaid advertising costs, taxes outstanding, sale settings and cancellations are all

included in these mailings. You may include your prepared notice with the praecipe and the Clerk

will send it with the order to us. We only need one copy and we will make all the necessary copies.

As a courtesy to you, we provide a web site for you to verify what has been received in our

office www.vanderburghsheriff.com. Additionally, we provide scanned copies of the notice of

sale once the sale has been set.

 

Costs:

Publication fees must be prepaid. Checks should be made payable and mailed to:

Evansville Courier

300 E. Walnut

Evansville, IN  47708

 

Once the sale is set, we provide a copy to the newspaper and they send us a price quote which we

forward via email to the law firms. If the publication fees are not paid by the deadline set by the newspaper,

the sale will not be advertised and will be cancelled. Sheriff's fees and clerk's fees will still be applicable.

Sheriff's fees and Clerk's fees: The sheriff's fees are $10 for the first person served and $3 for

each additional person served, minimum of $10 per sale. The Clerks office charges a $6

preparation fee for every order they send to my office. This cost is not flexible and is due

whether the sale is held or cancelled.

 

Taxes: Outstanding taxes must be paid prior to the sale. Taxes due are emailed throughout

the month as means of notification.

 

COSTS AND TAXES MUST BE PAID PRIOR TO THE DAY OF THE SALE OR THE

PROPERTY WILL NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE ON SALE DAY.

FAILURE TO PAY CANCELLED SALES AS WELL MAY RESULT IN ACTION AGAINST

YOUR FIRM FOR NON-PAYMENT.

Bidding:

We take written bids from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. We do not accept faxed or mailed bids, you

must have someone submit your bids in person between 10 and 11. Any sales that have

multiple bids go to live auction immediately thereafter. We are generally done by 11:30

 

Deeds & Clerk's Returns:

The Plaintiff's attorney provides a deed regardless of purchaser as a courtesy to our office.

We prepare the Clerk's return for you and provide a copy with the order of sale being returned

to the clerk's office. We will mail your receipt for costs, the deed and clerk's return promptly if

you provide self addressed stamped envelopes. In the event that you do not provide us with

envelopes, it will take longer to receive your items back. We only need one copy of the deed.

We will make the necessary copies for my files.

 

Receiving proceeds:

We send a copy of the clerk's return with the order of sale to the clerk upon completion of the

sale with the proceeds collected. We also mail you a copy of the clerks return. You may file

for proceeds with the clerk's office approximately two weeks after the sale and the clerk's office

disburses the proceeds. We do not disburse directly to the law firms, everything goes through

the clerks office.