Hardin County Tax Sale Participant Registry.

To participate in our tax sale you will use this registry to enter the information for each company that will be a party to the sale. This site will then generate your registration paperwork and the digital list/s of delinquencies that you will edit and email back to us.

We will only accept the forms and files generated by this portal. No other forms or formats will be accepted.

You can return to this site as often as you like to download a more current lottery list or update your information, but you will only be able to create your registation paperwork AFTER we have received and processed your list/s of bills.

The rules for our sale are as follows

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IN ITS ENTIRETY.
THE RULES HAVE CHANGED.
The sale date is Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 8:00:00 AM Eastern Standard Time.

1. Our tax sale is conducted electronically.
   • On the day of the sale the list of participants is put in a random order and their bills are assigned electronically, according to the electronic lottery list file they have submitted. One bill to each participant per round until all lists are exhausted or all bills are sold.
   • Because this sale is being done electronically participants are not expected to attend the sale.
2. You will not be allowed to participate in the sale if you have outstanding delinquencies in your name, regardless of the age of the delinquency.
3. A deposit of 100% of listed Priority Bills and 25% of Lottery Bills will be required.
   • These amounts will be calculated for you after your lists have been submitted and verified.
   • These percentages are calculated using the payoff due on the date of the sale.
4. The registration fee is $5.00 per priority bill and $10.00 per lottery bill with a cap of $250.00 (payable at time of registration).
   • Registration fee is non-refundable.
   • These amounts will be calculated for you after your lists have been submitted and verified.
5. All lists of bills must submitted at least 15 calendar days in advance of the sale.
   • This gives us time to process your lists and prepare your registration paperwork.
6. All registration forms, fees, and deposits are due 10 calendar days before the date of sale.
   • Once your registration has been generated download, print and sign it.
   • You will need to provide a copy of your registration certificate issued by the Department of Revenue, if applicable.
   • We will accept these FORMS only by mail, in person, or other reliable carrier.
   • We will only accept Deposits in the form of certified checks, cashier's checks or cash.
   • NO PERSONAL or COMPANY checks or credit cards will be accepted as payment of deposits.

   • TRACKING INFORMATION AND POST MARKS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THIS INFORMATION MUST BE IN OUR OFFICE PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SALE.

7. ALL LISTS, both priority and lottery lists, must be generated by this site and sent by email.
   • PAPER LISTS WILL BE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
   • Registration paperwork will only be generated AFTER lists are received and verified.
   • This means you WILL NOT be able to send in deposit checks prior to sending in your lists, PREPARE ACCORDINGLY.
8. You must provide VALID contact information. ONLY provide phone numbers that are ACTIVELY MONITORED during normal business hours.
9. Third party purchasers with prior year certificates of delinquency will be permitted to submit lists of bills they wish to purchase.
   • The bills appearing on priority bill lists will be prepared for assignment and removed from the actual lottery sale list prior to the sale.