Sheriff’s Sales
NEWS UPDATE:
Beginning April, 2022 all Sheriff’s MORTGAGE Foreclosure Sales and TAX Sales will be held on the Butler County RealAuction website:
https://butler.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov
Search for Sheriff’s Sales
For information and the results of Sheriff’s Sales, please search our system by clicking the link below.
NOTICE: The Butler County Sheriff’s Office is NOT associated in any way with the showing of properties. Please do not contact us to try to view, gain access to, or arrange for a separate appraisal of any of the properties subject to Sheriff’s Sale.
The appraisals we conduct are done so only to help establish a minimum opening bid. They are done without any inside inspection of the property, and the Sheriff is not responsible for the condition of the property prior to the sale, at the time of confirmation of sale entry, or at the conclusion of the sale.
All sales are “As Is” and are stipulated “Buyer Beware”
General Information
- In addition to being posted on our website, all Sheriff’s Sales are advertised in either the Hamilton Journal and/or the Middletown Journal on Sundays.
- All care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, but there is no guarantee that all information is complete and error free. The Butler County Sheriff’s Office assumes no liability for erroneous information.
- Our computer software classifies sales as either a “Tax Sale” or a “Non-Tax Sale.”
- A “Tax Sale” is initiated by the County Treasurer to satisfy delinquent real estate taxes. The minimum opening bid is the amount of taxes and associated costs at the time of sale. Tax Sales require a down payment of taxes and costs. See details on the Butler County RealAuction website.
- A “Non-Tax Sale” is initiated by a creditor (such as a bank or other entity) who is trying to satisfy a judgment obtained against the debtor. The minimum opening bid is set at 2/3 of the appraised value of the property, unless otherwise directed by the court. On residential properties, Non-Tax Sales require a minimum down payment of $2,000 (if property value less than or equal to $10,000), or $5,000 (if property value greater than $10,000 but less than $200,000), or $10,000 (if property value greater than $200,000), unless the court or actions initiated under former laws dictate otherwise.
- If a property does not receive any bid on its initial day of sale, the property is brought up again for auction two weeks later, unless otherwise directed by court order, prior law, or a different alternate sale date is stated in the sale advertisement.
Terms For Sheriff’s Sales
- Down payments are required of all third-party (non-plaintiff) purchasers. See details on the Butler County RealAuction website.
- After our receipt of a Confirmation of Sale from the Plaintiff’s attorney (which can take 30 days or more from the sale date), we notify purchasers that the balance of the purchase price is now due. Balance due is to be paid by certified or cashier’s check, unless otherwise directed by the plaintiff or court, and specified in the sale advertisement. That balance, along with conveyance and recording fees imposed by the County Auditor and County Recorder, are expected to be paid within 30 days from the date of our notification to the purchaser.
Planning To Bid On A Property At A Sale?
- PLEASE NOTE: Even if you are the successful bidder on a property, you do not OWN the property until after the confirmation of sale is filed, you have made payment in full of the purchase price, and received your deed. Until such time, you do not have a right to enter the property, change locks, or force any occupant to leave the premises. After all conditions of ownership are satisfied, and if occupants remain in the property, there are specific legal steps you must make through the court system before you can take full possession.
Additional information about the Sheriff Sales Unit can be found by clicking here.