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What this page is: a persistent profile of how Hamilton County, Ohio runs its tax sale, independent of any single year's date. For the specific upcoming sale with a confirmable date, see the event page linked below.

Hamilton County, Ohio Delinquent Tax List and Tax Sale Hub

27,158 parcels are on the Hamilton County delinquent tax list. Hamilton County, Ohio runs a lien sale via Hamilton County Treasurer (negotiated block sale to qualified institutions). Held on an annual cycle; the specific date is set and published by the county each year rather than falling on a fixed statutory day.

Tax delinquent properties for sale in Hamilton County: 27,158 on the Ohio delinquent tax list

Source: Hamilton County OH Auditor Unpaid Taxes File, retrieved 2026-07-31

Counties publish this as a PDF, undated and unsorted, and replace it when the next sale comes round. This is the same list with the addresses resolved and the biggest opening bids first, showing where it came from and when we pulled it. The full 27,158 parcels, with a map, filters, CSV export and a report on any single parcel, are in the member research view.

Years tracked: 2026 (1 list). 2026: 27,158 parcels. Each year's Hamilton County list is kept as published, so a parcel that appears again next year can be traced back.

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Sale type
lien
Platform
Hamilton County Treasurer (negotiated block sale to qualified institutions)
Bidding method
Bid-down: begins at 18% annual interest, decreases in 0.25% increments, lowest certificate rate of interest wins (ORC 5721.32). In practice Hamilton does not sell individual certificates -- all eligible liens are sold as a block through a negotiated sale (ORC 5721.33).
Statutory maximum rate
18% a year starting rate, bid down in 0.25% steps (ORC 5721.32); negotiated sales capped at 18% (5721.33)
Redemption period
Certificate is valid for six years from purchase; owner may redeem and has the right to enter a Redemption Payment Plan within the first year (per Hamilton Treasurer FAQ).
Cadence
annual typical window

Legal structure & statutory basis

Ohio Rev. Code Ch. 5721

Large counties (Cuyahoga, Franklin) sell tax lien certificates in a negotiated BULK block to a single institution -- not available to retail investors. The retail-accessible route is the county Sheriff's online tax-foreclosure (deed) sale. Public-auction certificate counties bid interest down from 18% (ORC 5721.32).

County contact / official source

Hamilton County Treasurer (negotiated block sale to qualified institutions) is the office/platform of record for this sale.

https://www.hamiltoncountyohio.gov/government/departments/treasurer/delinquent_taxes.php

Sale history

We currently track one active cycle for Hamilton County at a time and don't yet maintain a distinct archive of past sale events for this county -- when a cycle closes, the record here reflects the newest tracked cycle rather than an appended history. This is a known gap in the dataset, not a claim that Hamilton County has held only one sale.

Tracked sale event

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