Marion County, Ohio

Oct 10, 2026 · in 4 days

Hybridscheduledvia County site

Parcels

Opening bids

$424,662

all parcels priced

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Tax vs. mortgage judicial paths differ. After proper tax/sheriff sale, most junior private liens are cut off if parties were joined; federal liens can survive. Full title search mandatory.

Marion County rules

Sale type: Hybrid
Redemption period: 1 year from lien certificate sale (varies); forfeiture-to-deed track has no redemption once complete
Investor return: Lien: up to 18% per annum, county-set
Governing statute: Ohio Revised Code Ch. 5721
Population: 64,976 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person tax sales (Sheriff Training Room); Online RealAuction for mortgage/judicial sales
Frequency: Tax sales scheduled per case at Sheriff's Office; mortgage sales Fridays 10:00 AM online when listed
Platform: Marion County Sheriff Sales — in-person Tax Sales + RealAuction mortgage sales877-361-7325
Deposit rules: Tax sales: follow in-person Sheriff notice (deposit day-of; bring certified funds as posted). Mortgage/RealAuction: register and post $2,000/$5,000/$10,000 deposit by wire/ACH deadlines before Friday auction. Read each PDF listing carefully for sale type.

Title risk

Confirmation helps; quiet title still common for resale on occupied inventory.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Marion County, OH — Sheriff Sales
Clerk of court: Marion County Clerk of Courts
Property appraiser: Marion County Auditor — property search / map
GIS / parcel map: Marion County Auditor property map

Areas trending up

Marion city / downtown–hospital edge — Medical and county-seat employment with more liquid SF than rural townships
SR-23 / industrial north fringe — Manufacturing and logistics jobs supporting workforce housing
Prospect / southern township fringe — More attainable inventory with Columbus-north commute adjacency

Notes

Ohio hybrid county — Marion County (Marion / north-central Ohio). Explicitly separates TAX sales from MORTGAGE sales. ALL TAX SALES held in-person at Marion County Sheriff's Office, 100 Executive Dr., Marion, OH 43302, Training Room 15 lower level; posted on local sheriff website (not RealAuction). MORTGAGE sales online via RealAuction (marion.sheriffsaleauction.ohio.gov) on scheduled Fridays 10:00 AM ET; proxy bids open ≥7 days; statutory deposits $2,000/$5,000/$10,000. Do not confuse with Marion County, Florida tax-sale sites. Confirm each listing's sale type on the Sheriff Sales document center.

3 sources

Inherited from Ohio rather than researched for Marion: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Parcel	Address	Opening bid	Assessed	Spread	Status
27-002001.0800	301 N East St · Prospect	$0	$54,400	$54,400	pending
12-429000.1200	154 Merchant Ave · Marion	$0	$41,300	$41,300	pending
23-102299.9999	6605 Marion Agosta Rd Lot 22 · Marion	$8,300	$4,358	-$3,942	pending
23-000399.9999

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — R.C. 5715.01: taxable value is the percentage of true value the tax commissioner sets by rule, capped at 35%. The rule has been at the 35% ceiling for decades and applies uniformly statewide, with no classification by property type and no county overrides. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.