Sale of Commissioner Owned Tax Sale Certificates 1. The ...

1 legal Notice Sale of Commissioner Owned Tax Sale Certificates Pursuant to (c), for properties not sold at their initial commissioners tax sale in a prior year, the Lake County Auditor has omitted the descriptions specified by -24-2(b)(1) and (b)(5) from this notice. The descriptions of those tracts or items of real property are available on the auctioneers website at com and the information may be obtained in printed form or in digital form from the Lake County Auditor upon request. The list of Certificates in the advertised list following this legal (1-556) are those that are on a Commissioners sale for the first time (Since 2010). The sale will be held at the Lake County Government Center in the Sydney Garner Auditorium, 2293 N. Main St., Crown Point, Indiana. For all sale dates, please enter through the doors on the south side of Building B ; to get to the Sydney Garner Auditorium.

2 The dates of the sale are as follows: 1. The sale will begin at 8:30 on on Tuesday March 19, 2019 and stop at 4:00 that day. 2. If the auctioneer has not gone through the property list at least once, then the auction will carry over to Wednesday March 20, 2019 starting at 8:30 on and ending at 4:00 on that date. 3. If necessary because the auctioneer still has not gone through the list of properties at least once, then the auction will carry over to Thursday March 21, 2019 starting at 8:30 on and ending at 4:00PM. 4. The unsold Certificates will be offered again at a Second sale that will begin at 8:30 on Tuesday May 21, 2019 and stop at 4:00 that day. If the auctioneer has not gone through the property at least once, then the sale will continue on May 22 and May 23, 2019 starting at 8:30 and ending at 4:00 A registration fee of $500 has been established for this sale.

3 The registration fee can be paid by Certified Funds (No Cash or Personal Checks). 1. If the registrant is a successful bidder, then the $500 registration fee will be applied to the purchase price. 2. If the registrant is not a successful bidder and the registrant owes any outstanding tax liability, the $500 registration fee will be applied to the tax liability. 3. If the registrant is not a successful bidder and the registrant does not owe any outstanding tax liability, the $500 registration fee will be returned to the registrant. Bidders will be allowed to register from MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2019 starting at 9:00AM running through FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 up until 4:00PM. Registration for The Sale will be at the Lake County Auditor's Office Tax Sale Department (219)-755-3155. The Lake County Commissioners have adopted an official policy that NO LATE REGISTRATIONS.

4 WILL BE ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. The Auditor's Office is on the first floor of Building A ; at the Lake County Government Center 2293 North Main Street, Crown Point, IN 46307. For the second sale, there will be a registration from April 8, 2019 to April 26, 2019. Persons who registered for the first sale need not re-register for the 2nd sale. THE MINIMUM BID FOR EVERY CERTIFICATE IS $500 (Five Hundred Dollars). If after the sale of a certificate a person redeems the real property, that person must pay the following: The amount of the minimum bid under IC (e) of this chapter for which the tract or item of real property was last offered for sale;. Ten percent (10%) of the amount for which the certificate is sold;. The attorney's fees and costs of giving notice under IC ;. The costs of a title search or of examining and updating the abstract of title for the tract or item of real property; and All taxes and special assessments on the tract or item of real property paid by the purchaser after the sale of the certificate plus interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum on the amount of taxes and special assessments paid by the purchaser on the redeemed property.

5 All costs of sale, advertising costs, and other expenses of the county directly attributable to the sale; and If the certificate is sold for an amount more than the minimum bid under IC (e) this chapter for which the tract or item of real property was last offered for sale and the property is not redeemed, the owner of record of the tract or item of real property who is divested of ownership at the time the tax deed is issued may have a right to the tax sale surplus. The Lake County Commissioners are selling a tax sale certificate. The Commissioners will transfer their certificate to the winning bidder. The winning bidder will then have to follow a specific procedure prescribed by statute in order to obtain a deed. The Lake Circuit Court hears these petitions. If the correct procedure is followed and if the court feels that the petitioner warrants a deed, the Lake Circuit Court will order the Lake County Auditor to issue a deed to the purchaser.

6 The process is very complicated. People who do not have legal counsel prior to and during the purchase and perfection process may be denied a deed by the Lake Circuit Court because of technicalities. While the Board of Commissioners cannot mandate a potential purchaser to obtain legal counsel because of the complexity of this project, the Board encourages any potential bidder to seriously consider this avenue. Some people are able to negotiate the statute without legal advice, but some buyers fall prey to the procedural technicalities of the perfection statute. The burden is on the purchaser of a tax sale certificate to evaluate their own abilities and choose what they will do both prior to and during the perfection process. The property numbers and legal descriptions for the property are those listed in the Auditor's office and in the Treasurer's office.

7 Do not rely upon either the address or the legal description in locating a property. The properties are being sold by parcel identification number and not by address or legal description. Because of the location of real estate, the address may not specifically relate to the real estate covered by the tax sale certificate. More importantly the legal descriptions are abbreviated legal descriptions and not complete. Lastly, the current owner of the parcel may or may not be the owner on the certificate. ** THE TAX SALE Certificates ARE IN NO WAY REFLECTIVE OF THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY FOR WHICH THE Certificates ARE HELD. YOU MUST PERFORM. YOUR OWN RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF EACH PROPERTY BEFORE YOU BID ON THE Certificates .**. THE IDENTITY OF THE Certificates THAT HAVE BEEN ON A PREVIOUS SALE AND FOR WHICH THERE WAS NO BID WILL NOT .WILL NOT ..WILL NOT.

8 Be published in the Times, the Post Tribune, or the Gary Crusader. This list of these properties will be available free of charge starting February 4, 2019 from the Auditor's Tax Sale Department. The list of the properties previously offered for which there was no bid received will be available at no cost in printed form, on disc, or on thumb drive. # Property Number Zip Address City Brief legal Owner Min Bid 1 46394 709 119TH ST Hamd FORSYTH WATER GARDENS W. 40 FT. E2. Equity Trust Company $ 2 46327 4339 BALTIMORE AVE Hamd ROLLING MILLS ADD. Todd Pers $ 3 46327 4341 BALTIMORE AVE Hamd ROLLING MILLS ADD. Todd Pers $ 4 46327 4343 BALTIMORE AVE Hamd ROLLING MILL ADD. Todd Pers $ 5 46327 4347 BALTIMORE AVE Hamd ROLLING MILL ADD. Todd Pers $ 6 46320 19 MARBLE ST Hamd NW. PT. LOT 2 SW. A. V & A Towing Llc $ 7 46327 505 CHICAGO AVE Hamd REDIV. E. PT. N. SIDE ADD.

9 1/2' ,22,23,24 Krishonna Bond $ 8 46327 4646 CAMERON AVE Hamd REDIV. E. PT. N. SIDE ALL Cecilio Lopez & Irene Lopez $ 9 46327 4729 SHEFFIELD AVE Hamd REDIV. HOFFMAN'S 1ST ADD. LOT 12 S. 12 1/2FT. LOT Catarino Banda $ 13 10 46327 4733 HOHMAN ST Hamd REDIV. HOFFMAN'S 1ST ADD. ALL Thergan Enterp Ltd $ 11 46320 5424 WOOD Hamd E. W. SOHL'S 5TH ADD. N'LY 1 1/2FT. Chicago Acquisition Brokers Llc $ 12 46312 4004 MCCOOK AVE EC MICHIGAN AVE. ADD. James E & Mildred Gainer $ 13 46312 3812 CAREY EC 4TH ADD IND. HARBOR ALL. & LOT 25 Arlester P Jackson $ 14 46312 3826 EUCLID EC 4TH ADD. IND. HARBOR Elwin L & Iola Walton $ 15 46312 3809 EUCLID AVE EC 4TH ADD. INDIANA HARBOR Myriam Hernandez-Perez $ 16 46312 3928 DRUMMOND EC 4TH ADD. IND. HARBOR Zion Missonary Baptist Church Of East $ Chicago Non/. 17 46312 3905 IVY ST EC 3RD. ADD. INDIANA H'B'R. S. ALL Lisa Goldberg Living Trust $ 18 46312 4012 DRUMMOND ST EC 4TH ADD.

10 INDIANA HARBOR Charles & Grace Tyson $ 19 46312 E OF 3900 KENNEDY AVE EC PT. SE. A. '1773X100 FT.' Abed Issa $ 20 46312 3718 ELM ST EC 1ST ADD. INDIANA HARBOR ALL Jose G & Juana Isabel Garcia $ 21 46312 3915 MAIN ST EC 3RD ADD. IND. HARBOR Demetreos Hasapis $ 22 46312 3912 ALDER ST EC 3RD ADD. IND. HARBOR Conception Bueno $ 23 46312 4027 MAIN ST EC 5TH ADD. INDIANA HARBOR ALL Humberto & Maricela Garcia Jr $ 24 46312 3803 DEAL ST EC 2ND ADD. IND. HARBOR Christopher Lawrence & Andrea Coleman $ 25 46312 3901 CATALPA ST EC 3RD ADD. IND. HARBOR LOTS 1 & 2 BL. 2 Alfonzo G Espinoza Sr $ 26 46312 1602 E CHICAGO AVE EC PT. W2 NW. SW. BET. B & O RR. & CHICAGO AVE. Elpidio Soto $ 27 46312 418 VERNON AVE EC LADD & SMITH'S ADD. Benchmark Enterprises $ 28 46312 4826 MCCOOK AVE EC EAST CHICAGO LAND ASSOCIATION ADD ALL William F Phillips $ 29 46312 4808 ALEXANDER AVE EC SUBDIV.