Hours:  8:00-4:00   Monday - Friday

Phone:   812-689-6311  Fax:  812-689-3006    

Address:

Located on the first floor of the courthouse

Ripley County Courthouse

115 N. Main Street

P.O. Box 235

Versailles, IN  47042

Bill Wagner

Email:   auditor@ripleycounty.com

VIEW AUDITOR DUTIES

       DEED REQUIREMENTS

(all items must be completed or the deed will not be accepted)

• Parcel # or Tax ID # or State Key

• Full legal description of property being transferred

• Prior deed reference

• Tax billing address

You will take the Deed and Sales Disclosure (if needed) to the Assessor's office.  They will check all information and stamp it.  You will then take it to the Auditor's office to transfer the property.  Last you will take it to the Recorder's office to be recorded.

There is a $5 transfer fee payable to the Ripley County Auditor

       SALES DISCLOSURE INFORMATION

A Sales Disclosure must accompany the Deed if

• Money is involved

• Compulsory Transaction (foreclosure, divorce, court order, judgment, condemnation, or probate)

• Documents involving the partition of land between tenants in common, joint tenants, or tenants by the entirety

• Transfer to a charity, not-for-profit organization, or government

• Easements or right-of-way grants

       Print a Sales Disclosure Form

A Disclosure fee of $10 is required if box number one is checked yes

If you checked yes on any number 1-11 you need this form and fee

If you checked yes on any number 12-15 you need this form and no fee

If you didn't check yes on any number no form is needed just a $5 transfer fee

You may be eligible for one or more of the following Property Tax Deductions.  For more information contact the Ripley County Auditor's Office

or visit DLGF: Property Tax Deductions

Click on the name of the form you want to print and take it to the office.

Blind or Disabled Person's Deduction from Assessed Valuation

Senior Citizen Property Tax Benefits

Disabled Veterans, WWI Veterans and Surviving Spouses of Certain Veterans

Homestead Property Tax Standard/Supplemental Deduction

Deduction of Assessed Valuation (Attributed to Solar Energy System/Wind, Geothermal or Hydroelectric Power Device)

Mortgage or Contract Indebtedness for Deduction

Other services available in our office:

Veterans BMV forms

Commissioner and Council Records

County Resolutions and Ordinances

Subdivision survey $5     Plat books $25

Ripley County Prescription Discount Cards