(A) The Sheriff’s Sale Program is approved and established to provide the procedure for the Sheriff to contract for those administrative, technical, clerical, and related services that are reasonable and appropriate for the Sheriff to effectively prepare for, manage, and implement foreclosure sales.
(B) The Sheriff is authorized to negotiate and execute a contract with a provider to obtain such administrative, technical, clerical, and related services (the “Sheriff sale services”) in order for the Sheriff to conduct the Sheriff’s Sale Program.
(C) The Sheriff sale services contract shall provide for the delivery of such services by a contractor (the “contractor”) in compliance with all applicable statutory provisions for the conduct of foreclosure sale proceedings, and the Sheriff’s Sale Program. The Sheriff sale services contract shall also provide for the payment of a fee, not to exceed the amount in the table in division (G)(1) below, for each cause number scheduled in the Sheriff’s Sale Program to the contractor for such services.
(D) The Sheriff is hereby authorized to charge a fee of the amount in the table in division (G)(1) below per cause number of property in the Sheriff’s Sale Program (the “foreclosure costs fees”) and to deposit such foreclosure cost fees collected by, or on behalf of, the Sheriff in the Sheriff’s Sale Fund.
(E) The foreclosure costs fee shall be payable at the time of filing the praecipe under I.C. 32-29-7-3(h), which shall be a charge for the Sheriff’s sale in addition to other statutory costs and fees.
(F) The Sheriff’s Sale Program contract shall provide for a complete and accurate accounting of all Sheriff’s Sale Program proceeds, and compliance with any reporting or record requirements, as set forth by the State Board of Accounts.
(G) (1) The estimated costs herein are estimates of the County Sheriff for the administration of foreclosure sales, as required by I.C. 32-29-7. The fees are authorized by I.C. 32-29-7-3, in the sum of $200.
Type of Service
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Fee
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Contractual services | $100 per cause number |
Employee time defined | $100 per cause number |
(2) Employees’ costs shall be as defined by the second item in the table in division (G)(1) above.
(3) Other defined costs shall be service of notice, cost of paper, envelopes, and phone calls.
(Ord. 2009-05, passed 8-18-2009)