How to check if property taxes are paid on a property in Dayton, OH

Property tax bills and delinquencies in Dayton (Montgomery County) are with the Montgomery County Auditor. In Dayton the HeritageDeed report does not search delinquent taxes, so check that office directly.

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Step by step in Dayton

1. 1

   Look up the tax account

   Find the parcel in the Montgomery County Auditor records and its tax bill for the current and past years.

2. 2

   Check for delinquency

   Unpaid taxes become a lien on the property and can lead to a tax sale; check whether any year is delinquent.

3. 3

   Check the sale list

   See whether the property is on the Montgomery County Sheriff's sheriff's sale list (mortgage foreclosures and treasurer's tax sales).

Dayton property tax in numbers

The median owner-occupied home in Montgomery County pays $3,127 a year, an effective rate of 1.73%, ranked 2 of 88 in Ohio. Montgomery County property tax rate.

A real Dayton report

We ran this search on the Montgomery County Courts Building (41 N Perry St, Dayton, OH 45402): 0 deeds, 0 open mortgages, 0 recorded liens. See the Dayton sample report.

What the report checks in Dayton

• Owner of record, situs address, municipality, subdivision and lot from the county's tax-map parcel records
• Deeds, mortgages with their recorded amounts, releases, assignments, county tax lien certificates and other liens recorded with the Montgomery County Recorder for this parcel's lot and place

Not covered here

• The Recorder's UCC (fixture filing) records, judgment liens (certificates of judgment filed with the Clerk of Courts), values and delinquent property taxes are not searched.

Questions

More about Dayton property records

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