Marion County

8 signing locations

Zone 9 · Central

Regional Captain: Laurie Sutton

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Businesses & venues

Caledonia Farmers Market

Caledonia, OH 43314

110 East Main Street

Sat Aug 15 · 10am–1pm

Look for table and sign

Pop-up — ends 2026-08-15

CM Signature Salon

Marion, OH 44302

708 E. Center Street

We are there by appointment for our clients. Please text before coming to sign the petition to make sure we are there.

By appointment

Fastparts

Marion, OH 43302

410 David Street

Monday – Friday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Marion Family YMCA Farmers Market

Marion, OH 43302

645 Barks RD E

Tue Jul 28 · 4:30pm–6pm

Look for table/canopy and sign.

Pop-up — ends 2026-07-28

Racecraft High Performance

Marion, OH 43302

1459 Marion-Marysville Rd – RT 4

Monday – Friday | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Ready To Rent LLC

Marion, OH 43302

940 E Center Street

Monday – Friday | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Signs and Logos

Marion, OH 43302

216 N Main Street

Tuesday – Saturday | 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Local volunteers

Residence

Marion, OH 43302

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Marion County at a glance

Population: 64,976
Median home (2024) Median home (2024) The midpoint value of owner-occupied homes — half the county's homes are worth more, half less. Source: the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates (table B25077), which reflect what owners estimate their home is worth, not sale prices. The year shown is the most recent one published.: $156,800
Assessment ratio (2021) Assessment ratio (2021) How close the county auditor's appraised values are to what homes actually sell for. The Ohio Department of Taxation compares the auditor's appraised value to the real sale price on arm's-length sales and publishes a median ratio for each city and township; this figure combines those into one county number, weighted by each area's number of sales. 100% means appraisals matched sale prices. 75% means the typical home was appraised at about three-quarters of what it sold for; above 100% means the typical home was appraised for more than it sold for. It describes the county as a whole — any individual property can be far off it. (Ohio bills tax on 35% of appraised value; that 35% is fixed by statute and is not what this ratio measures.): 69.41%
Median income: $57,306
Parcels Parcels Separately taxed pieces of real property — each parcel has its own number on the auditor's books and its own tax bill. A tax foreclosure case usually covers a single parcel, so this is roughly the pool of properties those filings are drawn from. Figure as published on the committee's original county page.: 35,300
School districts: 5
Last Reappraisal Last Reappraisal Ohio counties reappraise every property every six years, with a lighter 'update' three years in between (ORC §5713.01). The values set in that year drive tax bills until the next one. Dates come from the Ohio Department of Taxation's published sexennial reappraisal and triennial update schedule.: 2025
Next Update Next Update Ohio counties reappraise every property every six years, with a lighter 'update' three years in between (ORC §5713.01). The values set in that year drive tax bills until the next one. Dates come from the Ohio Department of Taxation's published sexennial reappraisal and triennial update schedule.: 2028

Property Tax Lien Foreclosure History

Total filed Lost to sheriff sale Lost to sheriff sale — still gathering this data

153 153

2015: 153 filed

2015: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

15 2015

155 155

2016: 155 filed

2016: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

16 2016

141 141

2017: 141 filed

2017: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

17 2017

111 111

2018: 111 filed

2018: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

18 2018

198 198

2019: 198 filed

2019: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

19 2019

39 39

2020: 39 filed

2020: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

20 2020

21 21

2021: 21 filed

2021: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

21 2021

94 94

2022: 94 filed

2022: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

22 2022

78 78

2023: 78 filed

2023: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

23 2023

80 80

2024: 80 filed

2024: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

24 2024

98 98

2025: 98 filed

2025: lost-to-sale data still being gathered

25 2025

Why are 2019–2021 cases mostly still active? Ohio's COVID-19 emergency orders (beginning March 2020) imposed a foreclosure moratorium that paused most delinquent tax lien proceedings for over a year. Cases filed before and during the freeze accumulated in county courts and many are still working toward a final outcome — either a sheriff sale or a dismissal once the homeowner resolves the debt.

Why do some rows below show a dash (—)? Finding out whether a case was lost to sheriff sale, dismissed, or is still pending requires opening and reading each individual court case one at a time — it isn't reported anywhere as a simple summary number. We are actively working through this county-by-county for all Ohio counties. A dash means we don't have that breakdown yet, not that the outcome was zero.

Why does Assessment Ratio have gaps? The Ohio Department of Taxation only publishes this figure for years when Marion County underwent its sexennial reappraisal or triennial update — not every year in between. A dash means no study was conducted that year, not that the county was accurately assessed.

Metric	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Treasurer Filed Foreclosures Treasurer Filed Foreclosures Tax lien foreclosure cases the county Treasurer filed against properties with unpaid property taxes — usually brought by the county Prosecutor on the Treasurer's behalf. Counted from the county's own court records, year by year; the source is linked below this table.	153	155	141	111	198	39	21	94	78	80	98
3rd Party Investor Filed Foreclosures 3rd Party Investor Filed Foreclosures Foreclosure cases filed by a third-party investor — a private company that bought delinquent tax liens from the county and then went to court to collect on them. Ohio counties may sell tax liens this way under ORC §§5721.30–5721.43, and once sold it is the investor, not the county, that files the case.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lost to Sale Lost to Sale Cases that ended with the property sold at sheriff's sale — the owner lost the home. This can only be determined by reading each case on the court docket, so a dash means we don't have that breakdown for the year yet, not that the number was zero.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dismissed Dismissed Cases closed without a sheriff's sale — typically because the owner paid off the delinquent taxes or worked out a payment plan. Also read case by case from the docket.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Pending Pending Cases filed but not yet resolved by a sheriff's sale, dismissal, or other closure — still working their way through the court system. Where the court publishes a case status we use it directly; otherwise this is that year's filings minus the cases lost to sale and dismissed.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
% Lost % Lost Lost to Sale divided by Treasurer Filed Foreclosures for the same year, rounded to a whole percent. A case filed one year may not sell until a later one, so read this as that year's rate rather than the eventual fate of that year's exact cases.	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Median Home Value Median Home Value The midpoint value of owner-occupied homes — half the county's homes are worth more, half less. Source: the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates (table B25077), which reflect what owners estimate their home is worth, not sale prices. The year shown is the most recent one published.	$96,400	$93,400	$93,700	$97,500	$100,800	$105,800	$114,800	$135,900	$146,200	$156,800	—
% Value Change % Value Change Year-over-year change in the Median Home Value row above, rounded to the nearest whole percent. It is only computed when that year and the one before it both have a value, so it is never carried across a gap in the data.	—	-3%	0%	4%	3%	5%	9%	18%	8%	7%	—
Assessment Ratio Assessment Ratio How close the county auditor's appraised values are to what homes actually sell for. The Ohio Department of Taxation compares the auditor's appraised value to the real sale price on arm's-length sales and publishes a median ratio for each city and township; this figure combines those into one county number, weighted by each area's number of sales. 100% means appraisals matched sale prices. 75% means the typical home was appraised at about three-quarters of what it sold for; above 100% means the typical home was appraised for more than it sold for. It describes the county as a whole — any individual property can be far off it. (Ohio bills tax on 35% of appraised value; that 35% is fixed by statute and is not what this ratio measures.)	92.7%	89.06%	85.9%	82.35%	86.05%	78.52%	69.41%	—	—	—	—

What This Data Means

Since 2015, 1,168 Marion County families have had a tax lien foreclosure filed against their home — each one a household at risk of losing everything over a debt to the county.
Tax lien foreclosures in Marion County have decreased by 36% since 2015.

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About this data: Data obtained from the Marion County Clerk of Courts' online case search (Civil docket), reflecting foreclosure cases filed by the Marion County Treasurer, 2015–2025. Median home value for 2025 is not available: the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (the source for this row) had not yet published that vintage as of this data's retrieval date. Assessment ratio data is not available for 2022-2025: neither of the Ohio Department of Taxation's sales-ratio studies (SRD04 or the archived PS1&2) covers those year(s) for this county.

Source: Marion County Clerk of Courts (Civil case type). These are property tax lien foreclosures only — not mortgage foreclosures.

Assessment ratio: Ohio Department of Taxation, SRD04 — Residential Sales Statistics by Political Subdivision (2020–present) and PS1&2 — Sales Ratios of Real Property, By Class of Property and County (2015–2018, archived).

All data is sourced from publicly available government records including individual county court portals, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Ohio Department of Taxation. AxOHTax makes no warranty as to the accuracy of compiled figures. Users should verify data independently for official purposes.