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Harrison County, Indiana Court Filings Intelligence

Live court-record analysis of property-related filings (foreclosure, probate, divorce, partition, guardianship). Data sourced direct from Harrison County court dockets. Updated 2026-07-16. See methodology.

Investor takeaway

About Harrison County

Harrison County is located in the far southern part of the U.S. state of Indiana along the Ohio River. The county was officially established in 1808. Its population was 39,654 as of the 2020 United States census. Its county seat is Corydon, the former capital of Indiana.

Source: Wikipedia

At a glance

2220 verified property-related court filings tracked across 59 months (Jan 2020 to Jul 2026).

38 typical monthly filing volume.

1% of filings involve owners whose mailing address differs from the property address (12 of 2220 filings).

$208,200 median estimated property value across the 28 filings with property-enrichment data (1% coverage).

3.2% Indiana unemployment rate (BLS, as of 2026-05). Filings should be read against the local-economy backdrop.

Filing type breakdown

Filing typeFilingsShare
Divorce 992 44.7%
Probate 601 27.1%
Guardianship 286 12.9%
Pre-Foreclosure 178 8.0%
Partition 163 7.3%

Each row is a distinct case verified for current owner-of-record before inclusion.

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Monthly filing activity

MonthFilingsvs prior
Jan 2020 44
Feb 2020 39 -5
Mar 2020 40 +1
Apr 2020 24 -16
May 2020 26 +2
Jun 2020 35 +9
Jul 2020 38 +3
Aug 2020 34 -4
Sep 2020 31 -3
Oct 2020 28 -3
Nov 2020 29 +1
Dec 2020 33 +4
Jan 2021 41 +8
Feb 2021 47 +6
Mar 2021 47 0
Apr 2021 46 -1
May 2021 34 -12
Jun 2021 31 -3
Jul 2021 39 +8
Aug 2021 46 +7
Sep 2021 38 -8
Oct 2021 45 +7
Nov 2021 35 -10
Dec 2021 30 -5
Jan 2022 37 +7
Feb 2022 41 +4
Mar 2022 52 +11
Apr 2022 44 -8
May 2022 40 -4
Jun 2022 50 +10
Jul 2022 41 -9
Aug 2022 41 0
Sep 2022 42 +1
Oct 2022 41 -1
Nov 2022 33 -8
Dec 2022 29 -4
Jan 2023 41 +12
Feb 2023 29 -12
Mar 2023 45 +16
Apr 2023 37 -8
May 2023 33 -4
Jun 2023 44 +11
Jul 2023 36 -8
Aug 2023 45 +9
Sep 2023 37 -8
Oct 2023 25 -12
Nov 2023 28 +3
Dec 2023 37 +9
Jan 2024 26 -11
Feb 2024 33 +7
Mar 2024 35 +2
Apr 2024 42 +7
May 2024 53 +11
Jan 2026 40 -13
Feb 2026 35 -5
Apr 2026 38 +3
May 2026 42 +4
Jun 2026 51 +9
Jul 2026 17 -34

Each row reflects new filings entering the dataset that month, after ownership verification. Most recent month may be partial.

Geographic concentration by ZIP

Top 6 ZIPs in Harrison County account for 0.7% of all tracked filings, showing where distressed real estate activity clusters.

ZIPCityFilingsShare
47161 NEW SALISBURY 4 0.2%
47136 LANESVILLE 3 0.1%
47112 CORYDON 3 0.1%
47115 DEPAUW 2 0.1%
47110 CENTRAL 2 0.1%
47117 ELIZABETH 1 0.0%

Based on filings with a parseable property address (1% of Harrison County filings).

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Property value distribution

Estimated valueFilingsShare
Under $75k 3 10.7%
$75k - $150k 4 14.3%
$150k - $250k 9 32.1%
$250k - $400k 9 32.1%
$400k+ 3 10.7%

Source: third-party property enrichment (1% coverage on Harrison County filings). Median $208,200; mean $236,200.

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Day-of-week filing pattern

DayFilingsShare
Sun 7 0.3%
Mon 461 20.8%
Tue 417 18.8%
Wed 414 18.6%
Thu 429 19.3%
Fri 480 21.6%
Sat 12 0.5%

Filings cluster Monday through Friday, with weekend filings essentially absent (court system closed). Computed for 2220 filings with a parseable date.

Building characteristics

Per-property details from third-party property enrichment, aggregated across the 33 filings with characteristic data:

IndicatorValue
Median living area42,100 sqft
Median bathrooms1.5
Median lot size0.97 acres
Owner-occupied (at time of enrichment)0.0%

Housing stock + distress signals

Underlying housing stock and distress indicators across all 16842 Harrison County housing units, from US Census ACS 5-year data. National reference values shown for context.

Indicator Harrison County US average
Vacancy rate (incl. seasonal + for-sale)10.0%10.5%
Share of owner-occupied units carrying a mortgage61.8%60.8%
Pre-1940 housing stock12.9%12.3%
Single-family detached share of housing stock79.3%61.2%
Residents age 65 or older18.8%17.3%

Source: US Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS 2023 5-year). National reference values are ACS 2022 5-year US totals. Why these matter: vacancy rate is the strongest single proxy for distressed inventory; mortgage-carrying share defines the risk pool exposed to rate environment; pre-1940 stock signals deferred maintenance and renovation opportunity; senior population correlates with probate pipeline depth.

Rent benchmark (HUD Fair Market Rent)

HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the metro area level — the same FMRs apply to every county within the metro. Harrison County sits within the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (FY 2026). Used to set Section 8 voucher amounts; investors use it as a defensible rent-estimate floor for buy-to-rent underwriting.

Unit size Fair market rent / month
Efficiency / studio$966
1-bedroom$1,047
2-bedroom$1,272
3-bedroom$1,625
4-bedroom$1,891

Source: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents (2026). 40th-percentile gross rent including utilities. Why this matters: Section-8-eligible tenants are a baseline demand floor for rental inventory at these price points; FMR is the official ceiling for voucher-eligible rents.

New construction (market momentum)

Annual building permits filed in Harrison County from the US Census Building Permits Survey. Trend signal on whether new housing demand is accelerating or contracting in this market.

Indicator Value
Total housing units permitted (2025)159
Year-over-year change (2024 → 2025)+0.6%
Single-family share of permits (2025)87.4%
Single-family units permitted139
Multifamily units permitted (2+ units per building)20

Source: US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual cumulative data. Why this matters: permits trending up signals strong demand for new inventory; permits contracting at the same time foreclosure activity rises indicates broader market softening (deals price differently). Multifamily share shows whether the market is densifying or holding to single-family stock.

Macro context: state home prices and national delinquency

Harrison County filings should be read against the broader housing-market backdrop. Indiana state home-price trend and the national mortgage-delinquency rate are the two macro signals most directly relevant to foreclosure exposure.

IndicatorValuePeriod
Indiana home price index (year-over-year)+4.3%2026-01-01
Indiana home price index (cumulative since 2020)+64.9%2026-01-01
National mortgage delinquency rate (30+ day, single-family)1.89%2026-01-01

Sources: Federal Housing Finance Agency state house price indices (FRED series INSTHPI); Federal Reserve Board, Mortgage Delinquency 30+Day Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages (FRED series DRSFRMACBS). Updated quarterly. Free public data.

Most active foreclosure plaintiffs in Harrison County

Top mortgage holders and servicers named in foreclosure complaints filed in this county. Lender names are normalized to collapse common legal-suffix variants (e.g. "as Trustee for X Trust", "N.A.").

PlaintiffForeclosure filings
TRUIST BANK 1

Source: plaintiff names extracted from Harrison County foreclosure complaint text. Court records are public information.

Post-filing sale outcomes in Harrison County

What happens to distressed properties after a court filing? By cross-referencing each filing's property with county assessor and deed-transfer records, we track which properties sold, how long the process took, and at what price. This analysis covers 33 filings (1.5% of all 2220 filings) where parcel-level tracking is available.

9.1%
of tracked properties sold post-filing
345
median days from filing to sale
$265,900
median post-filing sale price
1.27x
sale price vs. assessed value

Time from filing to sale

How quickly do distressed properties sell after a court filing is recorded? This distribution shows where post-filing sales cluster.

Timeframe Sales Share
Under 30 days 1 33.3%
31–90 days 0 0.0%
91–180 days 0 0.0%
181–365 days 1 33.3%
Over 1 year 1 33.3%

Sale rates by filing type

Not all distress types lead to property sales at the same rate. Foreclosures tend to result in eventual sales more often than probate or divorce filings.

Filing type Tracked Sold Sale rate
Pre-Foreclosure 6 2 33.3%
Divorce 17 1 5.9%
Probate 8 0 0.0%

How sales relate to the filing

Not every post-filing sale is caused by the court case. We classify each sale's relationship to the original filing so investors can focus on the highest-signal outcomes. 66.7% of confirmed sales were directly driven by the filing.

Attribution Meaning Sales Share
Filing-driven Sale occurred as a direct result of the court filing (e.g., foreclosure auction, probate liquidation) 2 66.7%
Pre-existing Property was already in a sales process before the court filing was recorded 1 33.3%

Source: county assessor and deed-transfer records cross-referenced with court filings by parcel ID. Sale outcomes tracked for 33 of 2220 filings (1.5% parcel coverage). Timing based on 3 sales with valid filing and sale dates. Prices based on 3 sales with recorded sale amounts.

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FEMA flood zone exposure

Are distressed properties concentrated in flood-prone areas? By checking each property's coordinates against FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer, we identify which filings fall in Special Flood Hazard Areas (mandatory flood insurance zones). This analysis covers 33 properties with geocoded locations.

3.0%
in Special Flood Hazard Area
1
properties in high-risk zones
Zone Properties Share
X 32 97.0%
AE 1 3.0%

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL), queried by property coordinates. Zones A/AE/AH/AO/V/VE are Special Flood Hazard Areas (1% annual flood chance, mandatory flood insurance). Zone X is minimal risk. 33 properties checked.

Filing velocity by case type

How each distress category is trending — are foreclosures accelerating while divorces cool, or vice versa? This breakdown is only possible with direct court-record data.

Case type Total Share Trend
Divorce 992 44.7% +2.3%
Probate 601 27.1% +12.2%
Guardianship 286 12.9% -5.3%
Pre-Foreclosure 178 8.0% +14.3%
Partition 163 7.3% -36.4%

Trend = recent 2-3 month volume vs prior 2-3 months (current partial month excluded). Positive = accelerating; negative = cooling.

Seasonal filing patterns

Court filings peak in Mar and are lowest in Nov. Filing volume is relatively steady year-round.

Month Avg filings Relative
Jan 38.2
87%
Feb 37.3
85%
Mar 43.8
100%
Apr 38.5
88%
May 38
87%
Jun 42.2
96%
Jul 38.5
88%
Aug 41.5
95%
Sep 37
84%
Oct 34.8
79%
Nov 31.2
71%
Dec 32.2
74%

Average filings per calendar month across all observed years. Relative column shows each month as a percentage of the peak month (Mar), with a 1.4x peak-to-trough ratio.

ZIP code distress hotspots

Distress is geographically dispersed across 6 ZIP codes, with no single area dominating.

ZIP Area Filings Share Median value
47161 New Salisbury 4 0.2% $259,550
47136 Lanesville 3 0.1% $334,000
47112 Corydon 3 0.1% $341,200
47115 Depauw 2 0.1% $183,050
47110 Central 2 0.1% $144,500
47117 Elizabeth 1 0.0% $171,700

Top 6 of 6 ZIP codes with filings.

Non-resident owner analysis

Most filings (100%) involve owner-occupied properties. The relatively low absentee rate suggests distress is primarily hitting homeowners, not institutional investors.

0.5%
Non-resident owners
Case type Total filings Non-resident %
Divorce 992 0.7%
Probate 601 0.0%
Guardianship 286 0.0%
Pre-Foreclosure 178 2.8%
Partition 163 0.0%

Non-resident = owner's mailing address differs from the property address. Could indicate out-of-state landlords, inherited estates, second homes, or in-transition properties.

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Distress composition and shifts

Probate, Pre-Foreclosure share is rising. Divorce share is declining. High diversity in distress types suggests multiple independent factors driving court filings, not a single economic shock.

Case type Recent share Earlier share Shift
Probate 35.5% 26.7% +8.8pp (rising)
Divorce 32.3% 45.2% -12.9pp (falling)
Guardianship 14.0% 12.9% +1.1pp
Pre-Foreclosure 12.9% 7.8% +5.1pp (rising)
Partition 5.4% 7.4% -2.0pp

Distress diversity score: 2.06 (Shannon entropy; higher = more diverse distress sources). "Recent" = last 2 complete months; "Earlier" = all prior months.

Property Value Profile

The median assessed value of properties in court filings is $187,000. Probate filings involve the highest-value properties (median $296,100), while Divorce filings trend lower (median $153,400). The largest segment (40.6%) falls in the $100K - $250K range.

$187,000
Median assessed value
$208,812
Average assessed value
32
Properties with values
Value range Properties Share
Under $100K 7 21.9%
$100K - $250K 13 40.6%
$250K - $500K 12 37.5%
Value breakdown by case type
Case type Median value Avg value Properties
Divorce $153,400 $160,794 16
Probate $296,100 $230,338 8
Pre-Foreclosure $236,600 $213,867 6

Based on county assessor records for 32 properties with court filings (1.4% of total filings). Values are tax-assessed amounts, not market listing prices.

Investment Opportunity Score by ZIP Code

Across 3 ZIP codes with sufficient court filing data, ZIP 47161 (New Salisbury) ranks highest with an investment opportunity score of 68/100, driven by high filing volume (4 cases).

68/100
Highest ZIP score
3
ZIPs scored
44
Average score
Rank ZIP Code Area Score Filings Avg Value Absentee %
#1 47161 New Salisbury
68
4 0%
#2 47136 Lanesville
32
3 0%
#3 47112 Corydon
32
3 0%
How the score is calculated

The Investment Opportunity Score combines four dimensions from verified court filing data:

  • Filing volume (35%): More filings = more potential deals in the area
  • Property value (25%): Higher assessed values = larger potential deal sizes
  • Absentee owner rate (25%): Absentee owners are more likely to sell at a discount
  • Case type diversity (15%): Multiple case types = broader opportunity set

Each dimension is normalized to a 0–100 scale across all scored ZIPs, then weighted and combined. A score of 100 means that ZIP ranks highest across all dimensions. Scores should be compared within the same county or state, not across different markets.

Based on 2220 court filings across 3 ZIP codes. ZIPs with fewer than 3 filings are excluded. Property values from county assessor records. Absentee status from property ownership verification.

Distress Capital Analysis

$6,682,000 in assessed property value is currently tied up in 32 court-filed properties. Divorce filings represent the largest capital pool ($2,572,700 across 16 properties).

$7M
Total Value at Risk
32
Properties Valued
$187,000
Median Value

Capital at Risk by Filing Type

Filing Type Total Value Properties Avg Value High Equity %
Divorce
$2,572,700
16 $160,794 --
Probate
$1,842,700
8 $230,338 --
Pre-Foreclosure
$1,283,200
6 $213,867 --

Based on 32 properties with assessor valuations (1.4% of 2220 total filings). Values are county assessor estimates. Equity calculated from estimated value vs outstanding mortgage balance where available.

Market Absorption & Turnover Analysis

38 court filings tracked with 0 resolved (0.0% absorption rate). The court system is accumulating cases faster than they resolve, creating a growing backlog of 38 active cases.

0.0%
Absorption Rate
38
Active Case Backlog
Month New Filings Resolved Net Inflow Absorption
Jan 2024 2 0 +2
0.0%
Feb 2024 1 0 +1
0.0%
Mar 2024 7 0 +7
0.0%
Apr 2024 4 0 +4
0.0%
May 2024 1 0 +1
0.0%
Jan 2026 1 0 +1
0.0%
Feb 2026 2 0 +2
0.0%
Apr 2026 16 0 +16
0.0%
May 2026 1 0 +1
0.0%
Jun 2026 1 0 +1
0.0%
Jul 2026 2 0 +2
0.0%

Resolution by Case Type

Case Type Filed Resolved Absorption Avg Days
Divorce 22 0 0.0% n/a
Probate 8 0 0.0% n/a
Pre-Foreclosure 6 0 0.0% n/a

Absorption rate measures the percentage of filed cases that have reached a terminal resolution (judgment, dismissal, settlement, or sale). A low absorption rate indicates a growing backlog of active cases in the court system. Resolution timing based on 0 resolved cases out of 38 total filings.

Property Type Distribution

59.4% of distressed properties are classified as Single Family, followed by Commercial (18.8%).

Single Family
Most common (59.4%)
32
Properties classified
4
Property categories
Property type Count Share Distribution
Single Family 19 59.4%
Commercial 6 18.8%
Residential 4 12.5%
Agricultural 3 9.4%
Property type by case type
Case type Dominant property type Share Properties
Divorce Single Family 62.5% 16
Probate Single Family 50.0% 8
Pre-Foreclosure Single Family 50.0% 6

Property classifications from county assessor records for 32 properties (84.2% of total filings). Categories normalized from assessor codes.

Case Aging & Stall Analysis

15 cases (39.5%) have been active for over a year without resolution. 3 filings in the last <30 days represent fresh opportunities.

15
Cases stalled 1yr+
39.5%
of all filings
38
Total tracked
Age Total Resolved Still active Resolution rate
<30 days 3 0 3 0.0%
30-90 days 8 0 8 0.0%
3-6 months 12 0 12 0.0%
2+ years 15 0 15 0.0%
Resolution speed by case type
Case type Total Resolved Rate Median days
Divorce 22 0 0.0%

Case aging computed from filing date to present for unresolved cases. Resolution classified from court docket entries (judgments, settlements, dismissals, sheriff sales). Cases with a resolution event are removed from the stall count.

Property Value Distribution

The median property value in distressed filings is $176,000, with the largest concentration (24.2%) in the $300K–$500K range.

$176,000
Median value
$196,157
Average value
33
Properties valued
Price range Count Share Distribution
Under $50K 7 21.2%
$50K–$100K 2 6.1%
$100K–$150K 4 12.1%
$150K–$200K 6 18.2%
$200K–$300K 6 18.2%
$300K–$500K 8 24.2%
Value by case type
Case type Median value Average value Properties
Divorce $144,500 $151,364 17

Assessed property values from county assessor records for 33 properties (86.8% of total filings). Values reflect tax-assessed amounts, not market price.

Ownership Duration Before Filing

The median ownership duration before a court filing is 7.1 years, with 33.3% of owners holding the property 10+ years (a strong equity signal for investors).

7.1 yr
Median tenure
7.4 yr
Average tenure
24
Properties tracked
Ownership period Count Share Distribution
Under 2 years 4 16.7%
2–5 years 4 16.7%
5–10 years 8 33.3%
10–20 years 8 33.3%
Tenure by case type
Case type Median tenure Average tenure Properties
Divorce 8.4 yr 7.8 yr 10

Duration calculated from last recorded property sale to court filing date for 24 properties (63.2% of total filings). Longer ownership often correlates with higher equity.

Why these filings are invisible on most public foreclosure sites

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Methodology and full audit: Court-vs-aggregator coverage gap report.

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Cite: Keystone Court Data, "Harrison County Indiana Court Filings Intelligence," 2026-07-16, https://keystonecourtdata.com/reports/harrison-in-court-filings-intelligence · Download data (CSV)