Can You Sell a House with Code Violations in Michigan City, IN?

We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.

You can tell us about the notice, unsafe conditions, permits, or repair work you know about. We review the house and the information you share; you do not have to complete repairs before asking for an offer. The notice and any recorded order still need to be handled as part of the sale.

Indiana’s Unsafe Building Law applies in Indianapolis and Marion County, and in other cities, towns, or counties that have adopted it. Whether it applies to a particular Michigan City property needs to be confirmed for that address.

If the law applies, you can sell with an unsafe-building order, but a recorded order stays with the property and the buyer takes it on. If you received an order and have not complied, you must give the buyer full information before you transfer or agree to transfer the property. Within five days after agreeing to transfer or transferring the interest, the enforcement authority must receive the buyer’s name, address, and phone number and the transfer document.

Bring the notice and any court papers to the closing professional early so the applicable requirements and court restrictions can be checked. See the Indiana General Assembly’s Unsafe Building Law, Indiana Code §§ 36-7-9-1, -3, -26, and -27.

When you sell to us, we're the buyer, so the repairs become our job. That does not erase an existing order, court case, or obligation before closing.

Tell us the property address, what the notice says, and what deadlines or repair instructions you know about. We can talk through the house and the notice with you, then provide a written offer and written terms before you commit. Closing is through a title company; the title professional can check the notice, recorded items, and any court restrictions that apply.

Written offer and written terms before you commit; title-company closing.

When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. That does not pay your mortgage balance, liens, back taxes, or your share of current property taxes. Compare the written terms with the likely repair, permit, holding, and listing costs for your house.

Use the editable Michigan City net-proceeds calculator to compare your own cost assumptions with a possible sale. Then compare the estimate with the written terms for your property.