What this office does
The county auditor is an elected county officer created by the Indiana Constitution and is the county's fiscal officer. The auditor keeps the county's books, pays claims only when money has been appropriated, serves as clerk to the commissioners and council, and works out tax rates and distributions for the local governments in the county [1, 2, 3, 4].
The job in full — the duties the Indiana Code puts in it, the term, what it pays and who sets that, and what to ask a candidate.
- Term limit
- No more than eight years in any twelve-year period (Indiana Constitution, Article 6, Section 2) [1]
- Qualifications
- Must have lived in the county for at least one year before the election, be registered to vote in the county by the filing deadline, and file a statement of economic interests [5]
- Pay and staff
- Set by the county council, which also fixes the number of deputies and employees; the officer files a budget estimate each summer [6, 7]
- On the 2026 ballot
- 65 counties; 15 contested (more candidates, including write-ins, than seats) [8]
What the law puts in this job (6)
- Is the fiscal officer of the county and keeps its accounts [2].
- Receives claims against the county, presents them to the commissioners, and issues warrants only when the commissioners or a court order it [9, 10].
- May not let any line of appropriation be overdrawn, and may draw a warrant only if the county council has appropriated the money [3, 4].
- Settles property tax collections with the treasurer twice a year and distributes the money to the county, schools, cities, towns, townships and other local units [11].
- Certifies the county's net assessed value to the Department of Local Government Finance each year for setting tax rates [12].
- Files the county's annual financial report with the State Board of Accounts [13].
- What's included
- the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
- Everything else
- Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
- Candidate lists
- As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
- At the polls
- Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5
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