The second 2024 Tax Foreclosure auction will take place on November 1, 2024.
By law, tax-foreclosed property must be sold at public auction. Auctions are held on www.tax-sale.info.
Please read all Terms and Conditions carefully and thoroughly. All properties are sold as is and where is; purchasers release the Treasurer from all liability.
Claiming Interest in Foreclosure Sale Proceeds
Starting with the 2021 tax year MCL 211.78t went into effect. This statute provides property owners with interest or equity in foreclosed property a legal process to claim excess proceeds from the delinquent tax auction. The previous owner can claim the excess proceeds above the delinquency at the time of foreclosure plus 5% of the sale price provided in the statute. This process begins by filing form 5473 immediately preceding the foreclosure by July 1st. Below please find the timeline for this legal process for the 2024 foreclosures on the 2021 delinquent and prior taxes:
April 1, 2024: Foreclosure deadline at 5pm.
July 1, 2024: Deadline to file form 5743 for 2024 foreclosures with the Foreclosing Governmental Unit (FGU).
January 31, 2025: The FGU will respond following the foreclosure auctions with form 5744 Notice to Claimant to File Motion with the Circuit Court by January 31. Form 5744 provides the previous owner with the sale price, sales recovery cost, excess proceeds, instructions, and deadlines to file a motion with the Circuit Court.
February 1 – May 15, 2025: Deadline to file claimant motion with the Circuit Court.
June 2025: the FGU will file a response with the Circuit Court. The Circuit Court will then set a hearing date and time to determine claim payments.
As a result of a recent decision by the Michigan State Supreme Court in Schafer v Kent County and Hathon v State of Michigan, if a parcel you held interest in was foreclosed and sold in an auction between 2015 through 2020, you may be eligible to claim remaining proceeds from the sale. the Notice of Intent form 6156 must be filed with the County Treasurer office by March 31, 2025.
2015-2020 Notice of Intent to Claim