States › Michigan › Emmet County

County Courthouse
200 Division Street
Petoskey, MI 49770-2486
Phone: (231) 348-1744
Fax: 2313480633
www.co.emmet.mi.us

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Emmet county, Michigan is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Emmet county, Michigan.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Emmet county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Emmet county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Emmet county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Emmet county, Michigan allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Emmet county, Michigan lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Michigan laws and competition, savvy Emmet county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Michigan tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Michigan tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:

Name:	Position:	Email:
James Tamlyn	Commissioner, Chair, District 1
Lester Atchison	Commissioner, District 7
Alan Behan	Commissioner, District 4
Thomas Foltz	Commissioner, District 6
Jack Jones	Commissioner, District 5
Roselyn Letzmann	Commissioner, District 2
Thomas Shier	Commissioner, District 3
James Linderman	Prosecuting Attorney
Jeffrey Bodzick	Sheriff
Arden Bawkey	Drain Commissioner
Marilyn Mays	Treasurer
Gail Martin	County Clerk
Michele Stine	Register of Deeds

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.

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