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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Ottawa 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 Ottawa county, Michigan.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Ottawa county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Ottawa 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 Ottawa county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Ottawa county, Michigan allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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: |
| Roger Rycenga | Commissioner, Chair, District 6 | rryceng@co.ottawa.mi.us |
| Edward Berghorst | Commissioner, District 9 | ebergho@co.ottawa.mi.us |
| Donald Disselkoen | Commissioner, District 8 | d.disselkoen@attbi.com |
| Jim Holtrop | Commissioner, District 10 | |
| Joyce Kortman | Commissioner, District 1 | jkortma@co.ottawa.mi.us |
| Philip Kuyers | Commissioner, District 2 | pkuyers@co.ottawa.mi.us |
| Robert Rinck | Commissioner, District 5 | rrinck@co.ottawa.mi.us |
| Jane Ruiter | Commissioner, District 4 | jruiter@co.ottawa.mi.us |
| Gordon Schrotenboer | Commissioner, District 7 | gschrot@co.ottawa.mi.us |
| Dennis Swartout | Commissioner, District 3 | dswarto@co.ottawa.mi.us |
| Cornelius Vander Kam | Commissioner, District 11 | cvander3@co.ottawa.mi.us |
| Ronald Frantz | Prosecuting Attorney | |
| Gary Rosema | Sheriff | |
| Paul Geerlings | Drain Commissioner | |
| Mary Richardson | Treasurer | |
| Daniel Krueger | County Clerk | |
| Gary Scholter | 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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