States › Michigan › Van Buren County

County Courthouse
219 Paw Paw
Paw Paw, MI 49079-0000
Phone: (269) 657-8253
Fax: (269) 657-2547
www.vbco.org/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Van Buren 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 Van Buren county, Michigan.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Van Buren county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Van Buren 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 Van Buren county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Van Buren county, Michigan allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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:
Thomas Tanczos	Commissioner, Chair, District 1	tanczost@vbco.org
Richard Freestone	Commissioner, District 4	freestoner@vbco.org
Donald Hanson	Commissioner, District 6	hansond@vbco.org
Harold Johnson	Commissioner, District 2
Christopher Randall	Commissioner, District 7	randallc@vbco.org
James Ray	Commissioner, District 3	jamesr@vbco.org
John Tapper Sr.	Commissioner, District 5	tapperj@vbco.org
Juris Kaps	Prosecuting Attorney
Dale Gribler	Sheriff
Orrin Dorr	Drain Commissioner
Karen Makay	Treasurer
Christine Leary	County Clerk
Mark Smith	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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