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Forfeiture and Foreclosure Timeline
Year of Issue | Delinquency Year | Forfeiture Year | Foreclosure & Beyond |
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July 1, 2019 | March 2020 | February 2021 | April 1, 2022 |
Local Treasurer issues summer 2019 tax bill | County buys unpaid 2019 taxes. County Treasurer begins delinquent tax collection (4% admin fee, 1% monthly interest added) | Third notice mailed by certified mail | Foreclosure. Property vests completely to the County Treasurer |
September 16, 2019 | May 2020 | March 2021 | August 2022 |
Summer tax bill is due | County Treasurer mails delinquent tax notices | Property is forfeited to County Treasurer.
$175 title search fee added, $60 recording fee added, 1.5% monthly interest, retroactive from previous year. |
Tax auction |
September 17, 2019 | September 2020 | June 2021 | October 2022 |
Interest starts on summer tax bill, if not paid | County Treasurer mails delinquent tax notices | County Treasurer files petition of foreclosure to Circuit Court.
Personal visit is made to each property to serve notice on occupant |
Second tax auction |
December 1, 2019 | October 2020 | By December 15, 2021 | December 2022 |
Local treasurer issues winter 2019 tax bill | $15 fee added | Fourth notice is mailed by certified mail.
Notice is published in a county newspaper twice.
$10 publication fee added. |
Any unsold property is transferred to the city, village, or township. Unsold property not transferred is retained by the County. |
February 29, 2020 | January 2022 | ||
Winter 2019 tax bill is due | Show Cause Hearing with County Treasurer to allow certain limited challenges to the property tax and pending foreclosure.
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February 2022 | |||
Foreclosure hearing at Circuit Court. | |||
March 31, 2022 | |||
Last day to pay 2019 tax bill. All rights to redemption expire! |
FORECLOSURE IS FINAL
For more information, please call the Van Buren County Treasurer at (269) 657-8228.