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Calhoun County, Michigan

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County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.

Sale typestate default

Tax Deed

Redemption periodstate default

Forfeiture/foreclosure process ends redemption rights before auction (roughly 2 years of delinquency)

Investor returnstate default

N/A — outright deed transfer

Governing statutestate default

Michigan Compiled Laws §211.78 et seq.

Notes

Michigan tax-foreclosure (MCL 211.78) county. Calhoun County Treasurer auctions tax-foreclosed properties online via Tax-Sale.info; county Tax Foreclosure Auctions page links the platform and archives past results (2013–2025 PDFs). Multi-round structure common (first auction + later minimum-bid/second-round sales). Sold AS IS by quitclaim after March foreclosure judgment cycle. Battle Creek / Marshall I-94 industrial and cereal-industry employment base.

Auction logistics

Format

Online

Frequency

Annual public auction season after March foreclosure (often Aug–Oct multi-round) — confirm current dates with Treasurer / tax-sale.info

Deposit rules

Register and deposit on Tax-Sale.info per Title Check terms for Calhoun. Minimum bids posted per lot. Review past results PDFs on county site for pricing context only — each year is independent. Sold AS IS/WHERE IS; surplus-proceeds claims process may apply to prior owners under current MCL 211.78t rules.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale
Circuit court foreclosure is intended to convey free of most prior private liens; federal tax liens and some interests may survive. Occupancy and code enforcement status are bidder risks.
Quiet title
Judgment of foreclosure is primary; quiet title still common for insurable title.

Deal maths for Michigan

Assessment ratio
0.5× of market value
Typical quiet title
$2,000–$4,000 · 9 mo
Recording and transfer
$300

Michigan state equalized value is 50% of true cash value by constitution (Mich. Const. art. IX, § 3); taxable value may be lower still. The SEV published with these auction listings is taken from the delinquent tax year that was foreclosed upon, so it is typically several years stale — in a rising market it understates current value, and in a falling one it overstates it.

Offices and records

Areas trending up

Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.

Battle Creek downtown / riverfront

Urban revitalization and manufacturing employment with value SF inventory

Marshall historic core

County-seat amenity demand and tourism-supported resale

Emmett Township / I-94 edge

Logistics and plant jobs supporting suburban workforce housing

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