Marquette County, Michigan

Tax Deed67,979 residentsLive auctions →

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-deed (foreclosure) county under MCL 211.78. Marquette County (Upper Peninsula; NMU / mining-tourism economy) Treasurer: properties foreclosed April 1 for non-payment; two annual Title Check auctions — minimum-bid auction in August and no-minimum-bid auction in October. Parcel photos/info on tax-sale.info ~30 days prior. Treasurer Courthouse Annex, 234 W. Baraga Ave., Marquette; 906-225-8425. Surplus proceeds Form 5743 (MCL 211.78t) by July 1 after foreclosure year. Harsh climate, septic, and remote-access DD matter on rural U.P. inventory.

Auction logistics

Format

Online

Frequency

Twice annually: August minimum-bid auction; October no-minimum-bid auction (foreclosures effective April 1)

Platform

Tax-Sale.info (Title-Check, LLC) — Marquette County ↗

Deposit rules

Register on tax-sale.info; Title Check pre-registration and deposit/pre-authorization rules apply. Catalogs post ~30 days before each auction. Payment deadlines strict; sold AS IS. Contact Treasurer 906-225-8425 for foreclosure process questions.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Circuit court foreclosure is intended to convey title free of most prior private liens; federal tax liens and some interests may survive. Remote U.P. parcels may have access, mineral, and tax-history complications — full title search mandatory.

Quiet title

Judgment of foreclosure is the primary title-clearing step; some insurers still want quiet title or extended review, especially on vacant land.

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

Tax collector

Marquette County Treasurer — Auctions ↗

906-225-8425

Clerk of court

Marquette County Register of Deeds / Circuit Court ↗

Property appraiser

Marquette County Equalization / assessing ↗

GIS / parcel map

Marquette County GIS / parcel resources ↗

Areas trending up

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

Marquette city / NMU campus edge

University, hospital, and regional services drive the U.P.'s strongest SF and rental absorption

Harvey / US-41 south fringe

Suburban growth corridor with more new inventory than city core

Negaunee / Ishpeming mining-tourism belt

Recreation and legacy industrial employment with attainable housing relative to Marquette city