Monroe County, Michigan
County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.
Sale typestate default
Redemption periodstate default
Investor returnstate default
Governing statutestate default
Notes
Michigan tax deed foreclosure. Monroe County forecloses March 31 annually; Treasurer auctions fee-simple parcels exclusively online at Tax-Sale.info (Title Check). First auction usually mid-to-late August; surplus/adjacent-owner restrictions may apply on some vacant lots. Properties posted as early as June. Not a tax lien certificate sale.
Auction logistics
Format
Frequency
Deposit rules
Title risk
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.
County seat employment and Lake Erie-region industrial base supporting mid-market housing
Toledo metro spillover demand with suburban SF liquidity
Plant and logistics jobs with relative entry pricing versus SE Michigan cores