Ottawa 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. Ottawa County Treasurer uses Title Check (Tax-Sale.info) as agent for online land auctions after judicial foreclosure (~2 years delinquent after local-to-county transfer). 2026 schedule: Minimum Bid Online Aug 26, 2026; Minimum Bid Re-Offer Sept 25, 2026; No Reserve Online Oct 30, 2026. Foreclosure list PDF on miottawa.org. Fee-simple deed auction, not certificates.
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.
Tourism and manufacturing employment with constrained lakeshore inventory
Lakeshore demand and second-home adjacency supporting higher-end liquidity
University-driven renter demand and west-metro GR spillover