Douglas County, Wisconsin

Sep 28, 2026 · in 16 days· 05:00 AM

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

announced by the county — list not yet fetched

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Venue: Online
Bidding: Bid Up or Premium
Sale runs: Until complete
Total offered: $98,000
Deed sale site: www.wisconsinsurplus.com

Collector: Amy Tyson
Phone: 715.395.1348
Email: amy.tison@douglascountywi.org
Fax: 715.395.1214

Online deed sale.

Registration and terms

Please see online auction website for registration details.

WI caveats

A WISCONSIN LISTING CAN BE TAKEN BACK BY ITS FORMER OWNER BEFORE IT SELLS. 2023 Wisconsin Act 207 requires every county to adopt an ordinance letting a former owner, their beneficiaries or heirs repurchase land lost to a tax deed by paying the county's costs, the taxes that would have accrued while the county held it, and the amounts needed to satisfy liens at foreclosure. The ordinance must cover single-family owner-occupied property and may cover everything else. The right is exercised before the county's sale, so it does not cloud a completed purchase — but it means the best inventory is filtered out before auction and a listing can disappear.
THE SECOND PASS HAS NO FLOOR. § 75.69 requires the appraised value to be advertised and bars a sale below it unless the county board or its committee has reviewed and approved the sale. But a county may also "sell for any amount any land previously advertised for sale after advertising the sale of such land by publication of a class 1 notice". A parcel on its second advertisement is a different proposition from one on its first, and nothing in the listing data distinguishes them.
THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE HIGHEST BID. Under § 75.69 a county may accept less than the highest bid provided the board or its committee "prepares a written statement, available for public inspection, that explains the reasons". Winning on price is not the same as winning.

Douglas County rulesstate defaults

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: None once the county forecloses (roughly 2 years of delinquency before that)
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer
Governing statute: Wisconsin Statutes Ch. 75
Population: 44,276 residents

Notes

County in-rem foreclosure process; some municipalities also handle their own special assessments separately.

Inherited from Wisconsin rather than researched for Douglas: type, redemption, returns, statute, notes.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

No parcels published yet

The county has announced 13 parcels for this sale, but the parcel list itself has not been fetched yet — so there is nothing to rank here. Counties often publish it only days before the sale. Check back closer to Sep 28, 2026.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Wis. Stat. § 70.32(1) requires real property to be valued at the full value which could ordinarily be obtained at private sale, and § 70.05(5)(b) requires each taxation district to assess at full value at least once in every 5-year period. The Department of Revenue computes the actual assessed-to-full-value ratio for every district annually under § 70.05(5)(c) and notifies districts that drift more than 10% off over four years. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Venue

Online

Bidding

Bid Up or Premium

Sale runs

Until complete

Total offered

$98,000

Deed sale site

www.wisconsinsurplus.com

Online deed sale.

Registration and terms

Please see online auction website for registration details.