Ottawa County, Michigan

Aug 26, 2026 · 17 days ago· 10:00am EDT to 7:00pm EDT

Tax Deedscheduledvia Tax Sale Info

Parcels

Opening bids

$15,345

all parcels priced

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$4K

typically required

What survives this sale

Foreclosure judgment typically extinguishes junior private liens; federal tax liens and certain interests may survive. Surplus proceeds claims available under Michigan law. Strong title review still required.

Ottawa County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: Forfeiture/foreclosure process ends redemption rights before auction (roughly 2 years of delinquency)
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer
Governing statute: Michigan Compiled Laws §211.78 et seq.
Population: 306,235 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: Online
Frequency: Three 2026 online rounds: Aug 26 (min bid), Sept 25 (re-offer), Oct 30 (no reserve)
Platform: Tax-Sale.info (Title Check) — Ottawa County Treasurer Land Auction
Deposit rules: Register on Tax-Sale.info; Title Check manages auction rules, deposits, and closing ~30 days before each date when details post. Contact Terra Kalman tkalman@miottawa.org for county questions. Buyer as-is; review foreclosure list for code issues.

Title risk

Optional but sometimes insurer-required depending on history.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Ottawa County Treasurer — Delinquent/Foreclosed Division
Clerk of court: Ottawa County Register of Deeds
Property appraiser: Ottawa County Equalization / local assessors
GIS / parcel map: Ottawa County GIS / property search

Areas trending up

Holland / downtown & lakeshore edge — Tourism and manufacturing employment with constrained lakeshore inventory
Grand Haven / Spring Lake — Lakeshore demand and second-home adjacency supporting higher-end liquidity
Allendale / GVSU corridor — University-driven renter demand and west-metro GR spillover

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.

4 sources

Inherited from Michigan rather than researched for Ottawa: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Download PropStream list (7 parcels, CSV)

Parcel	Address	Opening bid	Assessed	Spread	Status
70-01-25-276-005	20481 Kenowa Ave · Conklin	$323	$176,000	$175,677	pending
70-16-31-177-032	435 W 21st St · Holland	$323	$102,700	$102,377	pending
70-09-16-400-046	7306 WARNER ST ALLENDALE	$12,824	$104,600	$91,776	withdrawn
70-09-24-300-083

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — 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. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.