Manistee County, MI tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Manistee County, seat of Manistee: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Michigan tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Format
- County site
- Registration
- Bidding is online through tax-sale.info.
- County office
- 231-723-3173
On this page
How Manistee County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Manistee County Treasurer's Office (foreclosing governmental unit)
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Bidding is online through tax-sale.info.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is online through tax-sale.info. Bidders create a free account and verify identity with information matching a government issued ID. A $1,000 pre-authorization hold on a major credit card is required before placing bids and serves as the security deposit, valid for 30 days. Winners have 5 business days after the sale ends to submit payment and notarized paperwork by wire transfer, certified (cashier's) check, or credit/debit card with a 2.75% processing fee. Total owed is the winning bid plus a 10% buyer's premium, current taxes, and a $30.00 deed recording fee. State law bars anyone who owes delinquent property taxes or civil fines in the county from buying, and winners sign a sworn affidavit to that effect.
Sale format and venue
Manistee County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Manistee County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.
Get the advertised list
Use Manistee County parcel catalog on tax-sale.info for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Bidding runs on Michigan public land auction schedule and parcel lists; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Manistee County Treasurer's Office (foreclosing governmental unit) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Manistee County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Manistee County parcel catalog on tax-sale.info. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is online through tax-sale.info. Bidders create a free account and verify identity with information matching a government issued ID. A $1,000 pre-authorization hold on a major credit card is required before placing bids and serves as the security deposit, valid for 30 days. Winners have 5 business days after the sale ends to submit payment and notarized paperwork by wire transfer, certified (cashier's) check, or credit/debit card with a 2.75% processing fee. Total owed is the winning bid plus a 10% buyer's premium, current taxes, and a $30.00 deed recording fee. State law bars anyone who owes delinquent property taxes or civil fines in the county from buying, and winners sign a sworn affidavit to that effect.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Michigan due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Treasurer of record at the time of research: Rachel Nelson. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm except holidays; email [email protected].
- Current and delinquent tax lookup and payment for Manistee County runs through BS&A Online at https://bsaonline.com/?uid=2022, linked from the Treasurer page.
- The county page lists three separate 2026 auction events: the August 27 minimum bid auction, a September 25 re-offer auction at minimum bid, and an October 30 no reserve auction. The later two run only if parcels remain unsold.
- Buyers should budget above the bid: the 10% buyer's premium, current-year taxes, and the $30.00 deed recording fee are added to the winning bid.
Michigan rules
- Redemption
- Michigan has no post-sale redemption. The right to redeem runs during the forfeiture year and ends when the foreclosure judgment takes effect. Property forfeited to the county treasurer may be redeemed at any time on or before the March 31 immediately succeeding entry of a judgment foreclosing it, or within 21 days of entry in a contested case. On that date all redemption rights expire and fee simple title vests absolutely in the foreclosing governmental unit. Measured from the March 1 the taxes were returned as delinquent, that is about 25 months, and roughly three years from the year the taxes were levied. A circuit court may withhold a property from foreclosure for one year, or enter an order extending the redemption period as it finds equitable, if the owner is a minor heir, is incompetent, is without means of support, or is undergoing substantial financial hardship, so a parcel can drop off an auction list late.
- Deed deposit
- Michigan fixes no statutory deposit. The foreclosing governmental unit may adopt its own procedures governing the conduct of the sale and payment for conveyance, so registration deposits, refunds, and any bidding caps are set county by county and by the auction platform. On Tax-Sale.info, the platform most Michigan counties use, bidding requires a $1,000 pre-authorization hold on a major credit card rather than a cash deposit. Confirm the figure in the county's published auction terms before registering.
- Surplus proceeds
- A person who held a legal interest in the property immediately before the judgment of foreclosure became effective may claim the remaining proceeds. Remaining proceeds are the amount paid to the foreclosing governmental unit for the property, minus the minimum bid, minus other fees and expenses of forfeiture, foreclosure, sale, maintenance, repair, and remediation not already inside the minimum bid, minus a sale commission payable to the unit equal to 5 percent of the amount paid for the property. The claimant must submit a notice of intention on a Department of Treasury form by the July 1 immediately following the effective date of the foreclosure, then file a motion in the same circuit court proceeding in which the foreclosure judgment was effective, during the period beginning February 1 immediately after the property was sold and ending the following May 15. The court sets a hearing, decides the relative priority and value of each claimant's interest, and orders payment. Once the order enters, any further claim relating to that property is barred.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
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Verified Aug 7, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
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