Ogemaw County, MI tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Treasurer of record at the time of research: Nicole Cooper, who the office page says "has held this position since being appointed in May 2026" in an elected position with a four year term. Supporting staff listed are Amanda Pilarski, Accounting Clerk, Mary Childress, Property Tax Coordinator, and Dawn Gilley, Property Tax Specialist.
• •Office hours are listed as "8:30am-4:30pm M-F", closed state and federal holidays.
• •The Treasurer page describes the office role that drives this sale as "collection of delinquent property taxes" and "certification of deeds", carried out "under the guidance of the State Treasury Department".
• •Delinquent taxes can be paid online through the county's GovPay link at govpaynow.com, and parcel records are searchable through the BS&A property tax search the Treasurer page links for this county.
• •Ogemaw County operates a Land Bank Authority chaired by the Treasurer, with the stated mission to "promote positive economic development and encourage neighborhood revitalization by acquiring, transforming and selling blighted, vacant and abandoned properties". Its page publishes policies and meeting minutes but no property list or auction, so ask the Treasurer's office directly about land bank inventory. Land bank parcels sell on their own terms and are not part of the annual tax foreclosure auction.
• •Verify the county domain before trusting a search result: the official site is ocmi.us. The lookalike ogemawcounty.net is a third-party directory that itself points to ocmi.us for government, and ogemawcounty.com resolves to a parked domain listed for sale.
• •Ogemaw is sold in a multi-county regional session rather than a standalone county sale, so the parcel catalog is county-specific but the auction event covers several northern Lower Peninsula counties on the same day.

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.MCL 211.78g - forfeiture to the county treasurer on March 1 after 12 months delinquent, the $175 fee, the additional 1/2 percent per month, and what it costs to redeemMCL 211.78gVerified Aug 6, 2026

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.MCL 211.78m - the auction itself: right of first refusal ladder, the July to November sale window, minimum bid, bidder affidavit, payment, deed, and unsold propertyMCL 211.78mVerified Aug 6, 2026

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.MCL 211.78t - claims to remaining proceeds after a tax foreclosure sale, the definition of remaining proceeds, and the 5 percent sale commissionMCL 211.78tVerified Aug 6, 2026

Governing statute

MCL 211.78 to 211.78oMCL 211.78 - legislative intent for the return, forfeiture, and foreclosure system, a county's election to have the state foreclose, and the definition of foreclosing governmental unitMCL 211.78Verified Aug 6, 2026

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.

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