Livingston County tax sales, Michigan

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Livingston County is the structural exception in this Michigan set: the foreclosing governmental unit is the State of Michigan, not the County Treasurer. The Michigan Department of Treasury lists the State as the FGU for Livingston County, and the County Treasurer's own FAQ sends foreclosure list questions to the State of Michigan website; the Treasurer collects the delinquent taxes but does not sell the foreclosed parcels. The State sold through Title Check, LLC, online only at tax-sale.info, in a single 2026 round: the minimum bid auction on Friday, August 7, 2026. Livingston appears in neither the September 25, 2026 re-offer catalog nor the October 30, 2026 no reserve catalog, and no official source states where parcels that did not sell on August 7 went. Because the State is the seller, deeds may carry State reservations (mineral rights, aboriginal antiquities, and ingress and egress rights along watercourses), and excess proceeds claims for state FGU counties are made to the State.

Selling office: State of Michigan, Department of Treasury, as foreclosing governmental unit, selling through Title Check, LLC at tax-sale.info. Livingston County Treasurer Jennifer Nash collects the delinquent taxes but is not the seller; the county Treasurer page prints no office address or phone, and directory listings for that office are not verified on this page

Next sale: Minimum bid auction held Friday, August 7, 2026 (2026 cycle complete; no later 2026 round includes Livingston). The August 7, 2026 sale ran 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT in the Southern Central Lower Peninsula group (Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Livingston, Montcalm, Shiawassee), salebook 792; the schedule marks Livingston with the symbol denoting an included catalog of DNR surplus parcels. Livingston does not appear in the September 25, 2026 Minimum Bid Re-Offer county list or the October 30, 2026 No Reserve Auction county list. No 2027 dates are published.

The county itself publishes no foreclosure list; its FAQ refers readers to the State of Michigan website, and the parcels posted as the Title Check catalog for the August 7, 2026 auction. The county charges a $2.50 fee to view a parcel's tax history; that is a tax history fee, not a foreclosure list fee, and no county level list cost is published.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	Minimum bid auction held Friday, August 7, 2026 (2026 cycle complete)
Sale dates and venue	One 2026 round only: Friday, August 7, 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT, online only at tax-sale.info (Southern Central Lower Peninsula group, salebook 792). No September re-offer and no October no reserve appearance.
Registration	Title Check standard: an online account at tax-sale.info at least 48 hours before the auction, with the $1,000 deposit posted before any bid is accepted (see the terms table).
How bids are placed	Online at tax-sale.info. Advance bidding opens 30 days before the auction; all bids are maximum bids and the system auto bids up to the maximum. At a minimum bid auction, no sale is made for less than the starting price shown for the lot.
The list	The Title Check catalog for the August 7, 2026 auction (inspections began in May; catalogs are released county by county). The county publishes no foreclosure list of its own.
Redemption	None after the sale, because redemption already ended before it: for the 2026 cycle, owners could redeem until March 31, 2026 following the foreclosure judgment, and title vested in the foreclosing governmental unit on April 1, 2026 (Section 211.78k). Nothing a buyer does at auction reopens it.
Format	Online only, tax-sale.info (Title Check, LLC), for the State of Michigan as FGU. No in person bidding.
Selling office	State of Michigan, Department of Treasury (FGU); auctioneer Title Check, LLC

Sources: Michigan Department of Treasury, Taxpayer Resources (state FGU counties). Livingston County Treasurer. Title Check 2026 salebook 792, Southern Central Lower Peninsula, August 7, 2026 (PDF). Title Check 2026 No Reserve salebook 807, October 30, 2026 (PDF). Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.

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How Michigan tax foreclosure sales work

Delinquent, then forfeited. Unpaid taxes are returned delinquent to the county treasurer on March 1 of the year after they were levied. If they are still unpaid a year later, the property is forfeited to the treasurer on March 1 (Section 211.78g), with forfeiture fees and interest added; Oakland County's page states the shape of it: a $235 minimum fee and interest at 18 percent per year running back to the delinquency date. Forfeiture is not yet foreclosure: the owner can still pay and clear the property.
Foreclosure is a court case, and it ends redemption. The foreclosing governmental unit, in these counties the county treasurer, petitions the circuit court (by June 15), and after the show cause and foreclosure hearings the court enters judgment. The owner and interest holders can redeem until March 31 following the judgment; on April 1, title vests absolutely in the FGU (Section 211.78k). The foreclosure judgment cancels prior liens by court order, with limited exceptions. After vesting there is no redemption, by anyone, at any price.
Governments pick first. Before any public auction, the property runs the right of first refusal sequence in Section 211.78m(1): the State may buy by the first Tuesday in July at the greater of the minimum bid or fair market value, then the local units where the property sits, then the county or its land bank. What reaches the public auction is what government buyers passed on.
Auctions run in rounds, and the round sets the floor. Sales are held between the third Tuesday in July and the first Tuesday in November, on at least 30 days published notice, and may be held online (Section 211.78m). At the first offering the minimum bid is all delinquent taxes, interest, penalties and fees. A later offering, held at least 28 days after a prior sale, may carry no minimum bid, though the FGU can set a reasonable opening bid to cover costs. Most counties in this set sell through the state's contracted vendor, Title Check, LLC at tax-sale.info, in three rounds: a minimum bid auction, a minimum bid re-offer, and a no reserve sealed bid round. Wayne and Macomb counties run their own online auctions instead, and Washtenaw sells on Auction.com.
Payment is fast, and the deed follows. The statute makes the FGU require full payment at the close of the sale day or by a date not more than 21 days after the sale; vendor terms are shorter (Title Check: 5 business days; Wayne: 72 hours; Macomb: by 4:00 PM the next day). The buyer must also show the taxes owed on the property at the time of sale are paid within 21 days, or the sale is canceled. The FGU then issues the deed under Section 211.78m. There is no redemption tail behind a Michigan tax deed; the homework is the property itself, sold as is.

How bidding works in Livingston County

Livingston County parcels are sold by the State of Michigan through Title Check, online only, under the platform terms in the bullets and table here, with two state seller wrinkles: deeds may carry State reservations of mineral rights, aboriginal antiquities, and ingress and egress rights along watercourses, and a person who held an interest in a property when the foreclosure judgment was entered must pay at least the minimum bid for that property even at a no minimum sale. Livingston had no no minimum round in 2026, so the second point is a standing rule, not a 2026 event.

The deposit gate is real. Title Check takes no bids without the $1,000 hold posted at least 48 hours ahead; Wayne verifies deposits over up to two business days; Macomb closes registration the day before. An unfunded account on auction morning is a spectator account.
Payment clocks are short and enforced. Five business days on tax-sale.info, 72 hours in Wayne, 4:00 PM the next day in Macomb. A missed clock cancels the sale, and the statute backs the FGU on it. Fund the full bid before the round opens, not after it closes.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Deposit, Livingston County	Title Check standard: before any bid is accepted, a $1,000 deposit, either a pre-authorization hold on a Visa, MasterCard or Discover card or $1,000 in certified funds tendered to the auctioneer, on an account created at tax-sale.info at least 48 hours before the auction. The card is not charged unless you win; the hold may reduce available credit until released (usually 30 days). Failure to consummate a purchase forfeits the $1,000, assessed as liquidated damages, and defaulting buyers are banned from future land auctions. Absentee bids by phone (1-800-259-7470) run on the same deposit terms, submitted 48 hours ahead.
Payment, Livingston County	Title Check standard: the full purchase price is due within 5 business days of the sale; no time payment plan, and no cash or personal checks (certified funds, money order, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or wire transfer). The full price is the final bid plus a 10 percent buyer's premium, plus any outstanding taxes due including fees and penalties, plus a $30.00 deed recording fee; any portion paid by credit card is assessed an additional 2.75 percent. The notarized receipt and buyer's affidavit are also due within 5 business days. All property taxes and fees accrued on or after April 1 of the auction year are paid at checkout and are the buyer's responsibility, not prorated.
What is sold	The property itself, by deed from the foreclosing governmental unit after a completed court foreclosure. Michigan sells no tax liens to the public, and there is no certificate stage for a buyer to hold.
Minimum bid (first round)	All delinquent taxes, interest, penalties and fees, under Section 211.78m (plus sale costs the FGU includes). A final round, held at least 28 days after a prior sale, may carry no minimum bid; the FGU may still set a reasonable opening bid to cover its costs, and vendor catalogs print a minimum per lot.
Redemption	None after the sale, because redemption already ended before it: owners may redeem until March 31 following the foreclosure judgment, and title vests in the FGU on April 1 (Section 211.78k). Nothing a buyer does at auction reopens it.
Title	A deed issued under Section 211.78m. The foreclosure judgment cancels prior liens by court order, with limited exceptions, but the deed is not a title policy and properties are sold as is; Wayne County issues a quit claim deed. Condition, access, occupancy and zoning remain the buyer's homework.
Costs on top of the bid	The payment clock and any platform terms the vendor publishes, deed and recording charges, and the current taxes owed on the property, which the buyer must show paid within 21 days of the sale or the sale is canceled.

What does not sell

Not published. No official source found states what happens to Livingston parcels that did not sell on August 7, 2026: Livingston appears in no later 2026 Title Check round, and no published routing to a land bank was found. A Livingston County Land Bank Authority exists, but its role as the disposition channel for unsold parcels is not verified, so no leftover channel is stated here.

Before you bid

Know which round you are in. The minimum bid round prices the full tax stack and draws the serious list; the no reserve round is a different market with different competition, and in Genesee's case no 24 bid cap. The same parcel is two different buys in two different rounds.
As is means as is. No interior access is guaranteed, occupants may be in place, and the foreclosure judgment's lien cancellation is a court order, not a title policy. Drive the property, read the catalog disclosures, and budget the cleanup.
Budget the current taxes. The buyer must show the taxes owed on the property at the time of sale are paid within 21 days, or the sale is canceled. That money is on top of the bid, and it is due fast.
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