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Wayne County Treasurer
AUCTION INFORMATION
The 2010 Wayne County Foreclosed Property Auction WILL NOT TAKE PLACE AT THE OFFICE OF THE WAYNE COUNTY TREASURER. This auction will take place online beginning September 17, 2010, at 11 am Eastern Standard Time, and will conclude on Sept. 23. For more information about the auction, including how to participate even if you do not have access to a computer, click here.
• ADMINISTRATION
Provide overall department management and direction.
• COUNTY FUNDS
Manages and operates automated Cash and Investment Concentration Programs [CICP] providing daily cash tracking and reconciliations, fund account tracking and reporting, Investment Management System and Interest allocation.
Invests all County funds in order to maximize yield, while judiciously protecting the safety and security of those funds.
Custodian of funds held in trust.
Enforces general property tax laws and collects delinquent taxes on all Real and Personal Property within the County. For further information, please contact 313-224-5990.
• CERTIFICATION
Certifies tax searches, deeds, plats and other instruments of title.
• DELINQUENT TAX FUNDS
The Wayne County Treasurer, under the authority of the State of Michigan, participates in the Delinquent Tax Revolving Fund Program, which is an alternate method of collecting delinquent property taxes. All communities and school districts participate under the Delinquent Tax Revolving Fund program. Under the Michigan Public Act 246 of 2003, the City of Detroit began participating with tax year 2003. The program has proven beneficial to all participants.
The office of the County Treasurer is responsible to the people of Wayne County for the effective and efficient administration of the Property Tax Collection, and through operation of our “State of the Art” Cash Management System, responsible for receipt, custody, investment and disbursement of all County funds. This website is designed to acquaint you with the Office of the Wayne County Treasurer and provide you with valuable information. We look forward to a positive experience as you endeavor to conduct business with the County Treasurer’s Office.
The Detroit Vacant Property Campaign offers information and strategies for addressing vacant land
Delinquent tax collections up 20 percent in March 2010
Paying taxes online is more convenient, saves time!
This is the budget presentation made by the Wayne County Treasurer during fiscal year 2008-2009
Representatives from more than 20 Wayne County neighborhood organizations gathered at the International Center building in Greektown to join with the Treasurer in reaching out to delinquent taxpayers
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
n addition to making the formal announcement, Wayne County Treasurer Raymond J. Wojtowicz will personally hand checks to representatives from the City of Detroit and Detroit Public Schools for the amounts of $87,278,691.58 and $37,255,192 respectively
Phase II of Operation Normandy urges churches, community groups and neighborhood groups to assist in going door-to-door to contact renters and owners of tax delinquent properties
In an unprecedented cooperative alliance, Wayne County Treasurer Raymond J. Wojtowicz has formally partnered with the City of Detroit to address a longstanding concern about vacant lots that have been lost to property tax foreclosure
In November 2007, the Wayne County Treasurer’s Office entered into a unique and creative partnership with Urban Farming designed to put fallow land to good use
The Office of the Wayne County Treasurer has published, as required by law, a listing of properties with unpaid 2005 property taxes. State law deems these taxes delinquent and the properties are subject to foreclosure on March 31, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
The Office of the Wayne County Treasurer has published, as required by law, a listing of properties with unpaid 2005 property taxes. State law deems these taxes delinquent and the properties are subject to foreclosure on March 31, 2008
The October 2007 Wayne County Auction of tax-foreclosed properties came to a close shortly before noon on Wednesday, Oct. 24, after the final listed property was offered for sale.
The 2007 Wayne County Property Auction came to a close at a surprisingly early 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, with a bare handful of not quite 20 registered bidders remaining in the audience.
On June 1, the Wayne County Treasurer’s Office mailed out a record-breaking total of 148,856 notices to Wayne County property owners for 2006 property taxes that were returned to Wayne County as delinquent from the County’s 43 municipalities.
Wayne County Treasurer Raymond J. Wojtowicz put forth an extra effort to make sure delinquent property tax checks were mailed on June 29
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
In recognition of the huge volume of crowds expected to be downtown for baseball’s opening day at Comerica Park on April 2, and the demand for parking, the Treasurer will accept payments received or post-marked Tuesday, April 3, 2007
DETROIT – The atmosphere could best be described as cautiously hopeful when the Wayne County Land Bank Corporation called to order its first official meeting on Thursday, October 19, 2006
Given the substantial increase in auction activity, it became necessary to explore alternatives. It was obvious that this year’s auctions could not take place without critically impacting service to the public.
Auction to go live online from September 17-Sept. 23, 2010
