2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.142 Purchaser under tax sale or state bid; entering into possession of land; time for redemption if land vacant and unoccupied; effect of proceeding to set aside tax sale; section inapplicable to applications for writs of assistance.

THE GENERAL PROPERTY TAX ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 206 of 1893

***** 211.142 THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 183 OF 2005 EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 2006 *****



211.142 Purchaser under tax sale or state bid; entering into possession of land; time for redemption if land vacant and unoccupied; effect of proceeding to set aside tax sale; section inapplicable to applications for writs of assistance.

Sec. 142.

(1) A purchaser under a tax sale or a state bid sold shall not enter into possession of the land purchased by the tax sale or state bid until 6 months after notice is given to the party or parties in interest as prescribed in sections 140 and 141 unless the purchaser acquired from these parties their title to the land by conveyance from these parties of their interest in the land.

(2) If the land is vacant and unoccupied and a writ of assistance is not needed to put the purchaser into possession, the time for redemption under this section shall expire 6 months after the service of notice to the party or parties in interest, or date of mailing the notice by certified mail, or first publication thereof, and the filing of proof of personal or substituted service or of publication with the treasurer of the county where the land is situated.

(3) If an action or other proceeding to set aside the tax sale of the land is commenced by the owner of the land or by a person having a redeemable interest in the land, before the expiration of the 6 months, the purchaser under tax sale or the purchaser's grantee shall not enter into possession of the land until the final determination of the action or other proceeding.

(4) This section shall not apply to applications for writs of assistance made upon behalf of the state or grantees thereof.


History: Add. 1897, Act 229, Eff. Aug. 30, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 3961 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 83, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- Am. 1905, Act 142, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 4140 ;-- CL 1929, 3537 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 234, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 211.142 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 532, Eff. May 1, 1979
Popular Name: Act 206



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