Quick answerMichigan sells tax deeds for unpaid property taxes. Redemption: No post-sale redemption. The owner's right to redeem ends March 31 following entry of the foreclosure judgment (or 21 days after judgment in a contested case), before the auction is held (MCL 211.78k). Sales: Taxes are returned delinquent March 1, forfeited to the county treasurer the following March 1, and foreclosed in the third year; county treasurer auctions of foreclosed property are held roughly July through November, with a first sale at a minimum bid and later sales at reduced or no minimum bid. Governing law: General Property Tax Act, Act 206 of 1893, MCL 211.78-211.78t (esp. MCL 211.78m, Sale of foreclosed property).