Bill Text: MI HB5260 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Property tax; delinquent taxes; first notice of forfeiture; revise. Amends sec. 78c of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.78c).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-10-13 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5260 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5260-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5260
August 19, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Stanley, Byrnes, Jackson, Johnson, Switalski, Leland, Bettie Scott, Rocca, Robert Jones, Liss, Gonzales, Polidori, Durhal, Segal, Haugh, Melton, Geiss, Dean, Meadows, Coulouris, Tlaib, Lipton and Nathan and referred to the Committee on Urban Policy.
A bill to amend 1893 PA 206, entitled
"The general property tax act,"
by amending section 78c (MCL 211.78c), as amended by 2003 PA 263.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 78c. Except as otherwise provided in section 79 for
certified abandoned property, on the September 1 immediately
succeeding
the date that unpaid taxes are returned to the county
treasurer
for forfeiture, foreclosure, and sale under section
60a(1)
or (2) or returned to the county
treasurer as delinquent
under section 78a, the county treasurer shall send notice of all
the following by first-class mail, address correction requested, to
the person to whom a tax bill for property returned for delinquent
taxes was last sent or to the person identified as the owner of
property
returned for delinquent taxes , and
to a person entitled
to notice of the return of delinquent taxes under section 78a(4),
and
to a person to whom a tax certificate for property returned for
delinquent
taxes was issued pursuant to section 71, as shown on the
current records of the county treasurer:
(a) The date, stating the month, day, and year, property on
which unpaid taxes were returned as delinquent will be forfeited to
the county treasurer for those unpaid delinquent taxes, interest,
penalties, and fees.
(b) A statement that a person who holds a legal interest in
the property may lose that interest as a result of the forfeiture
and subsequent foreclosure proceeding.
(c) A legal description or parcel number of the property and
the street address of the property, if available.
(d) The person or persons to whom the notice is addressed.
(e) The unpaid delinquent taxes, interest, penalties, and fees
due on the property.
(f) A schedule of the additional fees that will accrue on the
immediately succeeding October 1 pursuant to section 78d if the
unpaid delinquent taxes, interest, penalties, and fees due on the
property are not paid.
(g) A statement that unless those unpaid delinquent taxes,
interest, penalties, and fees are paid on or before the March 31
immediately succeeding the entry in an uncontested case of a
judgment foreclosing the property under section 78k, absolute title
to the property shall vest in the foreclosing governmental unit.
(h) A statement of the person's rights of redemption and
notice that the rights of redemption will expire on the March 31
immediately succeeding the entry in an uncontested case of a
judgment foreclosing the property under section 78k.
