If your Wayne County Michigan Property was Foreclosed and Sold at Auction before December 2020, you may be owed money, but time is running out!

DETROIT, March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Kroll Settlement Administration on behalf of the Wayne County Treasurer's Office.

What is this About?
As a result of a Michigan Supreme Court decision, in Schafer v Kent County and Hathon v State of Michigan, counties are not allowed to keep profits from tax foreclosed properties so many people may be owed money from the county.

Who is Eligible?
You may be entitled to any remaining proceeds from a foreclosure sale if you owned or had an interest in a property in Wayne County, Michigan that was foreclosed and sold at auction before December 2020.

Remaining proceeds are proceeds left over, if any, after the total amount due to the foreclosing governmental unit (including all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the sale) is paid.

How to Participate
If you want to be eligible to receive any remaining sale proceeds, you must submit a Notice of Intent to Claim Interest in Foreclosure Sales Proceeds (form 6156) no later than March 31, 2025.

How to Submit a Notice of Intent
Information a how to submit a Notice of Intent, obtain a copy of the Notice, FAQs and other documents can be found at WayneCountyForeclosureClaims.com.

Completed forms must be sent or delivered to: 

The Wayne County Treasurer
400 Monroe, 5th Floor 
Detroit, MI 48226

By CERTIFIED MAIL or HAND DELIVERY
No later than March 31, 2025.

SOURCE Kroll Settlement Administration