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What this page is: a persistent profile of how Milwaukee County, Wisconsin runs its tax sale, independent of any single year's date. For the specific upcoming sale with a confirmable date, see the event page linked below.

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Tax Sale, County Hub

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin runs a deed sale via Milwaukee County Dept of Administrative Services (offer-based listings). Held on an annual cycle; the specific date is set and published by the county each year rather than falling on a fixed statutory day.

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Sale type
deed
Platform
Milwaukee County Dept of Administrative Services (offer-based listings)
Bidding method
Offer-to-purchase (not a scheduled auction) on county-acquired tax-deeded property; in the first 30-day listing period no below-list offers are accepted (Wis. Stat. Ch. 75, in-rem 75.521). NOTE: this covers the ~18 suburban municipalities only -- City of Milwaukee sells its own in-rem inventory separately via the Dept of City Development.
Statutory maximum rate
Deed sale -- no lien certificate, no interest.
Redemption period
Redemption ends before the county takes the tax deed; NO redemption after the county sale (Wis. Stat. Ch. 75).
Cadence
annual typical window

Legal structure & statutory basis

Wis. Stat. Ch. 75 (75.35/75.69/75.521)

The county (or the City of Milwaukee) takes tax-delinquent property by in-rem tax deed, then resells the county-owned property by sealed bid or offer-to-purchase. No lien certificates; redemption ends before the deed, none after the sale.

County contact / official source

Milwaukee County Dept of Administrative Services (offer-based listings) is the office/platform of record for this sale.

https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Administrative-Services/Economic-Development/Foreclosed-Properties

Sale history

We currently track one active cycle for Milwaukee County at a time and don't yet maintain a distinct archive of past sale events for this county -- when a cycle closes, the record here reflects the newest tracked cycle rather than an appended history. This is a known gap in the dataset, not a claim that Milwaukee County has held only one sale.

Tracked sale event

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