Category: Property Tax

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If Unpaid Taxes Cost You Your Property, What Are You Owed?

If Unpaid Taxes Cost You Your Property, What Are You Owed? Real estate often sits among one’s most...

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Property Owners are Entitled to Surplus Proceeds Arising from Tax Foreclosure Sales

Sometimes, property owners become delinquent after failing to pay their property taxes. When that happens, the Government is...

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New Gubernatorial Executive Order Extends Deadlines for Property Tax Appeals

In response to COVID-19, certain local offices and government buildings have closed or have limited access. Law firms...

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Michigan Court of Appeals Holds that a Tenancy by the Entirety Cannot be a Commonly Controlled Entity for Property Tax Purposes

In Puppy’s Cubby v. City of Farmington Hills, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued...

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New Michigan Law Allows County Treasurers to Continue to Offer Tax Foreclosure Avoidance Agreements to Property Owners with Delinquent Taxes

On June 26, 2019, Michigan’s House Bill 4121 to amend Michigan’s General Property Tax Act was approved and...

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Michigan Court of Appeals Holds Educational Institutions Are Not Per Se Charitable Organizations

The Michigan Court of Appeals in Dearborn Heights Montesorri Center, Inc. v City of Livonia, No. 341920 (February...

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Michigan Court of Appeals rules that contractors may avoid liability for injuries caused by “open and obvious” hazards on property

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently held in Finazzo v. Fire Equipment Co., that the “open and obvious”...

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Leaseholders may contest tax assessments under MCL 205.735a

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently held that leaseholders of commercial property could appeal tax assessments under MCL...

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Family Transfers Exempt From “Uncapping” Under New Michigan Law

Since 1994, property taxes in Michigan have been capped. This means that if a property becomes more valuable...

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