Foreclosure question

[adamb100]

So I'm in the unfortunate position of living in a house that is being foreclosed by Milwaukee County for delinquent property taxes. The lady I spoke with at the treasurer's office didnt know, but I'm hoping someone else does, how long from when the county acquires ownership is one able to still legally live on the property?

[owbc]

Yikes, I'm really sorry to hear about that Adam--I can't offer any advise on the topic but I wish you the best in resolving everything.

[Baldkin]

https://www.wra.org/WREM/May09/TenantsRightsInForeclosure/

[logan82]

That stinks. I know that if a property is sold a tenant may not have much time to move out. Something like that happened in Oshkosh a while back where a whole street of college students had to move out on the weekend of finals.

[adamb100]

https://www.wra.org/WREM/May09/TenantsRightsInForeclosure/

 

Thanks but I don't think that applies to my situation. There is no landlord involved. It's just a house owned by my (deceased) father.

[nate82]

So I'm in the unfortunate position of living in a house that is being foreclosed by Milwaukee County for delinquent property taxes. The lady I spoke with at the treasurer's office didnt know, but I'm hoping someone else does, how long from when the county acquires ownership is one able to still legally live on the property?

 

Sorry to hear about this but you have some time. Do you know where in the process the foreclosure is in? In Wisconsin the law states you can stay in the property until the confirmation order is signed. I am not sure since it is the county that is foreclosing on the property if this applies or not. This usually takes about 6 months from when the process begins until the confirmation order is signed by a judge. Maybe some of the lawyers here can help you out with this as I could only find this doing a quick search on google.

[adamb100]

So I'm in the unfortunate position of living in a house that is being foreclosed by Milwaukee County for delinquent property taxes. The lady I spoke with at the treasurer's office didnt know, but I'm hoping someone else does, how long from when the county acquires ownership is one able to still legally live on the property?

 

Sorry to hear about this but you have some time. Do you know where in the process the foreclosure is in? In Wisconsin the law states you can stay in the property until the confirmation order is signed. I am not sure since it is the county that is foreclosing on the property if this applies or not. This usually takes about 6 months from when the process begins until the confirmation order is signed by a judge. Maybe some of the lawyers here can help you out with this as I could only find this doing a quick search on google.

 

There is a court case on the Oct 24th where the court will give the county the judgement according to the letter. The 24th is the final day to fulfill the payment demands to keep the property from being foreclosed.

[fondybrewfan]

Well if the judgement day is October 24th then there is usually a redemption period of 6-12 months. If they don't even have a judgement yet then I think you should have at least 6 months. I am just used to how it works in the banking world though and it could be different if it is simply a tax case.

[adamb100]

I'm now confused. I don't have the letter in front of me but I originally received one in February saying the gov't was beginning the foreclosure process. 6 months later and I get the follow up letter that I mentioned above. That 6 month period was not the redemption period?

[fondybrewfan]

The redemption period doesn't start until the actual judgement is in place and signed by the courts. The government probably just started the court process back in Feb. Again I am basing this off of a bank foreclosure; I don't know if the redemption period is any different in a tax foreclosure but I am pretty confident that they can't kick you out on 10/24.

[Invader3K]

Sorry you're in this position, adam. I remember your previous thread about this. I don't have any good advice, but best of luck. I'm sure we're all pulling for you to come out of this OK, no matter what happens.