Milwaukee County’s goal is to enrich your life by providing essential services that meet your needs and those of your family, neighbors, co-workers and friends.
We enhance the quality of life in Milwaukee County through great public service.
Milwaukee County is home to over 950,000 people living in one of 19 communities, which range in size from the City of Milwaukee, with 595,000 residents, to the Village of River Hills, with roughly 1,600 residents.
Still a manufacturing stronghold, the region features 16 Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of others in the financial services, medical device, hospitality and retailing industries.
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Wisconsin State Law provides that when property taxes are delinquent, the title to that property can be transferred. Milwaukee County uses the "in rem" foreclosure process. Milwaukee County does not sell foreclosed properties for back taxes. All foreclosed property is sold for fair market value, the way any other piece of property is sold.
View Properties for Sale
The Milwaukee County Sheriff has real estate auctions every Monday morning on properties that are lender foreclosures due to non-payment of the mortgage. Additional information is available by calling (414) 278-3073 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. If you are interested in a property included in one of the Sheriff's auctions, be sure to check for delinquent taxes. Most of the Sheriff sale properties are located in the City of Milwaukee.
Learn More About Sheriff Sales
The City of Milwaukee Treasurer collects current and delinquent taxes for all properties in the City of Milwaukee. See City of Milwaukee Delinquent Real Estate Tax Accounts.
901 N. 9th St., Room 102 Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 278-4033