75.69(1m)(b) (b) Notwithstanding sub. (1), any county may advertise the sale of any or all of its real estate that has been tax delinquent for at least 4 years by publishing a class 3 notice under ch. 985, indicating in which municipality or municipalities and in which ward or wards the real estate is located and the place and date for filing written bids but without listing specific parcels or appraised values for the parcels, if the county makes readily available in the courthouse a list of the parcels and the appraised value of each parcel.

75.69(1n) (1n) A county may petition the circuit court that handled the initial tax foreclosure under this chapter for relief from any of the provisions, including the deadlines imposed under sub. (1) or (1m), for cause, for a specific property, if that petition is filed no later than the applicable deadline for publishing notice under sub. (1) or (1m).

75.69(2) (2) This section shall not apply to withdrawal and sale of county forest lands, nor to the sale or exchange of lands to or between municipalities or to the state.

75.69(3) (3) This section shall apply to all tax delinquent lands regardless of the date of acquisition by the county.

75.69(4) (4) No tax delinquent real estate may be sold by a county under this section unless notice of such sale is mailed to the clerk of the municipality in which the real estate is located at least 3 weeks prior to the time of the sale. Any county may sell tax delinquent real estate by open or closed bid.

75.69 History History: 1983 a. 344; 1987 a. 378; 1995 a. 201; 2003 a. 123; 2017 a. 207 s. 5; 2023 a. 207; s. 35.17 correction in (1m) (am) 1. (intro.), c.

75.69 Annotation When a county proceeds under sub. (1), it can accept a bid it considers, in good faith, to be most advantageous to the county in view of the criteria in the bid notice. 70 Atty. Gen. 1.