Forty-three Michigan counties agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit. It involved foreclosed properties that were sold at auction from 2013-2020 for more than what was owed in outstanding taxes and fees. Counties have often kept the surplus.

Counties will pay back money to all those who are eligible and file a claim with the class action settlement.

Both state and federal courts have found that the practice violates the “taking clause” of the Fifth Amendment, which forbids private property from being taken for public use, without just compensation.

Owen Ramey is an attorney with Lewis, Reed and Allen, a law firm that represented the plaintiffs.

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