Sale of Tax Certificates.
Milwaukee City Charter § 19-27
in effect19-27. Sale of Tax Certificates.
1. PAYMENT OF UNPAID TAXES. Whenever any person shall bid off any lot offered for sale for taxes, which lot shall have been bid off in the name of the city for the taxes of any previous year or years, and the certificate or certificates of such previous sale or sales thereof shall at the time of such subsequent sale remain the property of the city, such person shall, before being entitled to his certificate of such sale, purchase of the city its certificate or certificates by paying the amount of principal, interest and charges thereon, and receive from the treasurer an assignment thereof; provided, that any certificate of sale for the amount of any certificate or other special tax or assessment, held by the city of Milwaukee in trust for the owner of such certificate or of such special tax or assessment, or any certificate of sale for general city taxes held by said city, may be assigned, sold and transferred by the city treasurer, although said city may hold in trust, in whole or in part, certificates for the sale of lots for the amount of certificates or special taxes or assessments, issued in any prior year, and no liability shall attach to the city or said treasurer by reason thereof; but any such sale, assignment and transfer shall only be made upon payment of all previous general city taxes.
2. REPORT BY CITY TREASURER. The city treasurer shall report to the comptroller on the 1st day of each month a detailed statement of all his sales and transfers of tax certificates and of all moneys received by him upon redemption from tax sales during the preceding month, in cases where the certificates of sale were held by him as such treasurer, giving in all cases the dates of such sales and transfers, and of such redemptions respectively, and the amounts received by him therefor in every case.
(HISTORY: Section 19-27 am. Ch. Ord. 323, File #62-2554-d, Oct. 21, 1966.)
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/City-Charter/CH19.pdf#page=8Fetched: 10/26/2026