Burnett County, Wisconsin

Oct 15, 2026 · in 14 days

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

770

641 land-only, 19 withdrawn hidden

Opening bids

$732,110

all parcels priced

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

WI caveats

A WISCONSIN LISTING CAN BE TAKEN BACK BY ITS FORMER OWNER BEFORE IT SELLS. 2023 Wisconsin Act 207 requires every county to adopt an ordinance letting a former owner, their beneficiaries or heirs repurchase land lost to a tax deed by paying the county's costs, the taxes that would have accrued while the county held it, and the amounts needed to satisfy liens at foreclosure. The ordinance must cover single-family owner-occupied property and may cover everything else. The right is exercised before the county's sale, so it does not cloud a completed purchase — but it means the best inventory is filtered out before auction and a listing can disappear.
THE SECOND PASS HAS NO FLOOR. § 75.69 requires the appraised value to be advertised and bars a sale below it unless the county board or its committee has reviewed and approved the sale. But a county may also "sell for any amount any land previously advertised for sale after advertising the sale of such land by publication of a class 1 notice". A parcel on its second advertisement is a different proposition from one on its first, and nothing in the listing data distinguishes them.
THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE THE HIGHEST BID. Under § 75.69 a county may accept less than the highest bid provided the board or its committee "prepares a written statement, available for public inspection, that explains the reasons". Winning on price is not the same as winning.
The county is under a clock, which is unusual and helpful. § 75.69 requires tax-delinquent real estate to be advertised within 180 days of acquisition, reduced from 240 days beginning in 2026. Wisconsin counties cannot sit on inventory the way land banks elsewhere can.
Surplus belongs to the former owner under § 75.36, as amended by Act 207 to net out real estate agent and broker fees and other actual costs of sale, and to offset other delinquent taxes the former owner owes the county. This does not affect the buyer.
quietTitle costs here are a placeholder and have not been reviewed by the operator.

Burnett County rulesstate defaults

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: None once the county forecloses (roughly 2 years of delinquency before that)
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer
Governing statute: Wisconsin Statutes Ch. 75
Population: 17,187 residents

Notes

County in-rem foreclosure process; some municipalities also handle their own special assessments separately.

Inherited from Wisconsin rather than researched for Burnett: type, redemption, returns, statute, notes.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 641 land-only parcel(s)

Parcel	Address	Opening bid	Assessed	Spread	Status
07-028-2-40-14-36-5 15-475-015000	1204 MEADOW CREEK DR · Spooner	$15,923	$1,726,600	$1,710,677	pending
07-042-2-38-18-34-5 05-007-021220	22397 COUNTY RD M · Grantsburg	$521	$755,600	$755,079	pending
07-012-2-40-15-23-5 05-003-014000	3947 COUNTY RD A · Webster	$251	$721,400	$721,149	pending
07-014-2-38-15-13-1 04-000-013000

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Wis. Stat. § 70.32(1) requires real property to be valued at the full value which could ordinarily be obtained at private sale, and § 70.05(5)(b) requires each taxation district to assess at full value at least once in every 5-year period. The Department of Revenue computes the actual assessed-to-full-value ratio for every district annually under § 70.05(5)(c) and notifies districts that drift more than 10% off over four years. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.