Unless you have a valid reason to remove your property from foreclosure, if you have received a Yellow Bag, here is what you should do.

• Pay your Property Taxes in full.
  Tax Payment Options
  
  
• Enter into a Payment Plan.
  You can also take this as an opportunity to get into a payment plan to prevent title to the property from transferring to the Treasurer.
  Payment Plan Information
  
  
• Seek Assistance from our Community Partners.
  The Wayne County Treasurer's Office has many community partners who offer a large variety of helpful services to taxpayers, including free financial and legal counseling, Housing Assistance and Foreclosure Prevention Assistance.
  Community Partners
  
  
• Apply for a Property Tax Exemption at your local assessors office.
  The Pay As You Stay (PAYS) program may reduce the amount of delinquent taxes owed for lower income residents who own and occupy their residence and live in a municipality that has opted into the program. In order to be eligible for the PAYS program, homeowners must apply for a Poverty Tax Exemption (PTE) through their local assessor's office and have it approved.
  Payment Plan Information
  
  

For questions on how to get re-instated into a plan, email WCTOPaymentplans@waynecounty.com or call (313) 224-5990. For general questions, email taxinfo@waynecounty.com.

Information and Documentation

You can click on the links below to view information usually available at the onsite Show Cause Hearings such as:

Community Partners

Show Cause Hearing Client Guide