Officials in one Michigan county are demanding answers from their treasurer amid concerns that the county could be on the hook for millions of dollars in payments to former homeowners whose properties were seized under a tough forfeiture practice. Oakland County commissioners sent an angry letter last week to Treasurer Andrew Meisner after the Michigan Supreme Court rebuked the county’s decision to seize one homeowner’s house after he underpaid his taxes by $8.41. The commissioners said that they are forming a special investigative committee to look into the forfeiture practices and "make recommendations to protect the Oakland County taxpayers." Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein did not appear to agree with the county lawyer’s assessment of the situation. “The government should not be making a windfall ... when collecting unpaid taxes,” she said last year.

Source: Fox News July 27, 2020 17:37 UTC