Marathon County committee authorizes in-rem action on hundreds of tax‑delinquent parcels, defers deed‑restriction decisions

The Marathon County Human Resources, Finance and Property Committee on Tuesday authorized county staff to proceed with in‑rem (INREM) court actions for parcels that remain tax‑delinquent at the Oct. 7 court hearing and agreed to revisit whether to impose deed restrictions at the committee's first meeting in December.

Administrator Lance Leonard gave the committee an update on the county’s parallel tax deportment efforts, reporting both “tax deed” actions and an “INREM” track to reclaim properties. He said, “We have 97 parcels that were selected to proceed under our concurrent train and track for INREM,” and that a petition listing 89 parcels had been filed for an Oct. 7 hearing.

The action matters because it is the county’s primary legal route to remove long‑delinquent properties from the tax rolls and return them to productive use or sale. Leonard told the committee…