County counsel proposes rewrite of repurchase rules after Tyler decision

Corporation counsel presented a draft amendment to Dunn County Ordinance chapter 7.7.5 that updates the county's repurchase (buyback) rules for tax‑forfeited property to reflect recent case law and 2023 changes in Wisconsin statutes. "Based on the Tyler versus Hennepin County case, our language in our current ordinance was not lawful," counsel told the committee, and she described three principal changes: removal of a 10% service fee, narrowing committee discretion in some repurchase cases, and a new default 30‑day timeline with authority to extend.