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County Courthouse
20 SE 2nd Street
Ortonville, MN 56278-1544
Phone: (320) 839-2525
Fax: (320) 839-6253
www.bigstonecounty.org/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Big Stone county, Minnesota is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Big Stone county, Minnesota.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Big Stone county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Big Stone county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Big Stone county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Big Stone county, Minnesota allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Big Stone county, Minnesota lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Minnesota laws and competition, savvy Big Stone county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Minnesota tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Minnesota tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Wade AtheyCommissioner, Chair 
Howard JanssenCommissionervivhoward@webtv.net
Brent OlsonCommissioner, District 3bcolson@fedteldirect.net
Bruce SwigerdCommissioner, District 4 
Douglas TomschinCommissioner, District 1 
William WatsonAttorneybwatson@watsonlawoffice.net
Joseph BerningSheriffjoseph_b@co.big-stone.mn.us
Cindy NelsonTreasurercindy_n@co.big-stone.mn.us
Michelle KnutsonAuditormichelle_k@co.big-stone.mn.us
Gloria ArndtRecordergloria_a@co.big-stone.mn.us

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