States › Minnesota › Grant County

County Courthouse
PO Box 1007
Elbow Lake, MN 56531-1007
Phone: (218) 685-4520
Fax: (218) 685-4521
www.co.grant.mn.us

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Grant 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 Grant county, Minnesota.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Grant county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Grant 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 Grant county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Grant county, Minnesota allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Grant 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 Grant 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:
Todd Schneeberger	Commissioner, Chair, District 1	tbschnee@runestone.net
Richard Kastner	Commissioner
Jennes Swenson	Commissioner, District 3
Vernell Wagner	Commissioner, District 5
Ronald Woltjer	Commissioner, District 2
Lyndon Kratochwill	Attorney
Dwight Walvatne	Sheriff	dwight.walvatne@co.grant.mn.us
Pat Soberg	Treasurer	pat.soberg@co.grant.mn.us
Chad Vansanten	Auditor	chad.vansanten@co.grant.mn.us
Patti Nordby	Recorder	patti.nordby@co.grant.mn.us

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.

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