States › Minnesota › Lyon County

County Courthouse
607 West Main Street
Marshall, MN 56258-3021
Phone: (507)537-6980
www.lyonco.org/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Lyon 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 Lyon county, Minnesota.

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

To solve this problem Lyon county, Minnesota allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Lyon 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 Lyon 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:
Stephen Ritter	Commissioner, Chair
Clarence Buysse	Commissioner, District 1	clarencebuysse@co.lyon.mn.us
Robert Fenske	Commissioner, District 2	BobFenske@co.lyon.mn.us
Mark Goodenow	Commissioner, District 5
Philip Nelson	Commissioner, District 3
Rick Maes	Attorney	rickmaes@co.lyon.mn.us
Joel Dahl	Sheriff	joeldahl@co.lyon.mn.us
Paula Van Overbeke	Auditor/Treasurer	paulavanoverbeke@co.lyon.mn.us
Jeanine Barker	Recorder	barker@co.lyon.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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