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County Courthouse
151 SE 4th Street
Rochester, MN 55904-3761
Phone: (507) 285-8115
Fax: (507) 287-2693
www.olmstedcounty.com/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Olmsted 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 Olmsted county, Minnesota.

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

To solve this problem Olmsted county, Minnesota allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Olmsted 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 Olmsted 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: 
Ken BrownCommissioner, Chairbrown.ken@co.olmsted.mn.us
Jim BierCommissionerbier.jim@co.olmsted.mn.us
Matt FlynnCommissioner, District 4flynn.matt@co.olmsted.mn.us
Judy OhlyCommissioner, District 7ohly.judy@co.olmsted.mn.us
Dave PerkinsCommissionerPerkins.dave@co.olmsted.mn.us
Mike PodulkeCommissioner, District 1podulke.mike@co.olmsted.mn.us
Paul WilsonCommissioner, District 3wilson.paul@co.olmsted.mn.us
Raymond SchmitzAttorneyschmitz.ray@co.olmsted.mn.us
Steve BorchardtSheriffborchardt.steve@co.olmsted.mn.

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