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County Courthouse
515 W. Fir Avenue
Fergus Falls, MN 56537-1364
Phone: (218) 739-4560
www.co.otter-tail.mn.us

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail county, Minnesota.

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

To solve this problem Otter Tail county, Minnesota allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail 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: 
Roger FroemmingCommissioner, Chair, District 4 
Robert BlockCommissioner, District 5rvjblock@prtel.com
Malcolm LeeCommissioner, District 2 
Dennis MosherCommissioner 
Sydney NelsonCommissioner, District 1 
David HauserAttorneydhauser@co.otter-tail.mn.us
Brian SchlueterSheriffbschluet@co.otter-tail.mn.us
Steve AndrewsTreasurersandrews@co.otter-tail.mn.us
Wayne SteinAuditorwstein@co.otter-tail.mn.us
Wendy MetcalfRecorderwmetcalf@co.otter-tail.mn.us

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