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County Courthouse
415 South Jefferson Street
Wadena, MN 56482-1596
Phone: (218)631-7650
www.co.wadena.mn.us

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Wadena 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 Wadena county, Minnesota.

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

To solve this problem Wadena county, Minnesota allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Wadena 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 Wadena 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: 
Lane WaldahlCommissioner, Chairwaldahl@wcta.net
Mary HarrisonCommissionerfiddleft@wcta.net
David MattilaCommissionerdamatt@wcta.net
Orville MeyerCommissioner, District 2mom@arvig.net
Bill StearnsCommissionerbillstearns@charter.net
Jon EdinAttorneyjon.edin@co.wadena.mn.us
H. Michael CarrSheriff 
Char WestAuditor/Treasurercharleen.west@co.wadena.mn.us
Judy AagardRecorderjudy.aagard@co.wadena.mn.us

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