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Richland County tax deed sales, North Dakota
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The most recent published sale is Tuesday, November 18, 2025, beginning at ten o'clock a.m. in the Auditor Office, with a notice listing parcels in Fairmount and Lidgerwood with parcel numbers, property addresses, legal descriptions, true and full values, and minimum sale prices, plus a section of unsold properties from prior years offered again. The Terms of Annual Sale for that date run to thirteen numbered terms. The minimum bid price includes all taxes, penalties, interest, and annual installments of specials certified to the Auditor through the 2024 tax year, plus estimated taxes and the annual installment of special assessments for the 2025 tax year. Every purchaser must sign and have notarized a Delinquent Tax Oath attesting that the purchaser does not owe delinquent taxes to any county in North Dakota. The terms warn buyers to examine title, location, and desirability themselves, note that assessments from other agencies may still be outstanding, and give the United States a 120 day right to redeem property sold with an IRS lien. No notice or terms for a 2026 sale are published on the county website.
Selling office: Richland County Auditor, Sandy Fossum, 418 2nd Ave N, Wahpeton, ND 58075, (701) 642-7700
Next sale: No 2026 sale notice or 2026 terms are published on the Richland County website. The most recent sale the county publishes is the public auction on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the office of the County Auditor in Wahpeton, under Chapter 57-28 of the North Dakota Century Code.. The county publishes its sale as two documents on its website, the notice of sale with the parcel list and minimum prices and the Terms of Annual Sale. The 2025 editions of both documents are the most recent published, with a matching 2024 terms document also on the site, and no 2026 edition appears. The Auditor at (701) 642-7700 is the published contact for a 2026 list.
Read the Terms of Annual Sale before sale day, arrange to sign the notarized Delinquent Tax Oath, and bring cash or a check, because the price is deposited immediately. Call the Auditor at (701) 642-7700 to ask for the 2026 notice and list, and inspect any parcel and its title yourself first, as the county recommends.
Dates and deadlines
| Next sale | No 2026 sale notice or 2026 terms are published on the Richland County website. The most recent sale the county publishes is the public auction on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. in the office of the County Auditor in Wahpeton, under Chapter 57-28 of the North Dakota Century Code. |
| Notice and list | The notice lists each parcel with its owner name, parcel number, property address, legal description, class, true and full value, and the minimum sale price fixed by the Board of County Commissioners. The 2025 notice also carries a section of unsold properties from prior years. |
| Minimum price | The minimum bid price includes all taxes, penalties, interest, and annual installments of specials certified to the Auditor through the prior tax year, plus the estimated taxes and the annual installment of special assessments for the sale year. |
| Bidder oath | Each purchaser must sign and have notarized a Delinquent Tax Oath attesting that the purchaser does not owe delinquent taxes to any county in North Dakota. A person who owes delinquent taxes to any county in North Dakota is ineligible to purchase tax sale property. |
| Payment and deed | Terms are cash or check, deposited immediately with the Richland County Tax and Business Office. The county issues a county deed, a copy is mailed to the purchaser after the Chairman of the County Commission signs it, and the County Recorder sends the original deed after recording is completed. |
| Buyer risk | Property is sold as is, with no guarantee about title, location, or condition, and no county liability for other liens, encumbrances, or easements. Assessments levied by other agencies may still be outstanding, and the IRS may redeem property with an IRS lien for up to 120 days after the sale. |
| Format | Richland County publishes a formal notice of sale and a separate Terms of Annual Sale document. Real estate forfeited to the county, to which the county has taken tax deed, is offered at public auction in the office of the County Auditor, each parcel separately, to the highest bidder at not less than the minimum sale price fixed by the Board of County Commissioners, and the sale continues from day to day until completed. The county deeds its interest in the property by a county deed, and property, fixtures, and structures are sold without warranty or representation of any kind.: In person in the office of the County Auditor at 418 2nd Ave N, Wahpeton. The county publishes no online bidding route. |
| Selling office | Richland County Auditor, Sandy Fossum, 418 2nd Ave N, Wahpeton, ND 58075, (701) 642-7700 |
Sources: Richland County, Notice of Sale of Real Estate Forfeited to the County for Delinquent Taxes. Richland County, Terms of Annual Sale, November 18, 2025. Richland County, Terms of Annual Sale, November 19, 2024. North Dakota Secretary of State, County Election Officials. Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.
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How North Dakota tax deed sales work
- The lien ages into foreclosure. On or before June 1 in each year the county auditor gives notice of foreclosure of tax lien for every parcel on which two or more years have passed since the tax became due, and the foreclosure date is October 1 after the notice is served (NDCC 57-28-01 and 57-28-02).
- Notice is personal, mailed, and published. The sheriff serves the notice personally on an owner living on residential property, every other owner, mortgagee and lienholder is served by certified mail, and the full list is published once on or before August 1 in the official newspaper (NDCC 57-28-04 and 57-28-06).
- The county takes the deed. If the lien is not satisfied by October 1, all interests pass to the county and the auditor issues a tax deed to the county, free of encumbrances except installments of special assessments still to come due (NDCC 57-28-08 and 57-28-09).
- The board appraises and sets the floor. At least 30 days before the annual sale the board of county commissioners appraises each tax deed parcel and fixes a minimum sale price: enough to cover all taxes, penalties, interest and costs due plus the estimated taxes for the current year, at least the full amount due where the property is worth more, and a fair minimum where it is worth less (NDCC 57-28-10).
- The annual sale is the third Tuesday of November. The sale sits at the county auditor office or the usual place of holding district court, and each parcel is auctioned to the highest qualified bidder at no less than the minimum price, for cash or for one fourth cash and the balance in equal annual installments over no more than ten years. A person who owes delinquent taxes to any county cannot bid (NDCC 57-28-13 and 57-28-15).
- Leftovers sell all year. A parcel that draws no sale in November may be sold by the auditor at private sale at not less than the minimum price before the next annual sale, and the board may also place unsold property with licensed brokers on nonexclusive listings (NDCC 57-28-17 and 57-28-17.1).
- Repurchase and surplus close the record. While the county holds the tax title, the former owner, an executor or administrator, or a parent, spouse or child may repurchase the property. If a parcel sells above everything owed, the county holds the excess for 90 days: the record owner takes it on an undisputed claim filed inside the 90 days, disputed claims go to the clerk of district court, and unclaimed excess goes to the state unclaimed property administrator (NDCC 57-28-19 and 57-28-20).
How buying works in Richland County
There is no advance online registration. Qualification is by the Delinquent Tax Oath: each purchaser must sign and have notarized an oath attesting that the purchaser does not owe delinquent taxes to any county in North Dakota, because a person who owes delinquent taxes to any county in North Dakota is ineligible to purchase tax sale property.
- Where buying happens At the county auditor sale each November, and at the auditor office at private sale for the rest of the year. The day, the room, and the parcel list are the county auditor published record, and each county page on this site names them from that record.
- The floor is built by statute No parcel sells below its appraised minimum, and the appraisal is constructed to recover every dollar of taxes, penalties, interest and costs due plus a year of estimated taxes. Bargains in North Dakota come from parcels whose appraised value fell below the amount due and took a fair minimum price, not from bidding technique (NDCC 57-28-10).
- Terms are part of the bid A bidder may pay cash or take the contract for deed at one fourth down. On a ten year contract the real cost of the parcel is the price plus board set interest at up to 12 percent, and the installments can be prepaid without penalty (NDCC 57-28-15).
Terms: what a bid actually costs
| Deposit, Richland County | The county publishes no advance deposit. Its terms require the full price in cash or check deposited immediately with the Richland County Tax and Business Office at the sale. |
| Payment, Richland County | Cash or check, deposited immediately with the Richland County Tax and Business Office. The successful bidder states in writing the names and addresses in which the county deed is to be issued, and on delivery of the deed the property becomes taxable to the purchaser for the following tax year. |
| No lien is ever sold | North Dakota has no certificate and no lien market. Delinquent taxes remain a county lien until the October 1 foreclosure date, and the owner, a mortgagee or any lienholder may satisfy the lien in full at the auditor office at any time before that date (NDCC 57-28-01 and 57-28-02). |
| Minimum sale price | Fixed by the board of county commissioners on appraisal: all taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest and costs due, plus the estimated taxes and special assessments for the current year. If fair market value is above the amount due, the minimum is at least the amount due; if below, the board fixes a fair minimum price, after a hearing on objections (NDCC 57-28-10 and 57-28-11). |
| Cash or contract | The buyer elects at the sale: cash in full, paid promptly to the county treasurer, or one fourth of the price in cash and the balance in equal annual installments over no more than ten years under a contract for deed recorded with the treasurer. The board sets the contract rate at no more than 12 percent, and installments may be prepaid (NDCC 57-28-15). |
| Who may bid | Any qualified bidder may take a parcel at or above the minimum. A person who owes delinquent taxes to any county in North Dakota is unqualified and cannot be the highest bidder (NDCC 57-28-15(7)). |
| What the deed carries | The tax deed passes the property in fee to the county, and the county deed to the purchaser conveys the entire interest of the county. Installments of special assessments certified or to become due after the foreclosure notice survive, and the property becomes taxable to the purchaser on delivery of the deed or contract (NDCC 57-28-09 and 57-28-15). |
| Surplus over the amount due | If a parcel sells for more than everything owed, the county retains the excess for 90 days after the sale. The owner of record title claims it by an undisputed claim inside the 90 days; disputed or multiple claims are paid to the clerk of district court; excess nobody claims goes to the unclaimed property administrator under chapter 47-30.2. Parcels of one owner are aggregated before the excess is computed (NDCC 57-28-20). |
| Repurchase | While the tax title remains in the county, the former owner, the former owner executor or administrator, or any parent, spouse or child may repurchase at the full amount required to satisfy the lien plus all subsequent taxes and special assessments with interest, penalties and costs, or at the board fair price where market value is lower. A contract repurchase takes at least 25 percent cash and no more than ten installments (NDCC 57-28-19). |
| County deed | The county deeds its interest in the property, and the terms recommend that the successful bidder perfect the title. Legal questions should be discussed with an attorney. |
| Survey | If the successful purchaser wants a survey, it is at the purchaser's own initiative and expense. The county makes no warranty about usability, ground location, or property lines. |
| Bid is binding | Under the county terms, a bid is an irrevocable offer to purchase the property. |
Unsold properties from prior years
The county carries unsold property forward into the next annual sale: the 2025 notice includes a headed section of unsold properties from prior years, offered again with fresh minimum prices. Under North Dakota law, property not sold at the November sale may also be sold at private sale by the auditor at not less than the minimum price, the board may list leftover property with brokers, and the former owner and certain family members may repurchase the property while the tax title remains in the county.
Before you bid
- Read the minimum, not just the parcel The list the auditor publishes carries the minimum sale price for every parcel. Compare the minimum with value before sale day: a minimum built under 57-28-10 is the full debt plus a year of taxes, and bidding starts there.
- The county sells all year Anything unsold in November remains available at private sale at not less than the minimum, and boards may reappraise before the next November. A missed sale date is not a missed year (NDCC 57-28-17).
- Price the special assessments The tax deed is free of encumbrances except special assessment installments still to come. On city lots those installments can run for years after the sale, and they belong in the bid from the start.
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