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What this page is: a persistent profile of how Washington County, Minnesota runs its tax sale, independent of any single year's date. For the specific upcoming sale with a confirmable date, see the event page linked below.

Washington County, Minnesota Tax Sale, County Hub

Washington County, Minnesota runs a deed sale via In-person or online public auction (format specified per individual sale listing). Held on an annual cycle; the specific date is set and published by the county each year rather than falling on a fixed statutory day.

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Sale type

deed

Platform

In-person or online public auction (format specified per individual sale listing)

Bidding method

Initial (Public) Auctions use a two-part format: parcels first offered at a minimum bid based on estimated market value, then reduced to the delinquent-tax amount if unsold after 30 days; Inventory Auctions (previously offered, unsold parcels) use traditional one-part bidding at appraised value.

Statutory maximum rate

N/A -- tax-forfeited land sale; no investor lien certificate (Minn. Stat. ch. 281/282)

Redemption period

Redemption ends at tax-judgment sale/forfeiture; none after (Minn. Stat. 281.17)

Cadence

annual typical window

Legal structure & statutory basis

Minn. Stat. Ch. 281/282

Delinquent property is forfeited to the state; the county then sells tax-forfeited land at/above appraised value. No lien certificates (the certificate process was abolished in 1997); redemption ends before forfeiture, none after the county sale.

County contact / official source

In-person or online public auction (format specified per individual sale listing) is the office/platform of record for this sale.

https://www.washingtoncountymn.gov/1140/Tax-Forfeited-Land

Sale history

We currently track one active cycle for Washington County at a time and don't yet maintain a distinct archive of past sale events for this county -- when a cycle closes, the record here reflects the newest tracked cycle rather than an appended history. This is a known gap in the dataset, not a claim that Washington County has held only one sale.

Tracked sale event

Not yet announced -- Washington County states: 'Initial Public Auction Sale: None at this time' and 'Inventory Public Auction: None at this time.' (not-yet-announced)

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