What this page is: a persistent profile of how Ward County, North Dakota 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.
Ward County, North Dakota Delinquent Tax List and Tax Sale Hub
66 parcels are on the Ward County delinquent tax list. Ward County, North Dakota runs a deed sale via Ward County Auditor/Treasurer's Office, in-person public auction -- Minot, ND. 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.
Ward County delinquent list: 66 parcels published
Source: Ward County Auditor, Foreclosure Properties for Sale, retrieved 2026-09-17A sample of what the county has published for this sale. The full list, with map, filters, CSV export and a property report on any parcel, is in the member research view.
Years tracked: 2026 (1 list). 2026: 66 parcels. Each year's Ward County list is kept as published, so a parcel that appears again next year can be traced back.
| Address | Opening bid |
|---|---|
| 0 *UNASSIGNED MINOT, ND 58701 | $1,268,435 |
| 0 *UNASSIGNED MINOT, ND 58701 | $749,661 |
| 0 *UNASSIGNED MINOT, ND 58701 | $705,853 |
| Parcel MI02D860100020 | $88,733 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE | $33,590 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE | $33,590 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE | $33,590 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE | $32,440 |
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Legal structure & statutory basis
N.D.C.C. Ch. 57-28 (57-28-13/15)
The county forecloses (~Oct 1) and takes a tax deed, then sells the tax-deeded land at an annual auction on the third Tuesday of November. Redemption ends before the county deed; none after the sale.
County contact / official source
Ward County Auditor/Treasurer's Office, in-person public auction -- Minot, ND is the office/platform of record for this sale.
https://www.co.ward.nd.us/285/Property-TaxSale history
We currently track one active cycle for Ward 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 Ward County has held only one sale.
Tracked sale event
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