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.
Tax delinquent properties for sale in Ward County: 66 on the North Dakota delinquent tax list
Source: Ward County Auditor, Foreclosure Properties for Sale, retrieved 2026-09-17Counties publish this as a PDF, undated and unsorted, and replace it when the next sale comes round. This is the same list with the addresses resolved and the biggest opening bids first, showing where it came from and when we pulled it. The full 66 parcels, with a map, filters, CSV export and a report on any single parcel, are 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 View | $1,268,435 |
| 0 *UNASSIGNED MINOT, ND 58701 View | $749,661 |
| 0 *UNASSIGNED MINOT, ND 58701 View | $705,853 |
| Parcel MI02D860100020 View | $88,733 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE View | $33,590 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE View | $33,590 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE View | $33,590 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE View | $32,440 |
| 9 SW 43RD AVE View | $31,805 |
| 9 SW 43RD AVE View | $31,805 |
| 9 SW 43RD AVE View | $31,805 |
| 9 SW 43RD AVE View | $31,805 |
| 9 SW 43RD AVE View | $31,805 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE View | $31,495 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE View | $31,495 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE View | $31,495 |
| 5 SW 43RD AVE View | $31,495 |
| 9 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,860 |
| 9 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,860 |
| 9 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,860 |
| 13 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,809 |
| 13 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,809 |
| 13 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,809 |
| 13 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,809 |
| 13 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,039 |
| 13 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,039 |
| 13 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,039 |
| 13 SW 43RD AVE View | $30,039 |
| 708 BURDICK EXPY E MINOT, ND 58701 View | $24,198 |
| 101 8TH AVE SE MINOT, ND 58701 View | $23,759 |
| 112 8TH AVE NW MINOT, ND 58703 View | $21,320 |
| 120 CENTRAL AVE S View | $20,022 |
| Parcel SW110041500022 View | $19,531 |
| 518 SE 3RD AVE View | $15,562 |
| 0 *UNASSIGNED SAWYER, ND 58781 View | $7,497 |
| 25 DIVISION ST W KENMARE, ND 58746 View | $5,447 |
| *UNASSIGNED View | $4,268 |
| *UNASSIGNED View | $2,338 |
| *UNASSIGNED View | $1,387 |
| 0 *UNASSIGNED View | $1,229 |
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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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