Adams County, ND tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Adams County, ND tax sale, one of 2,606 counties in 31 states. North Dakota sells the deed itself, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Sep 4, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Adams County, seat of Hettinger: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how North Dakota tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- The annual tax deed property sale is held on the third Tuesday of November.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- There is no online bidder portal and the county publishes no advance registration form.
- County office
- (701) 567-4363
On this page
How Adams County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Adams County Auditor/Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The annual tax deed property sale is held on the third Tuesday of November.
- Registration
- There is no online bidder portal and the county publishes no advance registration form.
- Sale list
- Tax Foreclosure sale notices
When it runs
Registration and deposit
There is no online bidder portal and the county publishes no advance registration form. Bidding happens in person at the County Auditor's office in the courthouse at 602 Adams Avenue, Hettinger, at the hour named in that year's sale notice. Call the Auditor/Treasurer at (701) 567-4363 before the sale to confirm what to bring and how the purchase price must be paid.
Sale format and venue
Adams County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Adams County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Get the advertised list
Use Tax Foreclosure sale notices for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
The annual tax deed property sale is held on the third Tuesday of November. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Adams County Auditor/Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Adams County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax Foreclosure sale notices. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
There is no online bidder portal and the county publishes no advance registration form. Bidding happens in person at the County Auditor's office in the courthouse at 602 Adams Avenue, Hettinger, at the hour named in that year's sale notice. Call the Auditor/Treasurer at (701) 567-4363 before the sale to confirm what to bring and how the purchase price must be paid.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the North Dakota due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in North Dakota before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold properties
Any parcel that does not sell at the November auction may be bought from the county auditor at private sale before the next annual sale, for not less than its minimum sale price. Some boards also list unsold parcels through licensed real estate brokers.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what North Dakota calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- The Auditor/Treasurer runs both the tax collection and the tax deed sale in Adams County, so one office at 602 Adams Avenue in Hettinger handles delinquent payoffs, the sale list and the auction itself.
- Each year's sale notice, with the parcel legal descriptions and each minimum sale price, is posted under the Tax Foreclosure heading on the Auditor/Treasurer page. Notices typically appear in the weeks before the November sale date.
- Expect a very short list. The county is one of North Dakota's smallest and its recent sale carried a single residential lot in the city of Hettinger, so bidders should confirm with the office whether any parcels are being offered in a given year before making the trip.
- Parcels that draw no bid at the November auction stay in county hands and can be purchased from the county auditor at private sale before the following year's auction.
North Dakota rules
- Redemption
- There are two distinct windows and neither is a redemption against a private buyer. Up to October 1, paying the amount in the foreclosure notice stops the process. After the tax deed vests in the county, the former owner, the former owner's executor or administrator, or a parent, spouse or child of the former owner may repurchase the property so long as the county still holds tax title, for cash or on a contract for deed. A city holding a delinquent special assessment has a prior right to buy at the appraised value, exercisable within 30 days of the auditor's notice. Once the county sells at the annual auction, the purchaser's deed is not subject to any of this.
- Deed deposit
- None. Chapter 57-28 sets no bidder deposit and no registration fee. Each parcel is sold at auction to the highest qualified bidder for no less than the minimum sale price, and the terms are settled at the sale: the full amount in cash paid promptly to the county treasurer, or one quarter of the purchase price in cash with the balance in equal annual installments over not more than ten years under a contract for deed. A bidder who owes delinquent property taxes in any North Dakota county is disqualified from purchasing.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does Adams County, North Dakota sell tax liens or tax deeds?
How often does Adams County hold tax deed sales?
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Where can I find the Adams County tax sale list?
Verified Sep 4, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
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