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Tax Sale Atlas

Bottineau County, ND tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Bottineau 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 state rules plus what the county publishes on Sep 4, 2026.

How tax deed sales work in Bottineau County, seat of Bottineau: 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.

Announcements
Bottineau County's most recently advertised auction offered 24 deeds on November 19, 2024.
Format
In person
Registration
There is no online bidder registration.
County office
701-228-2225
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How Bottineau County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

North Dakota sells no tax lien certificate to investors. Under N.D.C.C. 57-28-09 the county auditor issues the tax deed to the county itself once the lien is foreclosed, so the county is the only party ever holding the delinquency.

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
Bottineau County Auditor
Frequency
annual
Registration
There is no online bidder registration.
Sale list
Annual Notice of Foreclosure of Tax Lien
When it runs
The county sale lands on the third Tuesday of November, the single date North Dakota fixes for every county. Bottineau County's most recently advertised auction offered 24 deeds on November 19, 2024. The date that decides which parcels reach the block is October 1, the close of redemption named in the Auditor's foreclosure notice.
Registration and deposit

There is no online bidder registration. The auction is held live, so attend in person or send an agent, and call the Auditor at 701-228-2225 ahead of the November date to confirm bidder terms and the appraised minimum on the parcels you want.

Sale format and venue
Bottineau County runs a deed sale, not a lien sale. The Auditor forecloses the tax lien, the county takes title, and the county then auctions property it already owns, so a winning bid buys ownership rather than a certificate. The auction is conducted live and in person in Bottineau with no online bidding platform, so plan to attend or send an agent. Parcels sell at or above an appraised minimum price set by the county, and a buyer can pay cash or put one quarter down and carry the balance for as long as ten years. Anything that does not sell in November can be bought at private sale from the county before the following year's auction, which makes the leftover list worth asking the Auditor about.
Source: Bottineau County Auditor· Verified Sep 4, 2026

Bottineau County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Bottineau 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Annual Notice of Foreclosure of Tax Lien for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    There is no online bidder registration. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    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.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Bottineau County Auditor as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Bottineau County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Annual Notice of Foreclosure of Tax Lien. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    There is no online bidder registration. The auction is held live, so attend in person or send an agent, and call the Auditor at 701-228-2225 ahead of the November date to confirm bidder terms and the appraised minimum on the parcels you want.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

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

Bottineau County Auditor

701-228-2225

314 5th St W, Bottineau, ND 58318

Official website

County notes

  • The Auditor posts the annual Notice of Foreclosure of Tax Lien each July, and it is the closest thing the county publishes to a pre-sale inventory. The 2026 notice covers 2023 delinquent taxes and names roughly 90 parcels with the owner of record, the legal description and the exact amount that satisfies the lien.
  • Redemption closes on October 1. Every parcel paid off by that date drops out, so the July notice is a starting universe rather than the final sale list. Ask the Auditor for the trimmed list closer to the November auction.
  • Amounts on the 2026 notice run from about $52 to just over $18,000, and a large share are town lots under $1,000. Treat the tax owed as a signal of scale only, since the county sets an appraised minimum sale price for each parcel and bidding opens there.
  • The inventory spreads across rural townships and small-town lots alike, with parcels listed in the townships of Roland, Scandia, Whitteron and Tacoma and in the towns of Bottineau, Westhope, Maxbass, Newburg, Souris, Antler and Omemee. Roland Township, the city of Bottineau and Westhope carry the heaviest counts.
  • Bidding is in person, so budget travel time to Bottineau rather than expecting to bid from a browser.

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.
Governing statute
N.D.C.C. ch. 57-28

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Bottineau County, North Dakota sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax deeds. North Dakota sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the County Auditor sells the property itself at a public tax sale.

How often does Bottineau County hold tax deed sales?

Bottineau County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. North Dakota's redemption rule: None after the county's annual sale. Before that, the owner may satisfy the tax lien up to the October 1 foreclosure date, and after the county takes the deed a statutory right of repurchase runs for as long as the tax title remains in the county. Call the Bottineau County Auditor as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

Where can I find the Bottineau County tax sale list?

Bottineau County posts its tax sale list at bottineauco.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

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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