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Dickey County, ND tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Dickey County, ND tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. North Dakota sells the property 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 Dickey County, seat of Ellendale: 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.

Format
In person
Registration
There is no online bidder registration and no bid deposit.
County office
(701) 349-3249, ext. 111
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Dickey County Auditor. In person. annual

Record quality: high. Last verified: 2026-09-04.

Notice of Sale of Real Estate Forfeited for Delinquent Taxes, Dickey County Auditor (source accessed 2026-09-04)

Recorded reference information. Verify current sale conditions with the county. Read the full sale details.

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How Dickey 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
Dickey County Auditor
Frequency
annual
Registration
There is no online bidder registration and no bid deposit.
Sale list
Dickey County land sale notice with parcels and minimum sale prices
When it runs
The annual tax deed auction is held on the third Tuesday of November at 10:30 a.m. The county notice reads that the county "will offer it for sale at public auction at the office of the County Auditor, 309 North 2nd Street-Ellendale, North Dakota, on the 19th day of November 2024 beginning at 10:30 A.M."
Registration and deposit

There is no online bidder registration and no bid deposit. Bidding is live at the Auditor's office in the Ellendale courthouse, and the county notice states that "Buyers or their representatives must be present for the sale." Call the Auditor at 701-349-3249 before sale day to confirm which parcels are still in the sale and what each minimum price is.

Sale format and venue
Dickey County auctions land it already holds by tax deed at an in-person sale run by the County Auditor, and it uses no online auction platform. Each parcel is offered separately and sold to the highest bidder, but never below the minimum sale price the county sets and publishes with the parcel list. Dickey County requires full payment at the time of sale rather than the installment terms state law allows, and it adds a county deed-recording fee to every purchase. Structures are sold without warranty or representation. Under N.D. Cent. Code 57-28-19 a former owner, or that owner's executor, administrator, parent, spouse or child, may repurchase a forfeited parcel while tax title remains with the county, so a listed parcel can come off the sale before auction day. The county's 2024 notice carried four parcels in Ellendale, Oakes and Monango with minimum sale prices from $2,039.31 to $9,332.44, which is the scale of inventory to expect here. In-person auction at the Dickey County Auditor's office
Source: Notice of Sale of Real Estate Forfeited for Delinquent Taxes, Dickey County Auditor· Verified Sep 4, 2026

Dickey County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Dickey 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. Confirm the advertised parcel list

    Use Dickey County land sale notice with parcels and minimum sale prices as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.

  2. Register to bid

    There is no online bidder registration and no bid deposit. 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 Dickey County Auditor before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

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

Before you bid in Dickey County

  1. Confirm the parcel list before pricing

    Open Dickey County land sale notice with parcels and minimum sale prices. Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the county before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    There is no online bidder registration and no bid deposit. Bidding is live at the Auditor's office in the Ellendale courthouse, and the county notice states that "Buyers or their representatives must be present for the sale." Call the Auditor at 701-349-3249 before sale day to confirm which parcels are still in the sale and what each minimum price is.

  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

Dickey County Auditor

(701) 349-3249, ext. 111

Dickey County Courthouse, 309 N. 2nd Street, P.O. Box 215, Ellendale, ND 58436

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County notes

  • The County Auditor runs the tax deed foreclosure and the November sale. The County Treasurer takes current property tax payments and does not run the auction.
  • Bring certified funds for the full bid plus the county deed-recording fee. Dickey County takes payment in full at the sale rather than a quarter down with installments.
  • The sale notice and the per-parcel minimum sale prices are posted at the Auditor's office at least fifteen days before the sale and published once in the official county newspaper at least ten days before it. The county also keeps the list on its website.
  • Inventory is small. Plan on a handful of city lots in Ellendale, Oakes and Monango in a typical year rather than a large agricultural offering.
  • Parcels that draw no bid in November stay with the county and can be bought at private sale from the Auditor before the next annual 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.
Governing statute
N.D.C.C. ch. 57-28

What the deed conveys: A county deed in the statutory form at 57-28-16, executed and delivered by the county, reciting that the property was acquired through tax deed proceedings and sold at the sale. See the due diligence guide.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Dickey 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 Dickey County hold tax deed sales?

Dickey County holds tax deed sales 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?

It depends on where the property is in the process. Once the redemption right below has ended, paying the old taxes no longer takes it out of the sale. 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 Dickey 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 Dickey County tax sale list?

The recorded official list reference is at dickeynd.com. Check whether it covers auction parcels, office information or Lands Available, then obtain the advertised parcel list for the sale you plan to bid on. Confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement.

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 office that runs the sale before you bid.

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