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Dickey County, ND tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Dickey 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 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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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. Get the advertised list

    Use Dickey County land sale notice with parcels and minimum sale prices for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  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 county office before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

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

Before you bid in Dickey County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Dickey County land sale notice with parcels and minimum sale prices. 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 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

Official website

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

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 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 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 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?

Dickey County posts its tax sale list at dickeynd.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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