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Dunn County, ND tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Dunn 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 Dunn County, seat of Manning: 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
The county announces no advance bidder registration and no deposit.
County office
(701) 573-9900
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How Dunn 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
Dunn County Auditor
Frequency
annual
Registration
The county announces no advance bidder registration and no deposit.
Sale list
2025 Notice of Sale of Real Estate Forfeited to the County
When it runs
Dunn County holds its tax deed auction on the third Tuesday of November, the date North Dakota law fixes statewide. The 2025 notice set the sale for "Tuesday, November 18, 2025, beginning at 10:00 A.M. (Mountain Time)" at the office of the County Auditor.
Registration and deposit

The county announces no advance bidder registration and no deposit. Bidding is in person at the Auditor's office at 205 Owens Street in Manning, and each parcel goes to the highest bidder at or above the printed minimum bid, subject to the Auditor's right, with the approval of the Board of County Commissioners, to reject any and all bids. Call (701) 573-9900 to confirm payment terms before you travel.

Sale format and venue
Dunn County sells land it already owns after taking tax deed, at a live auction in the Auditor's office rather than through an online platform. The published notice prints a legal description and a minimum bid for every parcel, and the sale continues from day to day until it is finished. The county guarantees nothing about title, location or condition and accepts no liability for other liens, encumbrances or easements, recorded or not, so search title and inspect the parcel before you bid.
Source: Notice of Sale of Real Estate Forfeited to the County, Dunn County Auditor· Verified Sep 4, 2026

Dunn County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Dunn 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 2025 Notice of Sale of Real Estate Forfeited to the County for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    The county announces no advance bidder registration and no 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 Dunn County Auditor as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Dunn County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from 2025 Notice of Sale of Real Estate Forfeited to the County. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    The county announces no advance bidder registration and no deposit. Bidding is in person at the Auditor's office at 205 Owens Street in Manning, and each parcel goes to the highest bidder at or above the printed minimum bid, subject to the Auditor's right, with the approval of the Board of County Commissioners, to reject any and all bids. Call (701) 573-9900 to confirm payment terms before you travel.

  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

Dunn County Auditor and Treasurer

(701) 573-9900

205 Owens Street, Manning, ND 58642-9513

Official website

County notes

  • The 2025 auction offered six parcels with minimum bids from $800 to $3,100, five town lots in Killdeer, Dunn Center and Dodge plus one quarter section of land at Killdeer. The notice marked two of the six Paid before sale day, so confirm the live list with the Auditor's office before you travel to Manning.
  • The 10:00 a.m. start is Mountain Time, an hour behind the Central zone that covers eastern North Dakota.
  • The Auditor and Treasurer page carries the current year's Notice of Tax Sale in its document list, alongside the summer tax lien publication.
  • Each summer the Auditor publishes a Notice of Foreclosure of Tax Lien naming parcels with unpaid taxes, the amount owed and the record owner. Parcels still unpaid on October 2 pass to the county in fee, and they become the supply for a later November auction, so that list is the earliest look at what may reach the block.
  • North Dakota counties sell no tax lien certificates. Dunn County forecloses the lien, takes the deed, and then auctions property it owns outright.

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 Dunn 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 Dunn County hold tax deed sales?

Dunn 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 Dunn 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 Dunn County tax sale list?

Dunn County posts its tax sale list at dunncountynd.gov. 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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