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Tax Sale Atlas

Golden Valley County, ND tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley County, seat of Beach: 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
Golden Valley County publishes no dedicated tax sale page.
Format
In person
Registration
No advance registration is described for this sale.
County office
(701) 872-4331
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How Golden Valley 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
Golden Valley County Auditor
Frequency
annual
Registration
No advance registration is described for this sale.
Sale list
Commissioner Proceedings (parcels and minimum sale prices)
When it runs
The annual sale of tax-forfeited land runs on the third Tuesday of November at 10:00 a.m. The county set its most recent sale for "November 18, 2025 at 10 am in the County Commissioners Room in the Golden Valley County Courthouse." Commissioners fix a minimum sale price for each parcel at a public hearing a few weeks earlier, held on October 23 in 2025.
Registration and deposit

No advance registration is described for this sale. Bidders attend in person in the County Commissioners Room at the courthouse, 150 1st Ave SE in Beach, and the County Auditor opens bidding on each parcel at its minimum sale price. Buyers are put on notice that the county does not warrant title. Call the Auditor at (701) 872-4331 ahead of the sale to confirm deposit and payment terms and whether any parcels have been forfeited this year.

Sale format and venue
Golden Valley County sells its tax-forfeited land at a live auction in the County Commissioners Room of the Golden Valley County Courthouse, 150 1st Ave SE in Beach. There is no online bidding and no standalone sale list page on the county site. The County Auditor calls each parcel and opens bidding at the minimum sale price the commissioners set beforehand. Volume is minimal: the 2025 sale offered one parcel, a Beach city lot carrying a $317.94 minimum, and it sold at that opening bid. In some years no parcels reach the sale at all, so call the Auditor before you travel. The county sells without warranting title. Parcels and their minimum prices are published in the Commissioner Proceedings in the county download library and in the Golden Valley County News, the county newspaper of record.

Golden Valley County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Golden Valley 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 Commissioner Proceedings (parcels and minimum sale prices) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.
  2. Register to bid

    No advance registration is described for this sale. 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 Golden Valley County Auditor as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Golden Valley County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Commissioner Proceedings (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

    No advance registration is described for this sale. Bidders attend in person in the County Commissioners Room at the courthouse, 150 1st Ave SE in Beach, and the County Auditor opens bidding on each parcel at its minimum sale price. Buyers are put on notice that the county does not warrant title. Call the Auditor at (701) 872-4331 ahead of the sale to confirm deposit and payment terms and whether any parcels have been forfeited this year.

  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

Golden Valley County Auditor

(701) 872-4331

150 1st Ave SE, PO Box 67, Beach, ND 58621

Official website

County notes

  • The sale is a live, in person auction in the County Commissioners Room at the Golden Valley County Courthouse, 150 1st Ave SE in Beach. The county runs no online bidding platform for it.
  • Commissioners set a minimum sale price for each parcel at a public hearing a few weeks before the November sale, and the Auditor opens bidding there. The one parcel offered in 2025 carried a $317.94 minimum and sold at that price.
  • Golden Valley County is one of the smallest counties in North Dakota and its tax deed inventory matches that. Expect one parcel or none in a given year, and confirm with the Auditor at (701) 872-4331 before making the trip to Beach.
  • The county sells without warranting title, and buyers are told they take the property on that basis. Do your own title, access and condition work before you bid.
  • Golden Valley County publishes no dedicated tax sale page. Sale dates, parcel descriptions and minimum prices appear in the Board of County Commissioners proceedings posted in the county download library.

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 Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley County hold tax deed sales?

Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley 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 Golden Valley County tax sale list?

Golden Valley County posts its tax sale list at goldenvalleycounty.org. 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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