Sargent County, ND tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Sargent 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 Sargent County, seat of Forman: 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
- Bidding is in person on sale day at the Auditor's office.
- County office
- (701) 724-6241 ext. 1
On this page
How Sargent County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Sargent County Auditor
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Bidding is in person on sale day at the Auditor's office.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is in person on sale day at the Auditor's office. The county publishes no advance registration form and no online bidding. Each parcel is offered separately and sold to the highest bidder at or above the published minimum sale price, the notice states payment must be made in cash, a recording fee is charged to the buyer on each parcel sold, and the Board of County Commissioners must approve every sale. Call the Auditor's office at (701) 724-6241 before the sale to confirm terms and get the current parcel list.
Sale format and venue
Sargent County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Sargent 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.
Get the advertised list
Use Forfeited Lands sale notice and parcel list for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
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.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Sargent County Auditor as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Sargent County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Forfeited Lands sale notice and parcel list. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is in person on sale day at the Auditor's office. The county publishes no advance registration form and no online bidding. Each parcel is offered separately and sold to the highest bidder at or above the published minimum sale price, the notice states payment must be made in cash, a recording fee is charged to the buyer on each parcel sold, and the Board of County Commissioners must approve every sale. Call the Auditor's office at (701) 724-6241 before the sale to confirm terms and get the current parcel list.
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.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
unsold properties
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
County notes
- The Auditor's office posts a Forfeited Lands notice listing each parcel with its township or city, physical address, legal description and minimum sale price. Ask the Auditor for the current year's list in early November.
- The sale notice is published in the county's official newspaper about a week and a half before the auction, so parcel descriptions and minimum prices are public well before bidding opens.
- Inventory has been town lots rather than farmland. Every parcel on the county's published list was in Cogswell, several with a $25 minimum.
- Parcels that draw no bid in November stay in county ownership and can be bought at private sale before the next annual auction. Call the Auditor at (701) 724-6241 to ask what is still available.
- The courthouse is open 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., so plan an in-person visit or a call inside those hours.
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.
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.
Frequently asked questions
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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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