Stark County, ND tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Stark 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 Stark County, seat of Dickinson: 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
- County office
- 701-456-7630
On this page
How Stark County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Stark County Auditor and Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding happens in person on sale day at the courthouse, and the Auditor's published notice sets out no advance registration step or bidder deposit, so plan to appear and bid from the floor. Each parcel is offered separately to the highest bidder and cannot sell for less than the minimum sale price the county commission approved for it. The notice states the sale is for cash and that the Auditor may reject any and all bids. Call the Auditor and Treasurer at 701-456-7630 before the sale to confirm accepted payment forms and whether a listed parcel has been paid off.
Sale format and venue
Stark County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Stark 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 Tax sale delinquent properties list with approved minimum sale prices for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.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 Stark County Auditor and Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Stark County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax sale delinquent properties list with approved minimum sale prices. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding happens in person on sale day at the courthouse, and the Auditor's published notice sets out no advance registration step or bidder deposit, so plan to appear and bid from the floor. Each parcel is offered separately to the highest bidder and cannot sell for less than the minimum sale price the county commission approved for it. The notice states the sale is for cash and that the Auditor may reject any and all bids. Call the Auditor and Treasurer at 701-456-7630 before the sale to confirm accepted payment forms and whether a listed parcel has been paid off.
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
Stark County Auditor and Treasurer
Stark County Courthouse, 51 3rd St E, Dickinson, ND 58601 (mailing: PO Box 130, Dickinson, ND 58602)
Official websiteCounty notes
- This is a live auction at the Stark County Courthouse, 51 3rd St E in Dickinson, and the county runs no online bidding platform. Plan to attend or send someone to bid for you.
- Minimum sale prices here are set to recover what is owed rather than to track value, so read them before you travel. On the county's 2025 list a torn-down house in Dickinson carried a $13,200 market value against a $33,000 approved minimum, while two empty lots were set at $3,000 each. Price every parcel yourself.
- The county mails certified Notice of Foreclosure of Tax Lien letters in May to parcels three years delinquent and adds a $50 fee, so the pool of property heading for the November sale is largely fixed by early summer.
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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Where can I find the Stark County tax sale list?
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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