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Haakon County, SD tax sales

How tax lien and tax deed sales work in Haakon County, seat of Philip: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

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Next sale
No fixed annual date.
Format
In person
Registration
There is no standing bidder list.
County office
(605) 859-2612
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How Haakon County sells delinquent taxes

Tax certificate sale (lien)

In person
Run by
Haakon County Treasurer
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Annually on the third Monday of December.
Registration
No online registration and no bidder portal.
Next expected
on the third Monday in December, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Sale list
South Dakota public notice search, Haakon County filter
When it runs
Annually on the third Monday of December. SDCL 10-23-7 directs the treasurer to offer a tax certificate at public sale at the courthouse "On the third Monday of December in each year, between the hours of nine a.m. and four p.m.", and lets the treasurer adjourn the sale from day to day until every certificate has been offered.
Registration and deposit

No online registration and no bidder portal. Bidders show up at the Haakon County Courthouse in Philip on sale day. To win a certificate you offer the full delinquent tax, interest and costs on a parcel and state the lowest annual interest rate you will accept, and the lowest rate stated takes the certificate. Call the Treasurer at (605) 859-2612 before the sale to confirm what will be offered and which payment forms are accepted.

Sale format and venue
Haakon County maintains no county website, so the sale notice, the parcel list and the terms of any given year's sale come from the Treasurer's office in Philip and from the notice published in the county's official newspaper during the week before the sale under SDCL 10-23-2. The auction is live at the courthouse and is not conducted online. Bidding runs the interest rate down: a bidder pays the full delinquent tax, interest and costs and names the lowest annual rate they will take, and the lowest rate wins under SDCL 10-23-8. Ten percent a year is the highest valid bid and the statute names no minimum, so a contested parcel can be bid down to a very low rate or to zero. One statewide limit decides whether an outside bidder can buy at all: under SDCL 10-23-28.1 a South Dakota county may not sell a tax certificate unless its board of county commissioners has adopted a resolution waiving that prohibition, and absent that resolution the county itself holds every certificate it issues. Ask the Haakon County Treasurer whether Haakon has adopted the waiver before planning a trip to the sale. Certificates that draw no bidder may afterward be sold at private sale in the Treasurer's office to anyone paying the taxes, penalty and costs due under SDCL 10-23-12, and a certificate the county holds can be assigned once every subsequent tax on the parcel is paid in full under SDCL 10-23-27 and 10-23-28. In person at the Haakon County Courthouse
Source: SDCL 10-23-7, Time and Place of Annual Sale· Verified Aug 31, 2026

Tax deed sale

Run by
Haakon County Board of County Commissioners
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
No fixed annual date.
Registration
There is no standing bidder list.
Sale list
South Dakota public notice search, Haakon County filter
When it runs
No fixed annual date. A sale happens only when the county takes a tax deed. SDCL 10-25-39.1 then gives the county one year from the issuance of that deed to sell the parcel, with notice of the sale published at least twice and the first publication no less than thirty days before the sale date.
Registration and deposit

There is no standing bidder list. Watch for the published notice of sale and call the Haakon County Treasurer at (605) 859-2612 for the terms of a specific parcel. A bidder who is behind on any property taxes owed within the county can have a bid refused under SDCL 10-25-45.

Sale format and venue
Haakon County holds no scheduled tax deed auction. Property reaches the county only after a certificate it holds matures and the deed proceedings finish, and the county must then declare the parcel surplus and dispose of it under SDCL 10-25-39.1 and chapter 6-13, by sealed bid or at public auction to the highest bidder after published notice. Since the county publishes no online sale calendar, the notice in the county's official newspaper and a call to the Treasurer are the two ways to learn that a parcel is coming up. Tax deeds themselves are prepared and signed by the Haakon County Treasurer and attested by the county auditor.
Source: SDCL 10-25-39.1, County Acquisition of Real Property and Required Notice of Sale· Verified Aug 31, 2026

Haakon County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Haakon 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 South Dakota public notice search, Haakon County filter for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    There is no standing bidder list. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    No fixed annual date. 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 Haakon County Board of County Commissioners as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Haakon County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from South Dakota public notice search, Haakon County filter. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    There is no standing bidder list. Watch for the published notice of sale and call the Haakon County Treasurer at (605) 859-2612 for the terms of a specific parcel. A bidder who is behind on any property taxes owed within the county can have a bid refused under SDCL 10-25-45.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the South 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 South 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

Three routes exist and each runs through a county office. A certificate that stayed unsold for want of bidders must be sold at private sale at the treasurer's office to any person who pays the taxes, penalty and costs due. A person may also buy the county's interest in a certificate the treasurer bid off, by paying the taxes, penalty, interest and costs of sale and transfer plus every unpaid and subsequent tax, after which the treasurer assigns the certificate and the buyer holds the rights of an original purchaser. Both routes are closed in a county whose commissioners have not waived SDCL 10-23-28.1. Separately, tax deed property the county offered that drew no bid may be sold at private sale within twelve months for not less than ninety percent of the appraised value, without further publication or appraisal. Ask the county treasurer about certificates and the county auditor about unsold deeded parcels.

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what South Dakota calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.

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County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

Haakon County Treasurer

(605) 859-2612

PO Box 905, 140 S Howard, Philip, SD 57567

County notes

  • Haakon County has no county website. The Treasurer's office at the courthouse in Philip is the single point of contact for the December certificate sale, for a payoff figure on an existing certificate, and for tax deed questions.
  • The sale is held at the Haakon County Courthouse, 140 S Howard in Philip. Mail for the Treasurer goes to PO Box 905, Philip, SD 57567.
  • Redemption runs long in South Dakota. A holder cannot begin tax deed proceedings until three years after the certificate sale, and must complete them within six years of that sale or the certificate, the tax lien and the lien for any subsequent taxes paid are cancelled and forever barred under SDCL 10-25-1 and 10-25-16.
  • Taking the deed means serving a notice of intention on the owner of record, the person in possession, the person in whose name the property is taxed, and every mortgagee and lienholder of record. The right to redeem does not end until sixty days after the affidavit of completed service is filed with the Treasurer, who then prepares the deed. See SDCL 10-25-3, 10-25-5, 10-25-8 and 10-25-11.
  • A private buyer who takes a tax deed cannot simply keep the land. SDCL 10-25-39.2 requires anyone other than a county who acquires real property by tax deed to offer it at public auction within one year of the deed, with the seller compensated on the same basis as a redemption of the certificate.

South Dakota rules

Max interest rate
10% per year, bid down at auction
Minimum return
No statutory minimum; interest accrues at your bid rate
Redemption
There is no fixed redemption deadline that starts at the sale. SDCL 10-24-1 lets any person redeem at any time before a tax deed is issued. What sets the outer limit is the deed process: SDCL 10-25-1 bars the certificate holder from starting that process until three years after the certificate sale, and SDCL 10-25-8 keeps the right to redeem alive until sixty days after the affidavit of completed service of the notice of intention is filed with the treasurer. Missing that sixty-day window passes the owner's, mortgagee's and lienholder's interests to the certificate holder. After the deed is recorded, the former owner has one hundred eighty days to bring an action to recover possession or to avoid the deed, which is a limitation period rather than a further right to redeem.
Deed deposit
Chapter 6-13 sets no deposit for a cash sale. A buyer taking an installment contract must deposit the cash portion with the fiscal officer as soon as the bid is accepted, and the board can still decline to approve the sale, in which case the deposit is returned. A separate rule bars a bidder from the sale entirely: under SDCL 10-25-45 a county may refuse a bid from any person who is not current on all property taxes due within that county. Payment methods and any county-set deposit are county practice rather than statute, so confirm them with the county before bidding.
Surplus proceeds
The county first deducts the expenses of taking the tax deed and of the sale. What remains is prorated to the taxing districts on the levies for the most recent year included in the proceeds until all tax and interest is paid. Any surplus left after taxes, penalty, interest, county liens and other costs must be returned to the prior owner of record, and if that owner cannot be found within one hundred eighty days the surplus is transferred to the Unclaimed Property Division under SDCL chapter 43-41B. The same distribution binds a private buyer. SDCL 10-25-39.2, effective February 12, 2024, requires any person other than a county who acquires property by tax deed after being issued a tax certificate to offer that property at public auction under chapter 6-13 within one year of the deed, and entitles that seller only to compensation in the same manner as a redemption under SDCL 10-24-1. A South Dakota certificate is therefore a route to being paid what the certificate is worth, not a route to keeping the land.
Governing statute
SDCL Title 10, Chapter 10-23

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 Haakon County, South Dakota sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Haakon County follows South Dakota's tax lien state system.

When is the Haakon County tax certificate sale?

Annually on the third Monday of December. SDCL 10-23-7 directs the treasurer to offer a tax certificate at public sale at the courthouse "On the third Monday of December in each year, between the hours of nine a.m. and four p.m.", and lets the treasurer adjourn the sale from day to day until every certificate has been offered. The sale is held in person. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.

How often does Haakon County hold tax deed sales?

Haakon County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No fixed annual date. 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. South Dakota's redemption rule: Open until a tax deed issues; a deed cannot be sought until 3 years after the certificate sale, and redemption then runs until 60 days after completed service of the notice of intention. Call the Haakon County Board of County Commissioners 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 Haakon County tax sale list?

Haakon County posts its tax sale list at sdpublicnotices.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 Aug 31, 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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