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REAL ESTATE TAX JUDGMENT SALES

Affidavits, lands bid in for state, attachments, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.38

Annulment of sale

Death of owners, certificates of redemption rights, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.05

Payments, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.03

Assignments

Certificates of assignment, see same under this topic

Failure to record, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.09

Lands bid in for state, generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.11, 281.24

Prohibited assignees, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.05

Recording, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.08

Records, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.08

Bids

Interest, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.02, 280.11, 280.40

Lands bid in for state, see same under this topic

Terms, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.02

Certificates and certification, Minn. Statutes 2026 270C.7104, 270C.7105

Certificates of assignment

Endorsement, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.37

Holders, see Tax titles under QUIETING TITLE

Lands bid for state, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.11

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.11

Certificates of payment

Holders, see Tax titles under QUIETING TITLE

Invalid certificates, liens, transfer, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.35

Prima facie evidence, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33

Certificates of sale

Abolished, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.001

Assignment, records, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.08

Cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.324 to 281.327

Endorsement, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.37

Filing time, limitations, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.31 to 281.321, 281.327

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.03

Holders, see Tax titles under QUIETING TITLE

Invalid certificates, liens, transfer, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.35

Lands bid in for state, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.11

Lists, Minn. Statutes 2026 272.17

Misrecitals, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33

Prima facie evidence, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33

Recording

Assignment, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.08

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.03

Time, limitations, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.31 to 281.321, 281.327

Surrender, refunds, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.36

Voiding, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.31, 281.32, 281.323

Conveyances

Easements and restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.03, 280.11

Fee simple estates, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.03, 280.11

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.03

Lands bid in for state, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.11, 280.385

Deeds

Assignment, records, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.08

Filing, time limitations, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.32

Recording, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.08, 281.32

State tax deeds, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.43

Evidence, Minn. Statutes 2026 270C.7105, 280.33

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.28

Interest

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.02

Lands bid in for state, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.11

Partial payments, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.40

Judgments, regularity and validity, failure to mail delinquency lists and notices, Minn. Statutes 2026 279.091

Lands bid in for state

Amount, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.01

Assignments, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.11, 281.24

Attachments, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.38, 280.40

Certificates, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.11

Conveyances, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.03, 280.11, 280.385

County auditors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.001 to 280.02, 280.11, 280.38

Interest, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.11

Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.07

Redemption, see Lands bid in for state under REAL ESTATE TAX JUDGMENT SALES REDEMPTION

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.02

Submission of bid after unpaid judgment, Minn. Statutes 2026 278.10

Taxes, payment subsequent to sale, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.10

Title, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.41

Unredeemed lands, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.18, 281.19

Lawsuits, cancellation, setting aside, or validity of sale, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33

Notices

Invalid sales notices, refunds, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.36

Not required, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.001, 280.01

Owners

Hardship exemption applications, unplatted farm lands, attachment of crops, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.38

Public employees who are owners, purchase by, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.05

Purchases by, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.04

Wrong names, effect on sales, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.06

Parties to suits, lawsuits to set aside or cancel sale, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33

Proceeds, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.29

Property tax statements, failure to mail, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 276.04

Public sales

County auditors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.001 to 280.02

County treasurers, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.02

Purchasers

Deeds, state tax deeds, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33

Owners, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.04

Prohibited purchasers, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.05

Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.36

Who may purchase, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.04

Quitclaim deeds, recording, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.08

Recording, certificates of sale, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.03

Records and record keeping

Certificates of sale, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.08, 281.324 to 281.327

Failure to record, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.09

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.08

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2026 270C.7106, 280.07, 280.08

Revenue Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 270C.7106

Redemption, see REAL ESTATE TAX JUDGMENT SALES REDEMPTION

Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.36

Setting aside, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33

Solicitors, Minn. Statutes 2026 325N.01 to 325N.08

State tax deeds, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33

Statutes of limitations

Certificates of sale, filing or recording, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.31 to 281.321, 281.327

Deeds, filing or recording, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.32

Tax-forfeited land sales, see TAX-FORFEITED LAND

Tax judgment sales, Minn. Statutes 2026 270C.67, 270C.7101

Title

Held in trust by state, Minn. Statutes 2026 281.25

Lands bid in for state, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.41

Transfers, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.08, 280.09

Unpaid judgments, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 278.10

Validity, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33

Vendue, public, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.001, 280.02

Void sales, Minn. Statutes 2026 280.33