Wright County, Minnesota

Sep 27, 2026 · 4 days ago

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

12 land-only hidden

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Most liens and mortgages except federal and state tax liens are canceled at forfeiture per county guidance — verify independently. Prior special assessments may be reassessed by cities/townships after sale.

Wright County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: 3 years from judgment (5 years for homestead/ag land)
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer
Governing statute: Minnesota Statutes Ch. 280–282
Population: 154,593 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: Online (Public Surplus) and over-the-counter sales
Frequency: Periodic online auction windows (multi-day Public Surplus events) plus scheduled OTC sale days — subscribe to county tax-forfeiture alerts; monitor wrightcountymn.gov/1540
Platform: Public Surplus — Wright County Finance & Taxpayer Services / county Tax Forfeiture page763-682-3900
Deposit rules: Register on Public Surplus for online auctions; follow county Terms and Conditions for payment deadlines. OTC: first-come/first-served, parcels not held. 3% assurance fee of total sale price due at sale for the State of Minnesota. Sold AS IS; research zoning, septic, wetlands, and municipal reassessment risk.

Title risk

Consult counsel for marketable title; insurers often scrutinize tax-forfeited residential chains.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Wright County Finance & Taxpayer Services — Tax Forfeiture763-682-3900
Clerk of court: Wright County Recorder
Property appraiser: Wright County Assessor / Taxpayer Services
GIS / parcel map: Wright County Tax Forfeited Properties ArcGIS Dashboard

Areas trending up

St. Michael–Albertville / I-94 corridor — Fast-growing northwest metro bedroom communities with strong SF demand toward Minneapolis jobs
Otsego / Elk River fringe — River-crossing growth and new subdivision inventory absorption
Buffalo / county-seat core — Local employment and lake-recreation demand with more entry inventory than closer-in metro rings

Notes

Minnesota tax-forfeiture deed county. After forfeiture to the State, Wright County Finance & Taxpayer Services manages parcels and sells via online Public Surplus auctions and periodic over-the-counter (OTC) sales (first-come/first-served; e.g. OTC events and rolling PDF available lists). County GIS dashboard maps available (green) vs sold (red) tax-forfeited parcels. 3% state assurance fee collected at sale plus recording/deed fees and any platform fees. Twin Cities northwest exurb (Buffalo, St. Michael, Otsego, Monticello, Delano).

3 sources

Inherited from Minnesota rather than researched for Wright: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 12 land-only parcel(s)

Nothing left to show

Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 12 land-only. Land-only means no street address, a house number of zero, or a street with no number; withdrawn parcels are no longer on offer.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Minn. Stat. § 273.11 subd. 1: "all property shall be valued at its market value." Class rates under § 273.13 are applied afterwards to compute tax capacity and do not reduce the assessed value. The estimated market value is also what § 282.005 uses to set the opening price at a tax-forfeited sale. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.