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    • Trust Homestead
    • Mobile/Manufactured Home Homestead
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    • Special Agricultural Homestead
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  • GIS Data for Download
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    • Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
    • Plat Review
    • Survey Mapping
    • Survey Filing
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  • Property Taxes
    • Request Electronic Statement
    • Property Tax Relief Options
    • Property Tax Penalties
    • Payment Options
    • Property Tax Due Dates
    • Senior Citizen Property Tax Deferral
    • Property Tax FAQ
  • Tax-Forfeited Property
    • Tax-Forfeited Property FAQ
  • Road Construction
    • More Road Project Updates
    • 5-Year Construction Project Plan
    • CSAH 138/28th Ave S Roundabout
    • CSAH 71 Reconstruction in 2021
  • Transportation Sales Tax
  • Seasonal Road Information
  • Roadway Maintenance
  • Traffic Operations and Safety
    • Diverging Diamond Interchange
    • Flashing Yellow Arrows
    • County Roadway Safety Plan
    • Roundabouts
  • Transportation Plan Study
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    • Adopt-a-Highway Permit
  • Southwest Beltline Project
    • Phase One: Scoping
    • Phase Two: Environmental Impact Statement
    • Phase Three: Securing Funds
    • Beltline Project Maps
    • Southwest Beltline FAQs
    • 2001 Alignment Study
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Tax Liens

State and Federal Tax Liens

The Minnesota Department of Revenue and United States Internal Revenue Service issues and delivers State and Federal Tax Liens to the County Recorder for recording.  Tax liens are indexed by debtor name.  Although tax lien documents typically do not include legal descriptions of a debtor’s real estate property, recorded tax liens do appear in Abstracts of Title because a search of the County Recorder’s records is performed by legal description as well as by owner’s name to create or update an Abstract of Title.  The County Recorder’s Office performs certified tax lien searches upon submission of a UCC-12 Certified Search Request Form and the associated statutory fee.

NOTE: The UCC-12 Certified Search Request Form is available on the Minnesota Secretary of State website.

County Tax Liens

The County Treasurer issues and delivers County Tax Liens (manufactured home tax liens) to the County Recorder for recording.  Tax liens are indexed by debtor name.  Although tax lien documents typically do not include legal descriptions of a debtor’s real estate property, recorded tax liens do appear in Abstracts of Title because a search of the County Recorder’s records is performed by legal description as well as by owner’s name to create or update an Abstract of Title.  The County Recorder’s Office performs certified tax lien searches upon submission of a UCC-12 Certified Search Request Form and the associated statutory fee.

NOTE: The UCC-12 Certified Search Request Form is available on the Minnesota Secretary of State website.

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