C a s s C o u n t y, M i n n e s o t a
Land Department
Ta x F o r f e i t e d L a n d A u c t i o n
Cass County Courthouse
June 24, 2017
303 Minnesota Ave W
Walker, MN 56484
Phone: 218-947-3338
Thank you for your inquiry regarding
purchase of tax forfeited properties. The
enclosed parcel auction list includes tax
forfeited property throughout Cass County.
All listings found in this booklet are subject
to change. The Land Department
encourages prospective buyers to conduct
their own research prior to purchasing tax
forfeited property.
Additional parcels are also available for sale
“over-the-counter” that remain unsold from
prior auctions. Visit www.co.cass.mn.us or
call 218-947-3338 for more information.
Please visit our website:
www.co.cass.mn.us
Select Land Department
Land Sales link for
more information.
Terms and Conditions of Sale
All auction sales are conducted at the Cass County Courthouse, Walker Minnesota in accordance with Minnesota
Statutes § 282, other applicable state laws, and sale policies adopted by the Cass County Board of Commissioners.
1. The public auction list is subject to change prior to sale. All sales are final.
2. Properties offered at public auction will be sold to the highest qualified bidder for not less than the minimum bid plus
all fees. Parcels not sold at auction will be for sale for not less than the minimum bid plus all fees beginning at 8 a.m.
the next business day following the auction sale, on a first-come, first-served basis through the Cass County Land
Department or Auditor-Treasurer’s Office.
3. Properties sold at auction or after are subject to local zoning ordinances. Some parcels offered for sale do not meet
minimum lot size or current set-back requirements as zoned. Please contact the local zoning authority where the
property is located to determine zoning requirements. No structure or part thereof shall be erected, constructed, moved
or structurally altered, and no land shall change in use until the local zoning authority has approved and issued a land
use permit.
4. All sales are subject to existing easements, right-of-ways, recorded restrictions, encumbrances, and some types of
liens or leases.
5. Any lands offered for sale may be subject to unpaid local special assessments against the property. Before
purchasing, prospective buyers should contact the municipal clerk where the property is located to determine if there
are any unpaid special assessments. Any new assessments against the property for public improvements after the
property forfeited shall be assessed against the property and paid for at the time of purchase.
6. Some unplatted lands for sale may contain non-forested marginal land or wetland as defined in Minnesota Statutes.
The deed for these parcels will contain a restrictive covenant which will prohibit enrollment of the lands in a state funded
program providing compensation for conservation of marginal land or wetlands. Notice of the existence of non-forested
marginal land or wetlands will be available to prospective bidders at the auction.
7. Cass County has not performed any wetland delineation on parcels offered for sale, unless otherwise noted. No
refunds will be made due to presence of wetlands.
8. Tax forfeited land in Minnesota is conveyed by the issuance and recording of a state deed, which is a quit claim deed
issued by the Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue. Conveyance by state deed does not however warrant the condition
of title. The services of an attorney may be necessary to make the title marketable through quiet title court action.
Marketable title may be required by a lender to obtain financing.
Minerals and mineral rights relating to the property are reserved by the state of Minnesota.
9. If county fee-owned parcels are sold at public auction, the form of conveyance will be a quit claim deed.
10. Recorded covenants may exist for platted parcels. Cass County may convey parcels sold with deed restrictions.
In plats of Wilderness Park, restrictions include prohibition of manufactured homes with a chassis or undercarriage,
prohibition of subdivision of any lots from the original parcel sold, and other covenants and conditions recorded as
document numbers 226108 and 226109 in the office of the Cass County Recorder.
11. Parcels sold at auction or after the sale on or before December 31 of the assessment year shall be placed on the
assessment roles for that year’s assessment and taxes will be payable in the following calendar year. The sale price
does not represent the future appraised value for tax purposes.
12. If improved residential properties are offered for sale, potential buyers are advised to read the Radon Warning
Statement shown below. Additional information and disclosures will be provided.
13. All lands are sold as is, without warranties or representation of any kind.
14. Cass County, including its employees or agents, has no further responsibility or liability with respect to the condition
or management of the property after it has been sold.
Payment Terms and Fees
1. For parcels that sell at auction for more than $30,000 sale price (excluding fees), a 10% (of the highest bid) nonrefundable down payment with sale price balance and all fees to be paid within 30 days will be accepted. Auction sales
of $30,000 sale price or less and all over-the-counter sales require full payment of the sale price and fees at time of
sale. No contract sales or other financing options are available by policy of the Cass County Board.
2. Payment must be made by personal check, cashier's check, certified check, or money order made payable to the
Cass County Auditor-Treasurer.
Amount Due at Purchase
Full sale price or
10% down payment if over $30,000…………………. Balance due in 30 days
State assurance fee………………………………………….. 3% of the total sale price (not collected if fee owned)
Special assessments……………......................................... Due as listed with sale price (plus may be subject to
new or reassessments after purchase)
Recording fee…………………………………………………. $46
Well certificate………………………………………………... $50 if there is a well on the property
Deed fee…………………………………………………..…… $25
Deed tax……………………………………………….………. .33% of the purchase price
Registering for the Auction
Pre-registration for auction sales is not required. Registration is not required to attend the auction but is necessary to
obtain a bidder number.
Bidders will receive a bidder number upon check-in prior to the auction by providing a photo identification card (driver’s
license or other government issued photo identification) and telephone number.
The sale is conducted as an oral auction. No sealed bids can be accepted. The minimum bid increase is $100.
Prohibited Bidders
No person or entity that is an owner or taxpayer of real property in Cass County that has delinquent taxes may bid on or
purchase property at auction or over-the-counter.
None of the following individuals, either personally or as an agent or attorney for another person, may bid on or
purchase tax-forfeited land unless the parcel was owned by the individual before forfeiture: district court administrators,
county auditors, treasurers, assessors or supervisors of assessments, land commissioners or assistant land
commissioners, or any deputies or employees of these officers.
Prior Owners
Under state law if the prior owner of a parcel is the highest bidder on that parcel at auction sale, the prior owner may not
purchase that parcel for a purchase price less than the sum of all taxes, special assessments, penalties, interest, and
costs due at time of forfeiture plus any new special assessments for improvements certified after forfeiture.
RADON WARNING STATEMENT – RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
The Minnesota Department of Health strongly recommends that ALL homebuyers have an indoor radon test performed prior to purchase
or taking occupancy and recommends having the radon levels mitigated if elevated radon concentrations are found. Elevated radon
concentrations can easily be reduced by a qualified, certified, or licensed, if applicable, radon mitigator.
Every buyer of an interest in residential real property is notified that the property may present exposure to dangerous levels of indoor radon
gas that may place the occupants at risk of developing radon-induced lung cancer. Radon, a Class A human carcinogen, is the leading cause of
lung cancer in nonsmokers and the second leading cause overall. The seller of any interest in residential real property is required to provide
the buyer with any information on radon test results of the dwelling.
For more information, see parcel specific disclosures and county provided publication Radon in Real Estate Transactions by the Minnesota
Department of Health.
Parcel #1
Appraised Land Value - $14,300
Appraised Timber Value -$ 175
Total Appraised Value - $14,475
PIN #34-025-1411
Powers Township
The West Half of the West Half of the East Half of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
(W½W½E½W½SE¼NE¼), Section 25, Township 139 North, Range 30 West, Cass County, Minnesota. (2.5 acres)
Parcel #2 Withdrawn from sale.
Parcel #3
Appraised Land Value - $118,100
Appraised Timber Value - $ 15,317
Total Appraised Value - $133,417
PIN #’s 13-006-3100 & 13-006-4200
Deerfield Township
The Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE¼SW¼) Section 6, Township 139 North, Range 31
West, Cass County, Minnesota and The Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW¼SE¼), Section
6, Township 139 North, Range 31 West, Cass County, Minnesota. (79.37 acres)
There is no legal access to this parcel. The purchaser may petition the Township for public access to this
parcel under Minnesota Statutes 164.08, subdivision 2.
Parcel #4
Appraised Land Value - $121,600
Appraised Timber Value - $ 8,150
Total Appraised Value - $129,750
PIN #50-028-3100
Wilson Township
The Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NW¼SW¼) Section 28, Township 137 North, Range 29
West, Cass County, Minnesota and The Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (NE¼SW¼), Section
28, Township 137 North, Range 29 West, Cass County, Minnesota. (81.29 acres)
This parcel has an encroachment from the neighboring landowner to the south.
Parcel #5
Appraised Value - $3,500
PIN #26-342-0854
Meadowbrook Township
Lot 3, Block 8, Wilderness Park Estates Second Addition (0.3 acres)
Lots sold together as one parcel and cannot be further divided.
Parcel #6
Appraised Value - $7,000
PIN #26-344-0925
Meadowbrook Township
Lots 4 & 5, Block 9, Wilderness Park Estates Fourth Addition (2 acres)
Lots sold together as one parcel and cannot be further divided.
Parcel #7
Appraised Land Value - $12,000
Appraised Timber Value - $ 850
Total Appraised Value - $12,850
PIN #26-346-1502
Meadowbrook Township
Lots 1, 2, 31 & 32, Block 15, Wilderness Park Estates Sixth Addition (3.4 acres)
Lots sold together as one parcel and cannot be further divided.
Previous Value - $14,000.00
Previous Sale Date - 7/9/05
Parcel #8
Appraised Value - $10,000
PIN #51-404-0735
Woodrow Township
Lots 20 thru 24, Block 7, End O’ The Trail Second Addition (0.6 acres)
Parcel #9
Appraised Value - $9,000
PIN #51-404-0615
Woodrow Township
Lots 8, 51 & 52, Block 6, End O’ The Trail Second Addition (0.4 acres)
Parcel #10
Appraised Value - $10,500
PIN #29-364-0660
Pike Bay Township
Lots Twelve (12), Thirteen (13), Fourteen (14), Fifteen (15) and Sixteen (16), Block “F”, Supplemental Plat
of Bug-E-Zo-We-Ning Beach; ALSO All that certain tract of land not divided into lots lying and being said
Block F of said Bug-E-Zo-We-Ning Beach north of and adjoining Lots Nine (9) to Sixteen (16) inclusive of
said Block F, said latter tract of land being 135 feet North and South by 400 feet East and West in
dimension. (1.8 acres)
Parcel #11
Appraised Value - $6,900
PIN #96-378-0130
City of Walker
Lot 13, Quamville (0.45 acres)
Parcel #12
Appraised Value - $14,800
PIN #14-113-4310
Fairview Township
That part of the West 189.1 feet of the East 386.5 feet of Government Lot Four (4), Section Thirteen (13),
Township One Hundred Thirty-Four (134), Range Thirty (30), lying northerly of the center line of C.S.A.H.
No. 77. (1.93 acres)
Parcel #13
Appraised Value - $1,800
PIN #85-337-1035
City of Cass Lake
Lot 9, Block 10, Original Plat of Cass Lake (0.08 acres)
Parcel #14
Appraised Value - $3,700
PIN #85-337-1410
City of Cass Lake
Lots 1 & 2, Block 14, Original Plat of Cass Lake (0.16 acres)
Previous Value - $8,750
Previous Sale Date 6/20/09
Parcel #15
Appraised Value - $5,300
PIN #85-337-1310
City of Cass Lake
Lots 1, 2 & 3 less East 6 Feet of Lot 3, Block 13, Original Plat of Cass Lake (0.22 acres)
Parcel #16
Appraised Value - $5,900
PIN #93-337-1222
City of Pillager
Lots 5 & 6, Block 12, Peterson’s Addition to Pillager (0.32 acres)
Previous Value - $6,500
Previous Sale Date 6/29/13
NOTE: Unpaid special assessment at time of forfeiture = $3,375.54
Special assessments may apply to this parcel if reassessed by the City of Pillager.
Parcel #17
Appraised Land Value - $19,400
Appraised Timber Value - $ 1,002
Total Appraised Value - $20,402
PIN #16-425-0010
Hiram Township
Outlot A, Whispering Pines (11.8 acres)
Parcel #18
Appraised Value - $196,800
PIN #86-337-0220
City of Chickamaw Beach
The South Three Hundred Sixteen and six tenths (S 316.6) feet of Lot Nine (9), Block Two (2), Plat of
Chickamaw Beach, according to the Plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds
in and for said County, and the South Four Hundred Sixteen and six tenths (S 416.6) feet of Lot Three (3),
Section Twenty-nine (29), Township One Hundred Thirty-eight (138), Range Twenty-nine (29), lying
northwesterly of the Township Road, less those portions thereof transferred by instruments of conveyance
dated August 29, 1959, and September 17, 1964, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of
Cass County, Minnesota, in Books 122 of Deeds, page 199 and 132 of Deeds page 599. Subject to mineral
reservations, County Ordinance Regulations, power and utility line easements, of record. (1.44 acres)
This parcel has approximately 323 feet of frontage on Norway Lake.
Parcel #19
Appraised Land Value - $26,900
Appraised Timber Value - $ 1,465
Total Appraised Value - $28,365
PIN #50-008-1302
Wilson Township
All that part of Government Lot 3, Section 8, Township 137, Range 29, lying southwesterly of the Burlington
Northern Railway right of way, formerly Northern Pacific Railway right-of-way.
AND ALSO:
All that portion of Government Lot 4, Section 8, Township 137, Range 29, lying westerly of the right of way
of the Burlington Northern Railway, formerly Northern Pacific Railway. LESS: TRACT C: That part of
Government Lot 4, Section 8, Township 137 North, Range 29 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, in Cass
County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Government Lot 4;
thence North 89 degrees 46 minutes 27 seconds West 1698.14 feet along the North line of said
Government Lot 4 to a point on the westerly right of way line of the abandoned Burlington Northern
Railroad; thence South 43 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds East 306.04 feet along said right of way line to
the point of beginning; thence South 43 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds East 161.27 feet; thence South 46
degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds West 377 feet, more or less, to the shore of the Pine River; thence
Northwesterly along said shore to a point that bears South 46 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds West from
the point of beginning; thence North 46 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East 316 feet, more or less, to the
point of beginning.
ALSO LESS:
TRACT D: That part of Government Lot 4, Section 8, Township 137 North, Range 29 West of the Fifth
Principal Meridian in Cass County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner
of said Government 4; thence North 89 degrees 46 minutes 27 seconds West 1698.14 feet along the North
line of said Government Lot 4 to a point on the westerly right of way line of the abandoned Burlington
Northern Railroad; thence South 43 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds East 111.25 feet along said right of
way line to the point of beginning; thence South 43 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds East 194.79 feet;
thence South 46 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds West 316 feet, more or less, to the shore of the Pine
River; thence Northwesterly along said shore to a point that bears South 46 degrees 44 minutes 40
seconds West from the point of beginning; thence North 46 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East 266 feet,
more or less, to the point of beginning.
ALSO LESS:
That part of Government Lot Four (4), and that part of Government Lot Three (3), Section Eight (8) in
Township One Hundred Thirty-Seven (137) North of Range Twenty-nine (29) West, in Cass County,
Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Government Lot Four (4);
thence North 89 degrees 46 minutes 27 seconds West 1,698.14 feet along the North line of said
Government Lot Four (4) to a point on the Westerly right-of-way line of the abandoned Burlington Northern
Railroad; thence North 43 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds West 53.73 feet along said right-of-way line to
the point of beginning; thence South 43 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds East 164.98 feet along said rightof-way line; thence South 46 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds West 266 feet more or less to the shore of
the Pine River; thence Northwesterly along said shore to a point that bears South 46 degrees 44 minutes
40 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence North 46 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East 253
feet more or less to the point of beginning.
ALSO LESS:
That part of Government Lot Four (4), Section Eight (8), Township One Hundred Thirty-seven (137) North,
Range Twenty-nine (29) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian in Cass County, Minnesota, described as
follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Government Lot Four (4); thence North 89 degrees 46
minutes 27 seconds West, 1,698.14 feet along the North line of said Government Lot Four (4) to a point on
the Southwesterly right of way line of the abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad; thence South 43
degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds East 562.54 feet along said right of way line to the point of beginning;
thence South 46 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds West 476 feet, more or less, to the shore of the Pine
River; thence Southeasterly, Easterly and Northeasterly along said shore to said right of way line; thence
Northwesterly along said right of way to the point of beginning.
ALSO LESS:
That part of Government Lot Four (4), Section eight (8), Township One Hundred Thirty-seven (137) North,
Range Twenty-nine (29) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian in Cass County, Minnesota, described as
follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Government Lot Four (4); thence North 89 degrees 46
minutes 27 seconds West 1,698.14 feet along the North line of said Government Lot Four (4) to a point on
the Westerly right of way line of the abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad; thence South 43 degrees 15
minutes 20 seconds East 467.31 feet along said right of way line to the point of beginning; thence South 43
degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds East 95.23 feet along said right of way line; thence Southeasterly 54.09
feet along said right of way line along a tangential curve concave to the Southwest having a central angle of
01 degrees 22 minutes 57 seconds and a radius of 2,241.83 feet; thence South 46 degrees 44 minutes 40
seconds West 476 feet, more or less, to the shore of Pine River; thence Northwesterly along said shore to
a point that bears South 46 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence North
46 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East 377 feet, more or less to the point of beginning.
ALSO LESS:
That part of Government Lot 3, Section 8, Township 137 North, Range 29 West, of the Fifth Principal
Meridian, in Cass County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said
Government Lot 4; thence North 89 degrees 46 minutes 27 seconds West 1,698.14 feet along the North
line of Government Lot 4, Section 8, Township 137, Range 29 to a point on the Southwesterly right of way
line of the abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad; thence North 43 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds West
1,425.25 feet along said right of way line to a point on the West line of said Government 3, the point of
beginning; thence South 43 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds East 975.15 feet along said right of way line;
thence South 46 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds West 400 feet more or less to the shore of the Pine
River; thence Northwesterly along said shore to a point on the West line of said Government Lot 3; thence
North 0 degrees 25 minutes 35 seconds East 839 feet more or less along said West line to the point of
beginning.
Subject to and together with a perpetual road easement, to run with the land, over, under and across the
following described property; That part of Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 8, Township 137 North,
Range 29 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, in Cass County, Minnesota, described as follows:
Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Government Lot 4; thence North 89 degrees 46 minutes 27
seconds West 1,698.14 feet along the North line of said Government Lot 4 to a point on the Southwesterly
right of way line of the abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad; thence North 43 degrees 15 minutes 20
seconds West 1,015.28 feet along said right of way line to the point of beginning; thence south 46 degrees
44 minutes 40 seconds West 33.00 feet; thence South 43 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds East 1,577.82
feet; thence Southeasterly 54.09 feet along a tangential curve concave to the Southwest having a central
angle of 1 degree 24 minutes 11 seconds and a radius of 2,208.83 feet; thence North 46 degrees 44
minutes 40 seconds East 33.00 feet not tangent to last said curve to a point on said right of way line;
thence Northwesterly 54.09 feet along said right of way line along a nontangential curve concave to the
Southwest having a central angle of 1 degree 22 minutes 57 seconds and a radius of 2,241.83 feet; thence
North 43 degrees 15 minutes 20 seconds West 1,977.82 feet tangent to last said curve along said right of
way line to the point of beginning. Subject to restrictions, reservations and easements, if any, of record.
(2.93 acres)
This parcel has approximately 422 feet of frontage on the Pine River.
Sale proceeds from these parcels are deposited in the Forfeited Tax Sale Fund and distributed annually
to local taxing districts, along with timber sale revenues, net of department costs.
C o n ta c t l i s t i n g
Entity
Phone #
Parcel(s)
Cass Lake
218-335-2238
13, 14, 15
Chickamaw Beach
218-587-2059
18
Deerfield Township
218-947-4012
3
Fairview Township
218-825-9322
12
Hiram Township
218-675-5414
17
Meadowbrook Township
218-397-2585
5, 6, 7
Pike Bay Township
218-760-2567
10
Pillager
218-746-3322
16
Powers Township
218-839-7787
1
Walker
218-547-5501
11
Wilson Township
218-587-2443
4, 19
WoodrowTownship
218-682-2185
8, 9
Cass County, Minnesota
Tax forfeited lands Public Auction
218-547-7260 Cass County Courthouse
218-947-3338 Land Department
www.co.cass.mn.us
Cass County, Minnesota
Land Department
PO Box 25
Backus, MN 56435
The next public auction land sale will
be held on:
Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 9:00 a.m.
at the
Cass County Courthouse
303 Minnesota Ave W
Walker, MN 56484