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County auditors outline new tax-forfeiture rules after Tyler decision and announce online auction schedule
Summary
Auditor-Treasurer staff explained new procedures for legacy, settlement and 2024-onward forfeitures, warned about clean-up costs and predatory surplus-claim firms, and said six new-forfeiture parcels will be offered in an online auction beginning Nov. 28 with first-sale closing Dec. 16.
Stearns County land-records staff told the Board of Commissioners on Nov. 4 that changes after the Tyler v. Hennepin litigation require the county to treat three distinct groups of forfeited parcels differently and that new timelines will drive online auctions and surplus-claim procedures.
"Following that lawsuit, there's really 3 buckets that we're gonna be looking at now," said Mark Iverson, land records coordinator, describing legacy sales (forfeitures in 2015 and earlier), settlement-sale inventory (forfeitures from 2016–2023 subject to the state settlement), and new forfeitures (01/01/2024 onward) that must be offered in two sales within six months.
Key changes and process: Iverson said settlement properties (2016–2023) must be offered for sale and county boards…
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