Registration is required along with a non-refundable $25.00 registration fee. Each entity is
required to fill in a Morrill County registration form and a federal form W-9. The name on
both the registration form and the W-9 must be the same. Seating is limited, therefore it is
suggested that these forms and fees be received into the Treasurer’s office at least one week
prior to the sale. You will not be considered registered until the forms and registration fee
have been received. We will not be taking registration fees at the sale location, only at the
Treasurer’s office. If you wait until the day of the sale, you will not be allowed to participate until the proper paperwork is submitted at the Treasurer’s office. If seating is at full capacity, you may not be allowed to register for the sale. If seating is not at full capacity and the sale has started, you will be required to wait until the current bidding round is completed before you can participate.
RULES OF THE TAX SALE:
Tax sales are held in person. No online or telephone bids are accepted. There will be a sign
in sheet and each entity will submit a blank check for their tax purchases at the time they sign in. (This is in addition to the previously received registration fee.) Cell phones will be OFF or SILENT during the sale. If you have to leave the room to take/make a phone call, the tax sale will continue without you. You may therefore miss your turn. The sale will be
conducted in the round robin format. You will receive a number when you sign in on the
morning of the sale. After all numbers are distributed the treasurer will pick a number at
random. That number will be the first person to be allowed to select a parcel on the tax sale
list. Each person by number, in order following the first bidder, will then be allowed to pick one parcel per round until the sale is over. If you are late to the sale location, you will be required to wait until the current bidding round is completed before you can participate. You will receive the next available bidder number. You may pass your turn on any round. You may withdraw from the sale at either the beginning or at the end of your turn. Note that the dollar amounts in the newspaper do not include additional interest, advertising or fees and may include multiple years of back taxes so be prepared to pay more than what was
published. It is your responsibility to know what you are buying.
