PROPERTY TAX RESEARCH, MADE SIMPLER
Benton County, Minnesota
Where to look, which office to contact, and how to request records.
Where to obtain records
Benton County Auditor-Treasurer
Official county property-tax access guidanceHow to find the information
Benton’s Property Tax Statements & Payments page warns that its statements are the originals and do not reflect later abatements or changes. It links Download Property Tax Statement separately from online payment. Use the statement for its stated tax year, then ask the Auditor-Treasurer at 531 Dewey Street, Foley for an existing delinquent ledger or current payoff rather than treating the original bill as the balance today.
For existing records, provide the parcel/account identifier, tax year and desired as-of date. Specify an unpaid collection ledger, dated delinquent publication, tax judgment, confession-of-judgment plan ledger, expiration-of-redemption notice or tax-forfeiture record. Ask which special assessments, penalties, interest, costs and later payments are included. Confirm inspection, electronic-copy, certification, tax-search and extract charges before ordering. Assessment/ownership data, an original bill and a forfeited-property sale inventory do not certify the complete current delinquent amount.
What to ask for
“I am looking for publicly available delinquent real-property tax records for Benton County for [tax year]. Which office maintains these records? Is there an online search or downloadable list? If not, how can I request a copy, and what fees apply?”
Have the property address, parcel number, owner name, and tax year ready when searching for a particular property.
County-specific notes
Verified denotes reviewed published access guidance, including an explicit office-only payoff route where applicable; it does not certify a tested account result. Reviewed October 28, 2026. Published forms, directions and labels were reviewed without submitting taxpayer searches. Annual notices, statements, tax judgments, payment plans, state forfeiture and later sales concern different records. No account creation, record request, bidder enrollment or payment was performed. No taxpayer rows or owner-list attachments are included.
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