Cook County, Minnesota

Where to obtain records

Cook County Auditor-Treasurer

How to find the information

Cook’s Property Tax Payments guide explicitly limits online payment to current taxes once calculated. Prior-year delinquent taxes cannot be paid through that online route; the county directs those questions to the Auditor-Treasurer at 218-387-3640. Use Property Info & Tax Payments for available ordinary records, and request the dated delinquent ledger or payoff from staff for older unpaid years.

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 Cook 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.