Clearwater County Land Sales

 

The tax-forfeited lands offered for sale by Clearwater County are either lands that have recently forfeited or lands which the county has classified for sale. County lands in forest management status or lands which provide primary access, will not be offered for sale.

The lands to be offered for sale are appraised at fair market value and must be approved for sale by the State of Minnesota. No parcel shall be sold for less than the appraised value.

Land sales are not on an annual basis and there may be two or three years between sales. The land sale auctions are conducted by oral auction.

Would you like to be notified of upcoming Clearwater County Land Sales? 

By Mail: $5.00
Mail $5.00 with your name and address to be placed on the land sale mailing list to:

Clearwater County Land & Forestry Department
213 Main Ave. N.  Dept. 107
Bagley, MN 56621-8311

This fee covers the cost for you to receive information regarding future land sales auctions for five years.

 


 

 Clearwater County Tax Forfeited Land Available For Sale

NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX FORFEITED LANDS


September 10, 2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That I will sell to the highest bidder, at a sale to be held in the Second Floor Commisioners Room
in the County Courthouse in the City of Bagley, the following parcels of land forfeited to the state for non-payment of taxes, for
no less than the appraised price. Such sale will commence at 9:00 A.M. on the 10th day of September, 2026.


I certify that the following list is true and correct.


Bruce Cox, Land Commissioner
Date

2026 Tax-forfeited Land Sale List

Tract
Political Subdivision     Description PID Approx. Acres     Minimum Bid Value
1 Dudley Township
SE 1/4, Section 11, T146 R36
04.011.0500
160 $251,600
2 Shevlin Township
W1/2NE1/4SE1/4NW1/4, T145 R36
19.025.0840    
5     $26,500
3 Bagley City
part of E 14 Rds of W1/2NE1/4SW1/4 described; Sec.30,T47 Rg 37
23.030.3030
N/A $4,600
4 Clearbrook City
Lot 5 and N 5 feet of Lot 6; Block 2, Taflin's Addition to Clearbrook
24.313.0050
N/A $6,800

For detailed legal descriptions and terms of sale contact the Land Commissioner at the Courthouse, by phone at 694-6227, or e-mail at bruce.cox@clearwatercountymn.gov