Auditor/Treasurer's Office

COUNTY AUDITOR/TREASURER:    Thomas E. Reddick

WHAT WE DO:
The staff consists of an elected Auditor/Treasurer, an Assistant Auditor/Treasurer and seven deputies.  This office is responsible for the financial records and cash management of Douglas County.  We are responsible for the computation and collection of property taxes and for disbursement to the taxing entities within the county.  We are also responsible for the election process which includes voter registration and absentee voting.  If you have questions regarding the election process, please call us at 320-762-3881.  Other duties include payroll and employee benefits administration, accounts payable, budgeting, the preparation of truth-in-taxation notices, abatement processing, tax forfeiture land sales, licensing (beer, wine, liquor, auctioneers, legal gambling, etc.) and worker's compensation and property/casualty insurance for the county.  We have county plat books and addressing atlases for sale and we provide notary services.  This office works very closely with the Offices of the State Auditor and Secretary of State to insure integrity in the county's finances and in the election process.

ELECTIONS:
Click on the links below for more election information:

Election Info

Voter Registration Info

Absentee Voting Info

Polling Locations

TAX DUE DATES:

ACH Real Estate Tax Payment form - in Adobe Acrobat format - to have your property tax payment automatically deducted from your checking or savings account at your financial institution on a semi-annual basis.

TAX FORFEITED LAND:
The Douglas County Auditor/Treasurer's Office administers the disposition of tax forfeited lands. These are properties that are awarded to the state due to non-payment of taxes for five years (three years for commercial property located in the city limits) and are then sold at county auction.

For more information and a listing of the parcels within Douglas County that have been received as tax-forfeited lands, please click HERE to go to the Tax Forfeited Land web page.

WHERE WE ARE LOCATED:                                               
The Auditor/Treasurer's Office is located on the first floor of the Douglas County Courthouse adjacent to the public parking lot at the southwest corner of the building.  From the lobby level you may take the elevator to the first floor or take a short flight of stairs and turn to the right.  We are the first office on the left (first two windows) and across the hall from the elevator entrance.

LINKS:
Minnesota Secretary of State Office          www.sos.state.mn.us 
Minnesota State Auditor's Office                www.osa.state.mn.us 
Minnesota Department of Revenue            www.taxes.state.mn.us