276.01 DELIVERY OF LISTS TO TREASURER. On or before the first business day in March in each year, the county auditor shall deliver the lists of the districts of the county to the county treasurer and get the treasurer’s receipt for them. The lists must show the total amount of taxes due. Where the names […]
276.015 TREASURER TO PUBLISH TAX RATES. On receiving the tax lists from the county auditor, the county treasurer shall give three weeks’ published notice of the tax rates if directed by the county board. Notice must be given in a newspaper. It must specify the rates of taxation for all general purposes and the amounts […]
276.017 TIMELY PAYMENTS. Subdivision 1. Date of mailing or receipt. When a payment described in this section is required to be made to a county on or before the prescribed date, the payment is timely if received by the county on or before a prescribed date, or if mailed on or before that date. This […]
276.02 TREASURER TO BE COLLECTOR. The county treasurer shall collect all taxes extended on the tax lists of the county and the fines, forfeitures, or penalties received by any person or officer for the use of the county. The treasurer shall collect the taxes according to law and credit them to the proper funds. This […]
276.03 TREASURER TO COLLECT LOCAL ASSESSMENTS. A county treasurer authorized by law to collect local assessments made or levied by a city shall collect all assessments for local improvements made or levied and certified to the treasurer by the city against any specific tract or parcel of land. The assessment must be collected at the […]
276.04 NOTICE OF RATES; PROPERTY TAX STATEMENTS. Subdivision 1. Auditor to publish rates. On receiving the tax lists from the county auditor, the county treasurer shall, if directed by the county board, give three weeks’ published notice in a newspaper specifying the rates of taxation for all general purposes and the amounts raised for each […]
276.041 FILING TO RECEIVE NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAXES. Fee owners, vendees, mortgagees, lienholders, escrow agents, and lessees of real property may file their names and current mailing addresses with the county auditor in the county where the land is located for the purpose of receiving notices affecting the land that are issued under sections 276.04, […]
276.05 RECEIPTS FOR TAX PAYMENTS. The county treasurer may issue receipts showing payment of the tax. If the tax is paid in currency or if the payer requests a receipt, the county treasurer shall give a receipt. The receipt must show the name and post office address of the person, the amount and date of […]
276.06 TAX STATEMENTS TO STATE APPORTIONMENT OF TAXES. The treasurer of each county may cause to be printed, stamped, or written on the back of all current tax statements, or on a separate sheet or card to be furnished with the statements, a statement showing the local tax rate of the current tax apportioned to […]
276.07 UNDIVIDED INTEREST; PAYMENT AND RECEIPT. A person holding an undivided interest in taxable real property, including mortgagees, lessees, and others, who by law or contract are required or entitled to pay taxes to protect any right, title, interest, claim, or lien held by them in, to, or upon it, may pay the taxes on […]
276.08 ORDERS RECEIVED FOR TAXES. The county treasurer shall receive in payment of taxes orders on the several funds for which taxes may be levied, to the amount of the tax for the fund, without regard to priority of the numbers of orders, except when otherwise provided by law, and shall write or stamp across […]
276.09 SETTLEMENT BETWEEN AUDITOR AND TREASURER. On the later of May 20 of each year or 26 calendar days after the postmark date on the envelopes containing real or personal property tax statements, the county treasurer shall make full settlement with the county auditor of all receipts collected for all purposes, from the date of […]
276.10 APPORTIONMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. On the settlement day determined in section 276.09 for each year, the county auditor and county treasurer shall distribute all undistributed funds in the treasury. The funds must be apportioned as provided by law, and credited to the town, city, school district, special district and each county fund. Within […]
276.11 WHEN TREASURER SHALL PAY FUNDS FROM MAY SETTLEMENT. Subdivision 1. Generally. As soon as practical after the settlement day determined in section 276.09, the county treasurer shall pay to the treasurer of a town, city, school district, or special district, on the warrant of the county auditor, all receipts of taxes levied by the […]
276.111 DISTRIBUTIONS AND FINAL YEAR-END SETTLEMENT. Within seven business days after October 15, the county treasurer shall pay to the school districts 50 percent of the estimated collections arising from taxes levied by and belonging to the school district from the settlement day determined in section 276.09 to October 20. The remaining 50 percent of […]
276.112 STATE PROPERTY TAXES; COUNTY TREASURER. On the estimated payment and settlement dates provided in this chapter for the settlement of taxes levied by school districts, the county treasurer must make full settlement with the county auditor for all receipts of state property taxes levied under section 275.025, and must transmit those receipts to the […]
276.12 AUDITOR TO KEEP ACCOUNTS. The county auditor shall keep accounts with the state, the county, and each of the county funds, and each town, city, and school district, and with the county treasurer. The auditor shall make daily entries of the charges and credits to the treasurer and, immediately after each distribution of taxes, […]
276.131 DISTRIBUTION OF PENALTIES, INTEREST, AND COSTS. Subdivision 1. Distribution. Except as provided in subdivision 2, the penalties, interest, and costs collected on special assessments and real and personal property taxes must be distributed as follows: (1) all penalties and interest collected on special assessments against real or personal property must be distributed to the […]
276.19 UNCLAIMED OVERPAYMENTS. Subdivision 1. Notice of overpayment. If an overpayment of property tax arises on a parcel due to receipt of a payment that exceeds the total amount of the tax required to be paid on the property tax statement, the responsible county official shall promptly notify the payer by regular mail that the […]
