Property Tax FAQs
The County Auditor-Treasurer’s Office is responsible for calculating property taxes, mailing of the current year property tax statements, processing tax payments, distributing funds to the appropriate municipalities, school districts and other taxing agencies, levied special assessments, and calculating and mailing Truth-in-Taxation notices.
Property Tax FAQs
Real Estate and Personal Property tax statements are mailed late March each year. The statutory deadline is March 31.
Manufactured Home tax statements are mailed in early July each year. The statutory deadline is July 15.
What if I haven't received a tax bill?
What if I haven't received a tax bill?
If you have not received a property tax statement by the statutory mailing deadline, it is your responsibility to contact the Auditor-Treasurer’s Office to have a duplicate statement sent to you. They are also available on our Norman County Web Site.
If your property tax statement has an incorrect address, contact the Auditor-Treasurer’s Office with the correct address information.
The Auditor-Treasurer’s Office computes your property taxes by multiplying the value of your property by the total tax rate of the district in which your property is located. Residential homesteads receive market value homestead credit, which directly reduces your property taxes up to a maximum of $304.00. Agricultural properties also receive a credit.
The value and classification of your property is determined by the Norman County Assessor’s Office.
Property tax dollars are received by the County, school district, municipality and other local taxing districts in which you live. The county portion of your property tax dollars are used to fund services such as county library, county roads and community services.
Real Estate
- First Half Due: May 15
- Second Half Due: October 15
- Due in full by: May 15
- First Half Due: May 15
- Second Half Due: November 15
- First Half Due: August 31
- Second Half Due: November 15
- When tax due dates falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the due date will be the next business day.
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If you mail your payment, it must be postmarked by the due date or a penalty will be assessed.
The Norman County Auditor-Treasurer’s Office accepts payments of more or less than the exact amount of a tax installment due for the current year.
If you pay your tax after the due dates, a penalty will be added to your tax (M.S. 277.01). The later you pay, the greater the penalty you must pay. For details, check the back of your property tax statement or refer to the schedule of penalties for late payment of property tax.
What if I become delinquent in my property taxes?
Property taxes become delinquent in the year following the payable year. Interest and penalty accrue on a monthly basis. The property is put into judgment and the forfeiture process begins.
What if I become delinquent in my property taxes?
Property taxes become delinquent in the year following the payable year. Interest and penalty accrue on a monthly basis. The property is put into judgment and the forfeiture process begins.
Property goes into forfeiture after three years of delinquency.
If there is an overpayment of your current year taxes, we will refund the overpayment. Overpayments do not always belong to the owner of the property. Incorrect payments can be made by mortgage companies and other lending institutions. Also, payment made at the time of a closing may cause an over payment which belongs to the previous owner. For these reasons, refunds will be sent to the party making the payment.
The Truth-in-Taxation (TNT) Notice, also called the Proposed Tax Notice is mailed to property owners during November of each year. This notice indicates the anticipated property tax you will pay in the following year if your local jurisdictions approve the budget amounts they are considering. Property owners are invited to attend meetings held by their local jurisdictions to express their opinion on local budgets.
Yes, for the following reasons:
The proposed tax notice does not include special assessments.
Referendums passed could result in increasing the tax amounts.
Property owners who occupy their property by December 1 can file for homestead classification for the following year.
A number of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts have been created within Norman County. TIF is a program which allows the increased property taxes generated by a development to pay for development costs.
Tax Increment Financing is not an additional tax. Tax Increment Financing does not affect the calculation of the tax amount; rather, it affects the distribution of the tax. The tax due is calculated the same as for a property that is not in a TIF district, but money that would normally go to the county, city, school, and special taxing districts is instead diverted to the TIF district.
A Special Assessment is an improvement (such as streets, etc.) which directly benefits the property. It is shown as a separate amount on the property tax statement. The amount is based on how much the property benefits from the improvement and the cost of doing the project. It is not based on the value of the property. The County Board of Commissioners of Norman County established tipping fees (pays for the transportation and disposal of solid waste generated in Norman County ) for the Fosston Incinerator pursuant to the Solid Waste Ordinance of Norman County. The Fosston Incinerator is the main disposal facility for our mixed municipal waste (garbage). Special Assessments are also collected for Norman County EMS, Polk County EMS and Mahnomen Health Center.
Norman County Auditor-Treasurer
16 3rd Ave E, P O Box 266
Ada MN 56510
Phone: 218 784-5471
Fax: 218 784-4531
Email: donna.hanson@co.norman.mn.us
16 3rd Ave E, P O Box 266
Ada MN 56510
Phone: 218 784-5471
Fax: 218 784-4531
Email: donna.hanson@co.norman.mn.us