Request to Purchase Real Estate Owned by St. Louis County

Completely fill out the information requested below. Application does NOT guarantee a parcel or property will be sold. If approved, it may take a minimum of one year for internal review; Attorney review; and County Board approval prior to sale. 

Approval of a parcel for sale does not guarantee private sale - parcels may be offered at public auction. 

Any purchaser, upon being awarded a sale, is still subject to County Board approval prior to finalization of sale. 

1. State of Minnesota Statute §373.01 allows counties to sell real estate provided:

• The sale is advertised three consecutive weeks in the official newspaper for the county, and once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the property is located. The notice shall state the time and place of considering proposals and contain the legal description.
• Unimproved real estate (raw land) may be sold at the County Board meeting in a public auction forum.
• Improved land will be sold by sealed bids only. (ANJA THINKS DELETE THIS LINE BASED ON STATUTE?)
• All mineral rights will be reserved by the County.
• The County may set a minimum value, and the County Board may, in the interest of the County, reject all bids.
• All requests for the purchase of tax forfeit lands will be forwarded to the St. Louis County Land Department.

2. Please complete this form including all the information you have on the property. All applicable County departments will review the request and if it is deemed that the property has no present or anticipated need by the County, it will be available for sale following the state mandate listed above.