County Auditor and Treasurer Services - Cass County Auditor - Treasurer
303 Minnesota Avenue West, PO Box 3000, Walker, MN 56484
Eligibility
Primarily serves Cass County
Hours
8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
Websitehttps://www.co.cass.mn.us
Languages
English
Interpretation services
English
Application process
Call
Fees
Vary by Service
Service area
Cass County, MN
- Serving as chief general accounting officer: accounts payable, accounts receivable, central payroll and benefit administration, and preparation of periodic financial reports and an annual financial statement.
- Serving on the budget committee and providing accounting and technical support for the annual budget and truth in taxation processes.
- Administering the property tax system, including all levy and tax increment financing data, tax settlement process, parcel ownership database, delinquent taxes, and tax forfeiture.
- Maintaining computerized parcel-based mapping for the geographic land records information systems.
- Serving as chief election officer of the county.
- Providing licensing services for the retain sales of liquor, beer, tobacco; precious metals; transient merchant; mass gathering permits, public fireworks displays, and gambling permits and exemptions.
- Supervising internal mail services division for all incoming and outgoing county mail.
- Disbursing county funds at the direction of the county board to cover county liabilities, and serving as chief investment officer to invest available fund balances under statutory guidelines.
- Mailing billing statements and collecting payment for all real estate, personal property, severed mineral interests, manufactured homes, and tree growth taxes.
- Maintaining tax books showing taxes paid or unpaid.
- Settling and distributing taxes collected for local taxing districts of the county - towns, cities, school districts, and special taxing districts.
- Completing tax certificates and tax searches.
- Providing tax record information to realtors, mortgage companies and escrow agents.
- Collecting deed and mortgage registration taxes.
- Administering vital statistics - birth, death, marriage, notary public applications and service.
Last Assured
08/15/2024
Providing organization
Cass County Auditor - Treasurer
Paying property taxes; birth/death records; marriage license applications; voter registration, absentee ballots, candidate information information; maps and land records.