Olmsted County Property Information - Map Search (2025)

FAQs

How to find out who owns a property in Minnesota? ›

Parcel boundary data, maps and ownership records are maintained at the county level, usually by the recorder's, assessor's or land surveyor's offices. Many Minnesota counties keep records in digital format and provide parcel information websites for use by the general public.

If you lost your statement or payment stubs, visit our Property Information Website to print a new statement. Attention: If you are a taxpayer with questions about your property tax statement or if you lost or did not receive your statement, please contact Olmsted County Records and Revenue at 507-328-7636.

Rochester is the county seat of Olmsted county and is the third-largest city in Minnesota.

Looking for your property tax statement? You can get a copy of your property tax statement from the county website or county treasurer where the property is located. For websites and contact information, visit County Websites on Minnesota.gov.

1. Check Your Local Assessor's Office. On your local tax assessor's official website, you may be able to look up property tax records and find the property owner by their address. You can learn who owns the home as well as how much property tax they pay.

The process of calculating, imposing, and collecting Minnesota property taxes for a year actually spans two calendar years. As shown on the next page, the two-year cycle begins with the January 2 statutory assessment date and extends all the way through the next calendar year until the property taxes have been paid.

Property taxpayers in Olmsted County receive their "Notice of Proposed Taxes" in mid-November each year. This notice is also referred to as Truth in Taxation or TNT. The notice estimates the property tax for the following year if the taxing jurisdictions approve the budget amount they are considering.

Olmsted sales tax details

The minimum combined 2024 sales tax rate for Olmsted, Minnesota is 8.13%. This is the total of state, county, and city sales tax rates. The Minnesota sales tax rate is currently 6.88%.

That is why the Red River Valley and the Minnesota River Valley are so productive for farming. There are only four counties in Minnesota with no natural lakes: Mower, Olmsted, Pipestone, and Rock.

What is the ethnicity of Rochester Minnesota? ›

In 2022, there were 7.94 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (87.9k people) in Rochester, MN than any other race or ethnicity. There were 11.1k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 9.39k Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

In 1855, the territorial legislature created Olmsted County, named after David Olmsted who was the first mayor of St. Paul but never a resident of the county named for him.

Checking the Status of the M1PR

See the Minnesota Where's My Refund? webpage to check the status of your property tax refund online. If you prefer, you can call the automated refund tracking line at 651-296-4444 (Metro) or 1-800-657-3676 (Greater Minnesota).

Line 1: Use this amount on Form M1PR to see if you are eligible for a Property Tax Refund. This line represents the qualifying tax amount to be used when filing for the Property Tax Refund. For farms, it only includes the tax for the house, garage, and 1 acre and for residences and it is limited to 10 acres.

State property taxes fund school districts, towns, cities, counties, and other special taxing districts. Some properties such as seasonal-cabin and commercial-industrial are also subject to a state property tax. This state general tax goes into the state general fund.

If the deed is ever lost or misplaced, you can obtain a copy of the deed from the county recorder's office. If only a copy of the deed is needed, the county will charge you for the cost of the copy—usually about $1 per page.

The legal description may be found on your deed to the property, on your property tax statement, or on the Nicollet County Assessor's website.

Classifications — such as homestead, rural vacant land, commercial, and agricultural — describe a property's primary use and impact the amount of property tax paid. The Minnesota State Legislature creates and defines class rates, and a property is taxed at the rate corresponding to its class.

Minnesota was claimed first by France in 1671, briefly ceded to Spain in 1762 and then to England in 1763. The U.S. received it in 1783/4 and it was under 9 different territorial or government subdivisions before it became it's own territory in 1849. It became the 32nd state in 1858.