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Minnehaha County property data
Where Minnehaha County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Sioux Falls.
- 11Cities and towns
- 73,500Parcels
Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Minnehaha County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Minnehaha County Register of Deeds. The Register records deeds, mortgages, plats, easements and liens, with records back to the 1870s; its county web pages list recording fees and forms but do not offer a free online deed search.
Owners and values
Minnehaha County Director of Equalization. Owners and assessed values for county parcels are free to look up through the county's Real Estate Information page, which links to its online property search.
Tax sales
Minnehaha County Treasurer. The Treasurer collects county, city and school property taxes, and current tax amounts for any parcel are free to view and pay on the county's online property tax site.
Foreclosure sales
Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office (Mortgage Foreclosures). The Sheriff posts a free list of upcoming mortgage foreclosure sales with case numbers, addresses and judgment amounts, and offers email alerts for new sheriff's sales.
Parcel maps
Minnehaha County Open Data (GIS). The county's free GIS open data site has countywide and town maps and downloadable map data.
How property is sold here
Minnehaha County follows South Dakota's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the South Dakota guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
South Dakota sells tax certificates (liens), not the property. By state law the Minnehaha County Treasurer offers certificates on property with unpaid taxes at a public sale at the courthouse on the third Monday of December each year, after publishing the list in the county's official newspapers the week before. A certificate holder can start the tax deed process three years after the sale if the owner has not redeemed.
Foreclosure sales
Mortgage foreclosures in Minnehaha County are sheriff's sales held every Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. in the first floor Media Room of the Law Enforcement Center, 320 W 4th St, Sioux Falls. The Sheriff posts upcoming sales online, and the lender must publish the notice of sale in a legal newspaper for two weeks before.
Assessed values
The Minnehaha County Director of Equalization revalues all real property every year at its full and true value.
Transfer tax
South Dakota charges a real estate transfer fee of 50 cents per $500 of value (0.1%), paid by the seller, and Sioux Falls adds no transfer tax of its own.
Worth knowing
The Director of Equalization values over 73,500 parcels with a tax base of about $18.3 billion.
Worth knowing
Property taxes are due in two halves, by April 30 and October 31, and become delinquent May 1 and November 1, with a 10% yearly penalty.
Worth knowing
Sioux Falls reaches into Lincoln County, so check which county a Sioux Falls address is in before searching records.
Every town in Minnehaha County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Baltic city
- Brandon city
- Colton city
- Crooks city
- Dell Rapids city
- Garretson city
- Hartford city
- Humboldt town
- Sherman town
- Sioux Falls city
- Valley Springs city
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Minnehaha County?
Deeds are recorded by the Minnehaha County Register of Deeds in Sioux Falls, which keeps land records back to the 1870s.
When is the Minnehaha County tax sale?
South Dakota law sets the tax certificate sale for the third Monday of December each year, held by the County Treasurer at the courthouse. Buyers get a lien certificate, not the property.
How do I find who owns a property in Minnehaha County?
Use the Director of Equalization's Real Estate Information page to search owners and assessed values, then confirm the deed with the Register of Deeds.
Are Minnehaha County property records online?
Owner and value data, tax amounts, sheriff sale lists and GIS maps are free online. Deed images are kept at the Register of Deeds, which does not list a free online search on its county pages.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
- minnehahacounty.gov/dept/eq/eq.php
- minnehahacounty.gov/dept/eq/beacon/beacon.php
- minnehahacounty.gov/dept/rd/rd.php
- minnehahacounty.gov/dept/rd/fees/fees.php
- minnehahacounty.gov/dept/tr/tr.php
- minnehahacounty.gov/dept/tr/faqs/faqs.php
- minnehahacounty.gov/dept/so/mortgageForeclosures/mortgageForeclosures.php
- minnehahacounty.gov/dept/so/sheriffSale/sheriffSale.php
- mcgis-minnehahacounty.opendata.arcgis.com/
- sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/10-23-7
- sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/10-23-2
- sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/10-25-1
Every parcel in Minnehaha County, on one map
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