Tax forfeited land auction exceeds $2 million in sales; unsold parcels now available

St. Louis County’s most recent tax-forfeited land auction resulted in 47 tracts of state tax-forfeited land sold back into private ownership at a value of more than $2.1 million. The auction, which closed on Nov. 4, included tax-forfeited houses, municipal lots, and larger rural acreage across the county. The land auction is in-line with a County Board resolution passed earlier this year that emphasized tax relief by returning certain state tax-forfeited land to private ownership. The County Board directed the Land and Minerals Department to identify lands suitable for sale, including larger acreage rural properties having access to infrastructure and in the vicinity of service corridors. Within St. Louis County there are nearly 900,000 acres of tax-forfeited land, which the County’s Land and Minerals Department is responsible for managing.

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