Property tax in Pine County, Minnesota

Who sends the property tax bill in Pine County, and how do you pay it?

The bill comes from the Pine County Auditor-Treasurer. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Pine County Assessor's Office, which is who to ask if the value looks wrong. For how to look up and pay the bill, go to the county's own payment information.

Minnesota bills a year behind the valuation: the 2026 assessment sets the taxes payable in 2027. The County Assessor values every property in the county, and the Auditor-Treasurer sends one bill that also carries the taxes for your city or township, school district and other districts. Paying online costs 3.25% by card ($2.50 minimum) or $1.95 by e-check, and phone payments cost more; checks and money orders go to the Pine County Auditor-Treasurer, and a drop box (no cash) sits across from the main courthouse doors in Pine City. Not receiving a statement does not excuse a late payment.

When are property taxes due in Pine County?

For the Taxes payable 2026 bill, Pine County splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due May 15, 2026 and the last October 15, 2026. The next one due is the second half, on October 15, 2026. Under Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. 279.01), a late half is charged a penalty of 2% on homestead property or 4% on non-homestead property the day after the due date, another 2% or 4% on the first day of the next month, and then 1% more on the first of each following month, up to 8% for homestead and 12% for non-homestead property. Taxes still unpaid become delinquent on January 1 of the following year and then also draw interest at the rate set under state law each year. Parcels still unpaid by February 15 go on the delinquent tax list, which is published in the newspaper.

From Pine County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the county's own rules on the next business day apply.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Pine County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Pine County's average effective rate of 0.86% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Property tax in Pine County at a glance

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Pine County compare in Minnesota?

Among Minnesota's 87 counties, Pine County has the 67th highest effective property-tax rate: 66 rank higher and 20 rank lower. That is on the lower side for Minnesota. Nationally, it ranks 1446th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Minnesota county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Pine County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Pine County's 10,057 owner-occupied homes, 25.2% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 50% pay at least $2,000, and 11% pay under $800. Another 3.4% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,073 and owners without one pay $2,061. That is within 10% either way, so in Pine County paying off the house does not go with a noticeably different bill. Census table B25103.

How does the Pine County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $2,068 is about 2.6% of the median income of Pine County homeowner households, $79,054 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 81.6% of Pine County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Pine County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,499 in 2015-2019 to $2,068 in 2020-2024, a 38% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 45.5%, from $164,500 to $239,300. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Pine County

Pine County borders 7 counties, 2 of them across the state line.

How is a home assessed in Pine County?

Minnesota sets the assessment rules and Pine County applies them. How Minnesota assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Pine County?

Yes, on a sliding scale. Minnesota's Homestead Market Value Exclusion is worth up to $38,000 on homes worth $95,000 or less and shrinks to nothing at $517,200. That is the Minnesota rule, and it applies in Pine County. Minnesota's exemptions and relief programs in full.

Pine County does not add relief programs of its own beyond the Minnesota ones (checked September 23, 2026).

How to appeal your Pine County property assessment

In Pine County you appeal to the Your city or township Local Board of Appeal and Equalization (or an Open Book meeting with county assessor staff, where the jurisdiction uses one), then the Pine County Board of Equalization, after first contacting your assessor. The deadline: Valuation notices are mailed in late March, and the local board meets on the date printed on your notice; you can appear in person, send a letter, or send a representative. Where a traditional local board meets, you must appeal there before you can go to the County Board of Equalization, which meets in June and requires an appointment. The 2026 meetings are over, so the next board appeal is in spring 2027. An owner may instead go directly to the Minnesota Tax Court by April 30 of the year the tax is payable; for the 2026 assessment, which sets taxes payable in 2027, that is April 30, 2027. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against the official appeal rules.

How Minnesota's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.

Minnesota rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Minnesota page.

Work out your own numbers

• How much house can I afford?

  Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Pine County's tax rate to hand.

• Mortgage calculator

  Monthly payment with principal, interest, tax and insurance, plus what an extra payment saves you.

• Minnesota income tax

  Brackets, standard deduction and what Minnesota actually taxes.

• Sales tax in Pine County

  The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.