Property tax in Richland County, North Dakota
In Richland County, the property tax bill comes from the Richland County Treasurer. The 2025 taxes bill is paid in 2 installments, and the next one is due October 15, 2026. You can look up and pay the bill on the county's own payment page. Taken from Richland County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Richland County, North Dakota is $2,066 a year, which is about 1.13% of the county's median home value of $183,600. That effective rate is higher than the typical North Dakota county (0.92%) and higher than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.
Who sends the property tax bill in Richland County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Richland County Treasurer. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Richland County Assessor (Director of Tax Equalization), 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.
Richland County bills a year behind: the 2025 taxes are paid during 2026, and the 2026 taxes will be paid during 2027 on the same schedule. The Treasurer collects the property tax that funds the county, cities, schools and other districts. The county Assessor values property everywhere except the City of Wahpeton, which has its own assessor, so Wahpeton owners take value questions and appeals to the city. Balances and payment history are on the county's online property tax lookup. Card payments go through the county's payment processor, online or by phone.
When are property taxes due in Richland County?
For the 2025 taxes (payable in 2026) bill, Richland County splits the bill into 2 payments, the first due March 1, 2026 and the last October 15, 2026. The next one due is the second half, on October 15, 2026. Under state law, a first half not paid by March 1 takes a 3% penalty, with another 3% added on May 1, July 1 and October 15 if it is still unpaid. A second half not paid by October 15 takes a 6% penalty.
| Payment | Due | Note |
|---|---|---|
| First half (or full amount for the discount) | March 1, 2026 (passed) | Already past for this cycle. North Dakota taxes are paid the year after they are levied, so the 2025 taxes are paid during 2026. Paying the full year by February 15 earns a 5% discount. State law lets a payment due on a day the Treasurer's office is closed be made on the next day it is open without penalty or loss of discount; March 1, 2026 was a Sunday, and the state set the first penalty date at March 2, 2026. |
| Second half | October 15, 2026 | October 15, 2026 is a Thursday. Richland County's own pages do not print its due dates; this is the date state law sets for every North Dakota county. |
From Richland County's published schedule, checked September 23, 2026. The county had not posted a calendar labeled for this cycle when we checked, so these dates come from state law and the county's standing schedule; the date on your bill is the one that binds you.
Estimate the property tax on a home in Richland County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Richland County's average effective rate of 1.13% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.
Estimated property tax: $2,075 / year
Property tax in Richland County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $2,066 |
| Median home value | $183,600 |
| Effective tax rate | 1.13% |
| Typical North Dakota county rate | 0.92% |
| National median county rate | 0.81% |
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 Richland County compare in North Dakota?
Among North Dakota's 53 counties, Richland County has the 5th highest effective property-tax rate: 4 rank higher and 48 rank lower. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 852nd of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every North Dakota county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Richland County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Richland County's 4,665 owner-occupied homes, 23.9% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 48.6% pay at least $2,000, and 12.5% pay under $800. Another 6% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 584 | 12.5% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 940 | 20.2% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 591 | 12.7% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 1,151 | 24.7% |
| $3,000 or more | 1,117 | 23.9% |
| No property tax paid | 282 | 6% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,213 and owners without one pay $1,931. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.
How does the Richland County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $2,066 is about 2.1% of the median income of Richland County homeowner households, $96,681 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 68.1% of Richland 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 Richland County?
Yes. The median bill went from $1,612 in 2015-2019 to $2,066 in 2020-2024, a 28.2% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 43.5%, from $127,900 to $183,600. 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 Richland County
Richland County borders 8 counties, 5 of them across the state line.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County, ND | 1.2% | $3,564 | $298,000 |
| Clay County, MN | 1.13% | $3,013 | $265,500 |
| Richland County, ND (this county) | 1.13% | $2,066 | $183,600 |
| Sargent County, ND | 1.12% | $1,828 | $163,200 |
| Ransom County, ND | 1.02% | $1,959 | $193,000 |
| Traverse County, MN | 0.99% | $1,126 | $114,100 |
| Roberts County, SD | 0.97% | $1,492 | $154,500 |
| Marshall County, SD | 0.87% | $1,359 | $156,500 |
| Wilkin County, MN | 0.79% | $1,435 | $182,200 |
How is a home assessed in Richland County?
North Dakota assesses homes at 4.5% of market value in every county, Richland County included. How North Dakota assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Richland County?
Not as an exemption. North Dakota's Primary Residence Credit takes up to $1,600 off the tax bill; apply online with the Tax Commissioner between January 1 and April 1 each year. That is the North Dakota rule, and it applies in Richland County. North Dakota's exemptions and relief programs in full.
Richland County does not add relief programs of its own beyond the North Dakota ones (checked September 23, 2026).
How to appeal your Richland County property assessment
In Richland County you appeal to the Your city or township board of equalization, then the Richland County Board of Equalization. The deadline: Under state law, a value is appealed first to the city or township board of equalization, which meets in April, then to the Richland County Board of Equalization, which meets during the first ten days of June; the state board in August hears only owners who went through the local and county boards first. The county has not posted its own meeting dates, so call the County Auditor at 701-642-7700 for them. If you missed the boards, you can file an application to abate a year's taxes with the County Auditor by November 1 of the year after those taxes became payable (for example, by November 1, 2026 for taxes paid in 2025). The 2026 board meetings have passed. Calling the county Assessor's office at 701-642-7805 is the informal first step. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against state law, because Richland County does not restate them on its own pages.
How North Dakota's appeal process works, including the next level if the first one turns you down.
North Dakota rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the North Dakota page.
Work out your own numbers
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Your income, debts and down payment against the 28/36 rule lenders actually use, with Richland County's tax rate to hand.
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Sales tax in Richland County
The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.
Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Richland County, North Dakota: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.