Property tax in Stutsman County, North Dakota
In Stutsman County, the property tax bill comes from the Stutsman 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 Stutsman County's own pages, checked September 23, 2026.
The median property tax bill in Stutsman County, North Dakota is $2,289 a year, which is about 1.1% of the county's median home value of $208,400. 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 Stutsman County, and how do you pay it?
The bill comes from the Stutsman County Treasurer. The value it is based on is set by a separate office, the Stutsman County Tax Equalization 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.
Stutsman 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 mails the tax statements and collects the tax. The county Tax Equalization Office values property everywhere except the City of Jamestown, which has its own assessor at City Hall, so Jamestown owners take value questions and appeals to the city. The Treasurer sends statements to escrow companies on request. Payment can be made by automatic bank withdrawal at no fee, by card with a 2.65% fee ($3.00 minimum), or by e-check for $1.50.
When are property taxes due in Stutsman County?
For the 2025 taxes (payable in 2026) bill, Stutsman 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. The first half is half of the real estate tax plus the year's special assessments. Paying the full year's taxes and special assessments by February 15 earned a 5% discount on the general real estate tax (the discount does not apply to special assessments). 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. |
| Second half | October 15, 2026 | October 15, 2026 is a Thursday. The Treasurer's page does not print its due dates; this is the date state law sets for every North Dakota county, and the county's financial statements describe the same schedule. |
From Stutsman 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 Stutsman County
Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Stutsman County's average effective rate of 1.1% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.
Estimated property tax: $2,292 / year
Property tax in Stutsman County at a glance
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median annual property tax | $2,289 |
| Median home value | $208,400 |
| Effective tax rate | 1.1% |
| 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 Stutsman County compare in North Dakota?
Among North Dakota's 53 counties, Stutsman County has the 9th highest effective property-tax rate: 8 rank higher and 44 rank lower. That is on the higher side for North Dakota. Nationally, it ranks 902nd of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every North Dakota county ranked.
How much do homeowners in Stutsman County actually pay?
The median is only the middle bill. Across Stutsman County's 5,951 owner-occupied homes, 30.6% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 55% pay at least $2,000, and 14.3% pay under $800. Another 4.1% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.
| Annual bill | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $800 | 851 | 14.3% |
| $800 to $1,499 | 998 | 16.8% |
| $1,500 to $1,999 | 584 | 9.8% |
| $2,000 to $2,999 | 1,453 | 24.4% |
| $3,000 or more | 1,820 | 30.6% |
| No property tax paid | 245 | 4.1% |
Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $2,459 and owners without one pay $2,039. 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 Stutsman County property tax bill compare with local incomes?
The median property tax bill of $2,289 is about 2.5% of the median income of Stutsman County homeowner households, $90,843 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 63.1% of Stutsman 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 Stutsman County?
Yes. The median bill went from $1,731 in 2015-2019 to $2,289 in 2020-2024, a 32.2% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 34%, from $155,500 to $208,400.
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 Stutsman County
Stutsman County borders 7 counties.
| County | Effective rate | Median bill | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foster County, ND | 1.19% | $1,991 | $167,500 |
| Stutsman County, ND (this county) | 1.1% | $2,289 | $208,400 |
| Barnes County, ND | 1.03% | $1,796 | $173,700 |
| LaMoure County, ND | 1.01% | $1,187 | $117,200 |
| Logan County, ND | 1% | $1,018 | $102,000 |
| Wells County, ND | 0.98% | $1,119 | $114,500 |
| Griggs County, ND | 0.91% | $1,084 | $119,300 |
| Kidder County, ND | 0.58% | $903 | $156,600 |
How is a home assessed in Stutsman County?
North Dakota assesses homes at 4.5% of market value in every county, Stutsman County included. How North Dakota assesses and reappraises homes.
Is there a homestead exemption in Stutsman 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 Stutsman County. North Dakota's exemptions and relief programs in full.
Stutsman County does not add relief programs of its own beyond the North Dakota ones (checked September 23, 2026).
How to appeal your Stutsman County property assessment
In Stutsman County you appeal to the Your city or township board of equalization, then the Stutsman 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 Stutsman County Board of Equalization, which meets during the first ten days of June; in 2026 the county board met June 2. The state board in August hears only owners who went through the local and county boards first. If you missed the boards, you can file a written application to abate a year's taxes with the county auditor by November 1 of the year after those taxes became payable. The 2026 board meetings have passed. Calling the Tax Equalization Office at 701-252-9032 (or, in Jamestown, the city assessor) is the informal first step. How to file. Checked September 23, 2026 against state law, because Stutsman 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 Stutsman County's tax rate to hand.
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North Dakota income tax
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Sales tax in Stutsman County
The other local tax: combined state and local rate for this county.
Sources
- Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Stutsman 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.