Nobles County Auditor-Treasurer

Services & Responsibilities

The Nobles County Auditor-Treasurer's office provides services and responsibilities as follows:

Finance

• Investments of County funds and interest collections.
• All receipt collections.
• Issues warrants against all County funds.
• Monthly financial reports.
• Year end financial reports and 1099's.
• Annual audit of financials.
• County payroll preparation.
• Register of Bonds.

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Property Taxes

• Filing of all legal plats.
• Filing of all deeds and mortgages.
• Maintain records of all property owners.
• Certification of tax levies for taxing districts.
• Calculate tax capacity rates, credits and net property taxes.
• Specials assessments.
• Wind Energy Taxes.
• Transmission and Distribution Line Taxes.
• Maintain ditch fund assessments.
• Tax increment financing.
• Collection of current and delinquent property taxes.
• Minnesota property tax refunds.
• Distribution of taxes to taxing districts.
• Tax forfeiture proceedings.
• Member of County Board of Equalization.

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Deputy Registrar of Motor Vehicles

• Motor vehicle registration.
• Drivers licenses, permits and ID cards.
• DNR registrations of boats, snowmobiles and off road vehicles.

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Chief County Election Official

• Voter registration record keeping.
• Prepare ballots for use in all elections in 40 county election precincts.
• Secure and distribute to all precincts, supplies and equipment required.
• Hold training sessions before each election for municipal and township clerks and election judges.
• Handling of all absentee ballot requests and voting procedures.
• Receive and tabulate results of elections and file these results with the Secretary of State.
• Member of County Canvassing Board to check tabulations.
• Assurance of election certificates to qualified election winners.

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