FAQs - Property Taxes

Currently we do not have an online statement that can be printed.  If you are using the information to file for a property tax refund using the M1PR form, you can access the information that the State of Minnesota will need by clicking on the Property Information link on our home page and accessing the parcel’s property information.  The summary page shows the tax amounts near the bottom of the page labeled Tax Amounts for M1PR.   You can also print out the summary page and include it with your refund request.

If you would like a full duplicate tax statement, you can call 763-323-5400 and request a duplicate be sent to you.

How your property is classified and/or the tax amount, will determine when your taxes are due.

• Residential homestead, cabins, and residential non-homestead property with a bill over $50 is due May 15 and October 15

• Agricultural Real property with a bill over $50 is due May 15 and Nov 15

• Personal Property Structures on leased government land over $50 may be paid in 2 installments on May 15 and October 15

• All other Personal Property and Real property with the tax bill amount of $50 and under are all due May 15

• Manufactured Homes over $50 are due August 31 and November 15

• Manufactured Homes $50 and under are due August 31

• Please note: If any of the due dates fall on a weekend, the taxes are due the next business day.

No.

If you pay your first half and second half property tax after the due dates, a penalty will be added to your tax. The later you pay the greater the penalty you must pay.  Download a table in Adobe Acrobat format that shows the penalty you will pay if your property taxes due are not paid before the date shown.

Agricultural Homesteads:  If the due date for your second half property tax payment is November 17 and your property is classified as agricultural homestead property, the penalty rates for late payments are:  6% if you pay from November 18 through November 30; 8% if you pay from December 1 through January 1; and 10% if you pay on January 2, 2009 or later.

Agricultural Non-homesteads:  If the due date for your second half property tax payment is November 17 and your property is classified as agricultural non-homestead property, the penalty rates for late payments are:  8% if you pay from November 18 through November 30, 12% if you pay from December 1 through January 1; and 14% if you pay on January 2, 2009 or later.

Note:  The taxes for personal property located on leased government-owned land may be paid in two installments which are due at the same time as real property taxes, and which are subject to the same penalty schedule and penalty rates as real property taxes.  All other personal property taxes are due in full on or before May 15, 2008.

"Tax Capacity Value" is determined by multiplying the market value of the property by the statutory percentage rates (also called class rates) for the specific classification(s)/use(s) on the property. Minnesota has many class rates and those rates can be changed only by the State Legislature. Call Anoka County Property Records and Taxation Division for a list of the current class rates.

For example: the class rate for homestead property is significantly less than the class rate for commercial or industrial property. The classification of a parcel determines what percentages are to be used to determine the total tax capacity of each parcel in Anoka County.

The "Tax Capacity Rate" is determined annually by the County Treasurer/Auditor. This rate is multiplied by the "Tax Capacity Value" to arrive at the property tax.

The "Tax Capacity Rate" is a result of dividing the property tax levies submitted by the taxing authorities (school district, county, city/township, metropolitan authorities, etc.), by the overall/total tax capacity value for that taxing jurisdiction.

A separate tax capacity rate applies to commercial/industrial/utility property because of the fiscal disparities (tax sharing program in the seven county metropolitan area). Contact Anoka County Property Records and Taxation Division for information on the fiscal disparities program. Commercial/Industrial properties also pay a statewide general property tax.

The "Truth in Taxation Notice" (TNT) as known as the "Notice of Proposed Taxes" is mailed in mid-November each year. The notice estimates the property tax you will pay in the following year if the taxing jurisdictions approve the budget amounts they are considering. Property owners are invited to attend meetings held by the local units of government to express their opinions on local budgets.

Note: This is not the meeting to discuss your taxable market value.

The usual format of the meeting is a budget presentation by the taxing jurisdiction followed by public comment and questions.

No. The notices are only based on levies prior to the referendum election. The school district mailed all properties a notice detailing the tax impact of the passage of the measure. You need only add the appropriate amount from the notice to the amount on the TNT notice to get you estimated taxes. An updated notice will not be mailed. Referendums passed at the September primary election are included on the TNT notice.

There are several items that affect your taxes.

• Changes to the tax levy (spending decisions) made by the city, county, school district or special taxing districts.

• Changes to the market value of your property. Also changes in the market values for the area or a particular type of property.

• Legislative changes to the property classification rates, state aid formulas and other tax laws.

• Also new taxes approved by a voter referendum will effect your property taxes

There are three entities that determine your property tax.

• The State Legislature establishes property classes and class rates, determines levels of state aid to local units of government, sets the amount of homestead credit, and sets the state general tax rate.

• Local units of government determine their tax levy amount.

• The county assessor assigns each property a market value and property classification as provided by state statute.

No. Governmental units must set a tax levy each year. Increasing the tax levy is the only way that a governmental unit will receive more tax dollars.

Fiscal disparities is a tax base sharing program created in 1971 in the seven county metropolitan area to promote better regional planning and improve equity in the distribution of fiscal resources. Forty percent of the growth in commercial and industrial property is "shared" with all taxing jurisdictions in the seven county metropolitan area.

A municipal development program enabling a city to use the additional property taxes that a proposed development project would generate to finance land acquisition, demolition and other costs necessary for that development to occur. Usually the issuance of a bond is necessary to finance these up front costs. Bonds are repaid by the extra taxes that are generated by the new development and construction. The taxed captured to repay the bonds come from all the taxing districts that normally levy a tax on the property. Properties with the same market value, class and area will pay the same tax even if one is in a tax increment district and the other is not.

Only one tax statement per parcel is mailed per year, statements are mailed in mid March. A change in the ownership recorded after January 1 of the current year will not initiate the mailing of a new statement. The statement will be sent to the previous owner/or taxpayer.

If you paid off or refinanced your mortgage and were escrowing your tax payment, you are responsible for paying the taxes due. Failure to timely pay your taxes due to not receiving or having a tax statement will not forgive the imposition of penalty and interest.

If you have not received your tax statement(s) by April 1st on any year, please call 763-323-5400 and request a duplicate.

Minnesota counties are mandated by law to reduce both the volume and hazardous nature of waste. The law also prohibits metropolitan counties including Anoka County from landfilling unprocessed waste.

To comply with the law, Anoka County developed a highly effective and environmentally safe waste management system. This system is funded by the Solid Waste Management Charge adopted in 1994.

County residents are billed for the county’s comprehensive waste disposal through an annual solid waste management charge.