Request for previous year tax information – Hennepin County, MN

The Request for previous year tax information is the Hennepin County, Minnesota form you complete to ask the county for tax payment information on one property for one or more earlier years, in either a generic or a specific version.

The form is built in five steps. Step 1 asks for the 13-digit property ID number, printed in the pattern of two, three, two, two and four digits separated by hyphens. Step 2 asks you to choose the type of information:

• Generic: commonly used for records purposes and for filing taxes. It supplies only general payment information, such as the total due for the requested year and whether refunds were issued. The fee is charged per request, per year.
• Specific: gives payment specifics and breakdowns for the year requested. You must select one type: payment date, payment amount, payment allocation (if the payment was late), payment type or payer. The fee is charged per year researched, and specific payment data is available starting in 2014 and forward.

Step 3 lists the year or years, separated by commas (for example 2022, 2023, 2024). Step 4 collects your name, mailing address, daytime phone number and email address. Step 5 covers payment by check or money order. The form states the exact fee amounts; they are not repeated here.

A separate request is needed for each property.

Anyone who wants Hennepin County payment information on a property's taxes from a previous year uses this form. The form describes the generic option as commonly used for records purposes and for filing taxes, and the specific option as the one that gives payment specifics and breakdowns for a year.

Conditions the form attaches to the request:

• You need the property's 13-digit property ID number.
• You must fill out a separate request for each property you want information for.
• If you choose the specific option, you must select one type of specific information, and the years you request must be 2014 or later, because specific payment data is available starting in 2014 and forward.
• The request has to include your name, mailing address, daytime phone number and email address, and payment by check or money order.

The form says nothing about representatives or about who may not request information, so contact Hennepin County if you are asking for a property you do not own.

You submit this form whenever you need tax information about a previous year for a property; no due date or filing window is printed on it. Choose the years in Step 3 and keep in mind that specific payment data is available only from 2014 forward.

The form states that mail requests are generally filled within a few days. That is a general statement, not a guaranteed turnaround, so allow for mailing time in both directions: the form asks you to include a self-addressed stamped envelope for the reply.

The form names one channel: mail, with payment by check or money order.

• By mail: send the completed form, a check or money order, and a self-addressed stamped envelope to Hennepin County – Previous Year Information Request, A-600 Government Center, Minneapolis MN 55487.
• Payment: make the check or money order payable to Hennepin County Treasurer. A fee applies to every request; the form lists the amounts for the generic and specific options, and you can confirm them with the county.

Fill out a separate form, with its own payment, for each property. Mail requests are generally filled within a few days, according to the form. The form names no other channel, such as an online or in-person option. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.