Fran Windschitl, Auditor/Treasurer

Department Overview

The Auditor/Treasurer’s Office is part of the administrative branch of County government and interacts with county departments, county residents, the vendors, local government, state and federal agencies, school districts and special districts. The County Auditor/Treasurer, an elected official, is the County's Chief Financial Officer, Property Tax Administrator, as well as the Supervisor of Elections. The Auditor/Treasurer is also a member, by statute, of the county board of equalization, the county canvassing committee, and sits on various other committees, councils, and boards, as directed by the board.

Some of the functions of this department include:

County Budgets, Payroll and Annual Financial Statement

Cash Management
Invests all surplus county funds. Maintains and monitors the county's investment portfolio and all county bank accounts. Reconciles monthly statements.

Property Taxes, Values and Rates

Property Conveyances
Collects all mortgage registration, state deed taxes and split fees. Processes all documents transferring property titles and entering them in a permanent database before they are filed with the County Recorder.

Voter Registration and Elections

County Drainage Ditches

County Liquor, Beer, Wine, Auctioneer, Fireworks, Transient Merchant, Precious Metals Licenses, etc.

New Permanent Parcel Numbering System

Resources

Missing Heirs - A listing of people who have a relative in Rice County that has left them funds.

• Minnesota North Star - MN Government Home Page
• Secretary of State
• Department of Natural Resources
• Department of Public Safety
• Department of Revenue
• Office of the State Auditor
• Office of the State Treasurer
• City of Faribault
• City of Northfield