Blog · October 14, 2026 · North Dakota
Hettinger County Plat Book: finding and using one
If the land is near Cannonball River, plat books show ownership by township; the parcel viewer shows it today.
Main page: Hettinger County, ND GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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Hunting for the latest Hettinger County plat book? It's a printed atlas of landownership, usually by township, useful for farms near Bentley. What this Hettinger County guide covers: how the atlas is organized, where to find editions, and the free online map that stays current.
The Hettinger County plat book: start here
If you're looking near Cannonball River, plat books are commercial atlases, showing rural owners and tract lines, usually township by township.
Pulling up a parcel
Begin with the Hettinger County Portico map; it covers every assessed parcel around Regent and Mott. With a lot near Regent, type a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, then pick the result to center the map on it. For a parcel near New England, a pop-up or side panel usually lists the owner of record, acreage on the tax roll, a parcel ID and sometimes recent sales.
Printing your own
Screenshot each section of the viewer around Mott to build your own up-to-date atlas.
Sections, lots and bearings
North Dakota is laid out under the Public Land Survey System, which means a tract near New England is described by section, township and range. A standard section is about one square mile, roughly 640 acres, with 36 sections to a township, though real sections near New England vary in size. Copy the legal description from the record for the parcel near Mott for any title or survey request.
Common uses
Buyers and seed dealers around Mott rely on them to see ownership across many tracts at once.
Offices that can help
If the acreage or value on a parcel near Bentley looks off belong with the Director of Tax Equalization, which maintains the tax roll. Building or septic questions for a lot near Mott go to planning, building or health offices, depending on whether the land is inside town limits.
A quick look at the area
Mott holds the county offices, which is where the courthouse records live. You'll also find New England, Regent, Bentley, and Cannonball River, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Around 2,415 people call Hettinger County home (Census estimate, 2023) on some 1,132 square miles. Hettinger County was formed in 1883, so old deeds can run back a long way. Features like Cannonball River make handy reference points on the map.
What the map can't tell you
Tax maps are drawn for assessment, not measured on the ground, so a fence near New England often sits a few yards off the line on screen. In and around Bentley, owner names and values update on a schedule, so a deed recorded last month may not show yet.
Neighboring parcel maps
The county meets Adams County, Grant County, Slope County, and Stark County, and each of those keeps its own parcel map around Bentley. A tract near the line by Mott can show up in two county records, so open the neighboring map too. On ground around Bentley, our state page links each neighboring county map for North Dakota.
Editions and availability
Editions come and go depending on publishers, try the county extension office, recorder's office or library near New England.
Field tips
Most viewers work in a phone browser, which helps when you're standing on land near Bentley, but coverage can be spotty out of town. A printout of the tract near Bentley helps when you meet an owner or agent.
Using the parcel viewer instead
For current names, use the Hettinger County Portico map, including rural land around New England.
Plat book vs. recorded plat
For acreage around Cannonball River, don't confuse the atlas with a recorded subdivision plat: the recorded plat at the County Recorder is a legal document, while the atlas is a reference.
Where the recorded documents are
When the details count, get the recorded deed from the County Recorder; the parcel line is a drawing of it, which applies near New England as much as anywhere. For acreage around Bentley, use the book and page from the tax record to skip a name search.
Hettinger County: common questions
Should I use the county Portico map instead near New England?
Generally, the Hettinger County Portico map is free and updated more often.
Are old plat books online around Regent?
For most people, state archives near Regent may have copies; availability varies.
How accurate are plat book acreages for land near Cannonball River?
Around Mott, plat book acreage and lines are approximate.
Is a plat book the same as a recorded plat around Cannonball River?
For property near Bentley, a survey sets boundaries, not an atlas.
What's a legal description for land near Mott?
In and around New England, it's the formal description of the land in the deed; a surveyor can interpret it.
Open the official Hettinger County, ND parcel map See it in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.