Minnesota · Ramsey County (Saint Paul) · Verified Aug 2026

How do I get the vacant building list for St. Paul, Minnesota?

The short answer

St. Paul's official vacant building registry is free on information.stpaul.gov, the city's open data portal. The Vacant Buildings dataset lists every building declared vacant, with address, parcel ID, dwelling type, vacancy category, and vacant-as-of date, downloadable as CSV.

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How do I pull vacant buildings records step by step?

The City of Saint Paul maintains an official registry of buildings that have been declared vacant and publishes it as the Vacant Buildings dataset on information.stpaul.gov.

Go to the St Paul Open Information portal

Navigate to information.stpaul.gov. This is the City of Saint Paul's official open data portal.

Step 1: Go to the St Paul Open Information portal — Ramsey County, Minnesota vacant buildings

Open the Vacant Buildings dataset

Search for Vacant Buildings and open the dataset named Vacant Buildings, or go straight to the dataset page. This is the city's official registry of buildings that have been declared vacant.

Step 2: Open the Vacant Buildings dataset — Ramsey County, Minnesota vacant buildings

Open the data table

On the dataset page, click View data table (next to the record count) to browse the registered vacant buildings as a table.

Step 3: Open the data table — Ramsey County, Minnesota vacant buildings

Sort by newest registrations

Click the VACANT_AS_OF column header to sort with the most recently registered vacants at the top. Fresh registrations are the leads your competition has not seen yet.

Download the list

Back on the dataset page, click Download and choose CSV to export the full vacant building registry into a spreadsheet.

Record the data

For each building, capture the property address (ADDRESS), parcel ID (PIN), dwelling type (DWELLING_TYPE), the vacant building category (VB_CATEGORY — category 2 and 3 buildings have code issues and are the most distressed), and the vacant as of date (VACANT_AS_OF). Look up the owner on the Ramsey County property tax site using the PIN.

What property data does Ramsey County publish?

Vacant Buildings information.stpaul.gov · ArcGIS · FREE

Common questions

Is the St. Paul vacant building list free to access?Yes. The Vacant Buildings dataset is free on information.stpaul.gov, the City of Saint Paul's official open data portal, and downloads as a CSV.
What information does each vacant building record include?Each building lists its property address (ADDRESS), parcel ID (PIN), dwelling type (DWELLING_TYPE), vacant building category (VB_CATEGORY), and the vacant-as-of date (VACANT_AS_OF). Look up the owner on the Ramsey County property tax site using the PIN.
Which St. Paul vacant buildings are the most distressed?Category 2 and 3 buildings in the VB_CATEGORY field have code issues and are the most distressed.
How do I find the newest vacant building registrations?Click the VACANT_AS_OF column header to sort with the most recently registered vacants at the top. Fresh registrations are the leads your competition has not seen yet.

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