City and Borough of Juneau, AK tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the City and Borough of Juneau, AK tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Alaska sells tax-foreclosed land the government already owns, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Sep 28, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in City and Borough of Juneau, seat of Juneau: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Alaska tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Format
- Sealed bid
- Borough office
- 907-586-5252
On this page
How City and Borough of Juneau sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- City and Borough of Juneau Division of Lands & Resources (foreclosure roll prepared by the CBJ Collector, Finance Department)
- Frequency
- irregular; each sale follows its own Assembly ordinance (sales in 2017 and 2024)
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidders submit the CBJ Sealed Bid Form with a $500 earnest money personal check payable to the City and Borough of Juneau, in a sealed envelope carrying the sale label. Bids are accepted only at the CBJ Cash Office, 155 Heritage Way, Juneau, and may be mailed or hand-delivered, but must be received and time-stamped there by the stated deadline; a postmark alone does not count. Individuals must be 18 or older, and there is no Alaska residency requirement. Businesses must hold an Alaska business license. Anyone who defaulted on a CBJ land purchase in the past five years is barred.
Sale format and venue
City and Borough of Juneau tax sale list and auction calendar
For City and Borough of Juneau tax sale 2026 searches, use the borough-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the borough before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Use CBJ foreclosed property sales (current and past offerings) as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.Register to bid
Ask the borough office that runs the sale how and when to register; many boroughs close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
There is no online bidding platform. Confirm the sale method, venue and deadline with the borough office that runs the sale before you make an offer.Confirm with the office
If public notices disagree, call the borough office that runs the sale before bidding. Do not rely on a third-party list for final parcel status.
Before you bid in City and Borough of Juneau
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open CBJ foreclosed property sales (current and past offerings). Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the borough before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidders submit the CBJ Sealed Bid Form with a $500 earnest money personal check payable to the City and Borough of Juneau, in a sealed envelope carrying the sale label. Bids are accepted only at the CBJ Cash Office, 155 Heritage Way, Juneau, and may be mailed or hand-delivered, but must be received and time-stamped there by the stated deadline; a postmark alone does not count. Individuals must be 18 or older, and there is no Alaska residency requirement. Businesses must hold an Alaska business license. Anyone who defaulted on a CBJ land purchase in the past five years is barred.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Alaska due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Alaska before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold properties
State law creates no over-the-counter list. Some Alaska municipalities offer tax-foreclosed parcels that did not sell at a competitive sale over the counter afterward, under their own land disposal ordinance. Whether this borough or city has any such inventory must be confirmed with its land management office.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Alaska calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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Borough offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Juneau is a unified City and Borough (CBJ) that levies its own property tax. It forecloses delinquent real property and takes title by Clerk's Deed.
- The CBJ Finance Department publishes a delinquent account report for real property, updated monthly (the August 3, 2026 edition is current). Call Finance at 907-586-5215, ext. 4907, for property tax and billing.
- Beyond tax foreclosures, CBJ Lands & Resources also sells surplus city land over the counter, by sealed bid or by request for proposals. See the Land Sales page.
Alaska rules
- Redemption
- Redemption runs against the municipality, before any investor is involved. The judgment transfers the parcel to the municipality, which must hold it for at least one year; during that time anyone with an interest may redeem. At least 30 days before the period ends the clerk publishes an expiration notice once a week for four weeks (or posts it where there is no newspaper) and mails it by certified mail to the record owner and, where the assessed value exceeds $10,000, to mortgage and lien holders; the right of redemption expires 30 days after the first publication. The former owner keeps possession during redemption unless waste is committed. After the clerk's deed, the record owner at foreclosure (or assigns) may still repurchase "within 10 years and before the sale or contract of sale" (the statute names no start date for the 10 years), so only until the municipality sells or contracts to sell the parcel, and the right ends if an ordinance retains it for a public purpose. A buyer at the municipality's sale therefore takes with no redemption or repurchase right outstanding.
- Deed deposit
- Not set by statute. Deposit, bidder registration and payment form are fixed in each sale's terms. Example: the Matanuska-Susitna Borough requires in-person registration before bidding and accepts only money order, cashier's check or cash, with no financing.
- Surplus proceeds
- Sale proceeds, less collection costs, are divided between the borough and the city in proportion to their taxes at foreclosure. If the property was held by the municipality for less than 10 years after the close of the redemption period and was never designated for a public purpose, the former record owner is entitled to the proceeds above unpaid taxes, the taxes that would have accrued after foreclosure, penalty, interest, foreclosure and sale costs, and net carrying costs. The municipality must mail the former owner written notice of any excess and how to claim it, and a claim filed more than six months after the sale date is forever barred.
What the deed conveys: The clerk's deed gives the municipality clear title, "except for prior recorded tax liens of the United States and the state" (AS 29.45.450(b)). A deed is not invalid for irregularities, omissions or defects in the proceedings unless the former owner was misled so as to be injured, and two years after the date of the deed its validity is conclusively presumed and every claim of the former owner or other person having an interest is forever barred (AS 29.45.450(d)). The buyer takes from the municipality under the municipality's own conveyance on its sale terms, not a court deed. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska sell tax liens or tax deeds?
How often does City and Borough of Juneau hold tax deed sales?
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Where can I find the City and Borough of Juneau tax sale list?
Verified Sep 28, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the office that runs the sale before you bid.
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