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Tax Sale Atlas

Bear Lake County, ID tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Bear Lake County, ID tax sale, one of 2,650 counties in 32 states. Idaho sells the deed itself, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Sep 7, 2026.

How tax deed sales work in Bear Lake County, seat of Paris: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

New to tax sales? Read how Idaho tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Announcements
Bear Lake County publishes no standing tax-deed property list online.
Format
In person
Registration
No advance registration, deposit or online account.
County office
(208) 945-2155 ext. 7
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Board of Bear Lake County Commissioners, with the notice and parcel list issued by the Bear Lake County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector. In person. annual

Record quality: high. Last verified: 2026-09-07.

Notice of Tax Deed Sale, October 14, 2025, Bear Lake County Treasurer (source accessed 2026-09-07)

Recorded reference information. Verify current sale conditions with the county. Read the full sale details.

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How Bear Lake County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

Idaho sells no tax lien certificate to investors. Under Idaho Code 63-1001 a delinquency has the force and effect of a sale to the county tax collector as grantee in trust for the county, so the county is the only party that ever holds the delinquency.

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
Board of Bear Lake County Commissioners, with the notice and parcel list issued by the Bear Lake County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector
Frequency
annual
Registration
No advance registration, deposit or online account.
Sale list
Notice of Tax Deed Sale, October 14, 2025
When it runs
One tax deed sale a year, held at 1:00 p.m. before the Board of County Commissioners at a regular meeting in the Bear Lake County Courthouse, most recently in September or October. The 2025 notice reads: "A Tax Deed Sale shall be held on the below listed properties before the Board of County Commissioners on October 14, 2025, at the hour of 1:00 o'clock P.M, on the Bear Lake County Courthouse, 30 North Main, Paris, Idaho." The 2024 sale ran September 9 at 1:00 p.m. and the 2017 notice called it "THE BEAR LAKE COUNTY ANNUAL TAX SALE". The county has not posted a date for the next sale.
Registration and deposit

No advance registration, deposit or online account. Bidding happens in person at the courthouse, and the 2024 notice states "Must be present to bid." The Board sells to the highest bidder for cash and reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Call the Treasurer at (208) 945-2155 ext. 7 before the sale to confirm which parcels are still on the list and what payment the county will take that day.

Sale format and venue
Bear Lake County sells no tax lien certificates. The Treasurer deeds delinquent parcels to the county once the redemption period runs, and the Board of County Commissioners then resells that land at public auction under Idaho Code 31-808. Bidding opens at the county's minimum, which covers the delinquent taxes, interest, late fees and costs printed for each parcel in the notice, and the highest bidder pays cash. The 2019 auction notice put it plainly: the Board will "offer for sale at public auction provided by Section 31-808, Idaho Code, and sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described properties owned by Bear Lake County and not necessary for its use." Recent sales have been small, running three parcels plus several mineral-rights-only interests in 2024 and mineral rights alone in 2025, so read the notice before travelling. There is no redemption window for the winning bidder, because the owner's right to redeem ends once the commissioners enter into a contract of sale. In person at the Bear Lake County Courthouse
Source: Notice of Tax Deed Sale, October 14, 2025, Bear Lake County Treasurer· Verified Sep 7, 2026

Bear Lake County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Bear Lake County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Notice of Tax Deed Sale, October 14, 2025 for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    No advance registration, deposit or online account. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Board of Bear Lake County Commissioners, with the notice and parcel list issued by the Bear Lake County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Bear Lake County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Notice of Tax Deed Sale, October 14, 2025. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    No advance registration, deposit or online account. Bidding happens in person at the courthouse, and the 2024 notice states "Must be present to bid." The Board sells to the highest bidder for cash and reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Call the Treasurer at (208) 945-2155 ext. 7 before the sale to confirm which parcels are still on the list and what payment the county will take that day.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Idaho 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 Idaho before you price the title work.

  4. 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.

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County offices

Tax sale office

Bear Lake County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector

(208) 945-2155 ext. 7

PO Box 55, 30 N Main, Paris, ID 83261

Official website

County notes

  • Bear Lake County publishes no standing tax-deed property list online. The Treasurer issues a Notice of Tax Deed Sale ahead of each auction, and that notice is the list: it names every parcel with its starting bid. Between sales, call the Treasurer at (208) 945-2155 ext. 7 for the current parcels.
  • The sale is advertised in the county's legal notices before it is held. The 2019 auction notice carried the line "Publish August 28, 2019" for a September 9 sale, matching the ten calendar day advertising window in Idaho Code 31-808.
  • The auction is conducted before the Board of County Commissioners at the Bear Lake County Courthouse, 30 N Main, Paris. The commissioners meet the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 9 a.m., and the Clerk of the Board takes agenda items at (208) 945-2155 ext. 5.
  • Watch the Notice of Pending Issue of Tax Deed as well. It names the parcels the Treasurer is about to deed to the county under Idaho Code 63-1005, the redemption cutoff, and the commissioners hearing date, so it is the earliest look at what may reach a later auction.
  • Many parcels that reach this auction are mineral-rights-only interests or landlocked ground. Legal descriptions are held by the Treasurer's office in Paris, so get them before you bid.

Idaho rules

Redemption
The window belongs to the county's holding period, not to the auction. After the tax deed issues to the county, the record owner or a party in interest may redeem by paying the delinquency with late charges, accrued interest and costs including title search and professional fees, plus the taxes that accrued after the deed. That right runs only up to the moment the commissioners enter into a contract of sale or the property is transferred by county deed. Fourteen months after issuance it expires regardless. Since 31-808 requires the auction within those same fourteen months, a buyer at the county auction takes the property with the redemption already extinguished, and the tax deed is presumptive evidence of the regularity of everything before it.
Deed deposit
No statutory deposit. The commissioners set a minimum bid covering all property taxes owing, interest and costs, and the parcel goes to the highest bidder over it. Payment terms are set by each county's own terms of sale, so confirm them before you bid.
Governing statute
Idaho Code title 63, chapter 10

A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Bear Lake County, Idaho sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax deeds. Idaho sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the Board of County Commissioners sells the property itself at a public tax sale.

How often does Bear Lake County hold tax deed sales?

Bear Lake County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Idaho's redemption rule: None for the buyer. The former owner's right to redeem ends when the county commissioners enter into a contract of sale or transfer the property by county deed, and expires in any case fourteen months after the tax deed was issued to the county. Call the Board of Bear Lake County Commissioners, with the notice and parcel list issued by the Bear Lake County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

Where can I find the Bear Lake County tax sale list?

Bear Lake County posts its tax sale list at bearlakecounty.info. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

Verified Sep 7, 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 county office before you bid.

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