Benewah County, ID tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Benewah County, ID tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Idaho sells the property itself, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Oct 6, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Benewah County, seat of St. Maries: 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.
- Next tax deed sale
- Benewah County follows a yearly cycle with no fixed sale date.
- Format
- Public Surplus
- County office
- (208) 245-2421
On this page
How Benewah County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Benewah County Board of County Commissioners
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Benewah County follows a yearly cycle with no fixed sale date.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Benewah County runs a Public Surplus storefront named Benewah County - Tax Sale, with a Real Estate category. Bidding there requires a free buyer account, created from the Register link on the storefront. The county publishes no separate bidder packet, deposit schedule or terms of sale. Before you bid on a parcel, call the Treasurer at (208) 245-2421 for its minimum bid and payment terms. The Board of County Commissioners approves each tax deed sale in open session, and the buyer pays the delinquent taxes owed on the parcel.
Sale format and venue
Benewah County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Benewah 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.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Use Tax deed parcels in Board of County Commissioners agendas 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 Benewah County Board of County Commissioners how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Benewah County follows a yearly cycle with no fixed sale date. Bidding runs on Public Surplus; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Benewah County Board of County Commissioners as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Benewah County
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open Tax deed parcels in Board of County Commissioners agendas. Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the county before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.Confirm registration and deposit
Benewah County runs a Public Surplus storefront named Benewah County - Tax Sale, with a Real Estate category. Bidding there requires a free buyer account, created from the Register link on the storefront. The county publishes no separate bidder packet, deposit schedule or terms of sale. Before you bid on a parcel, call the Treasurer at (208) 245-2421 for its minimum bid and payment terms. The Board of County Commissioners approves each tax deed sale in open session, and the buyer pays the delinquent taxes owed on the parcel.
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.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
County notes
- Idaho counties take the deed themselves before anything reaches the public. Benewah County holds a tax deed hearing each May, takes deeds on parcels that are not redeemed or granted an extension, and then resells land it now owns. There is no lien certificate, no interest rate and no bid-down bidding here.
- The redemption window closes before the auction. Under Idaho Code 63-1007, the former owner's right to redeem ends once the commissioners enter into a contract of sale. A Benewah County buyer therefore takes the parcel with redemption already extinguished.
- Benewah County is small, and so is its tax deed volume. The Treasurer reported that the May 11, 2026 hearing narrowed eleven or twelve properties to two. The Board approved two tax deed sales on July 13, 2026, at $20,100 and $60,100. Expect a handful of parcels in a normal year rather than a large catalog.
- Two offices, two jobs. The Treasurer at (208) 245-2421, 701 W College Ave Suite 103, handles delinquency, the tax deed hearing and parcel details. The Board of County Commissioners at (208) 245-2234, 701 W College Ave Suite 106, orders the sale and approves each purchase in open session at the courthouse in St. Maries.
- County-owned tax deed parcels can be bought between auctions. The June 22, 2026 minutes record an accepted offer on the Andersen Heights parcels after they had been offered at public auction several times without selling. The August 24, 2026 agenda lists a request to purchase tax deed parcel RP00030020012M, and the September 28, 2026 agenda lists an offer on a tax-deeded property, with the deed executed once payment is accepted. Ask the Treasurer which county-owned parcels are still available.
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.
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.
Frequently asked questions
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Verified Oct 6, 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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