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Bonner County, ID tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Bonner 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 Bonner County, seat of Sandpoint: 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
No tax-deed property list is posted at the moment because no sale is scheduled.
Format
County site
County office
(208) 265-1433
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Bonner County Board of County Commissioners, with the sale administered by the Bonner County Treasurer's Office. Public Surplus. annual

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

FAQ Tax Deeding, Bonner 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 Bonner 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

Public Surplus
Run by
Bonner County Board of County Commissioners, with the sale administered by the Bonner County Treasurer's Office
Frequency
annual
Sale list
Tax Deed and Sale Information
When it runs
One tax deed auction a year, usually in July, following the tax deed hearing held each May in the Board of County Commissioners office. The Treasurer's FAQ states the auction is "usually held in July of each year and is scheduled after the annual Tax Deed Hearing which occurs in May," and the sale timeline sets the auction "Within 14 months of the Tax Deed Hearing date." No sale is on the calendar at present: the Treasurer's auction notice reads "There are no upcoming tax sales scheduled at this time. Please check back for future updates."
Registration and deposit

Bidding happens only on Public Surplus, so create a buyer account there before an auction opens. In the 2024 sale the county posted parcels for review on August 1, opened bidding August 12 at 8:00am and closed it August 23 at 5:00pm. The winning bidder pays in full by wire transfer through the auction site by the deadline the listing sets, and Pay Mac processes payments for the county. The Treasurer then records the Deed of County Property and mails the original deed to the purchaser.

Sale format and venue
Idaho sells no tax lien certificates. Bonner County takes the deed itself once taxes run three years delinquent, then resells the land at public auction under Idaho Code 31-808. The Commissioners set a minimum bid covering delinquent taxes, penalty and interest plus the county's tax deed costs, which include file fees, litigation guarantee fees, certified mailing, newspaper advertising, mapping and recording, and the parcel goes to the highest bidder above that floor. Redemption is already closed by the time you buy, since the owner or a party in interest may redeem only up to the point the Commissioners enter into a contract of sale or the property is transferred by county deed. Parcels sell as is, with no guarantee of access, clear title, or building and septic permits, and a successful bidder may have to remove a prior occupant at their own expense. A bid above the minimum can create excess funds that a party of interest may claim, with anything unclaimed sent to Idaho State Treasurer Unclaimed Property. Parcels that draw no bid stay in the county's name, and the Commissioners may later accept or deny a closed bid on them.
Register on Public Surplus
Source: FAQ Tax Deeding, Bonner County Treasurer· Verified Sep 7, 2026

Bonner County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Bonner 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 Tax Deed and Sale Information for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.

  3. Sale day

    Bidding runs on County site; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Bonner County Board of County Commissioners, with the sale administered by the Bonner County Treasurer's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Bonner County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax Deed and Sale Information. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidding happens only on Public Surplus, so create a buyer account there before an auction opens. In the 2024 sale the county posted parcels for review on August 1, opened bidding August 12 at 8:00am and closed it August 23 at 5:00pm. The winning bidder pays in full by wire transfer through the auction site by the deadline the listing sets, and Pay Mac processes payments for the county. The Treasurer then records the Deed of County Property and mails the original deed to the purchaser.

  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

Bonner County Treasurer's Office

(208) 265-1433

1500 Highway 2, Suite 304, Sandpoint, ID 83864

Official website

County notes

  • No tax-deed property list is posted at the moment because no sale is scheduled. When a sale is set, the Treasurer posts the list of parcels taken in tax deed to the county website after the June 20 tax deadline, usually by the last Monday in June, and will mail the list to anyone who sends the office a self-addressed stamped envelope.
  • Delinquent parcel names, addresses and property descriptions are advertised in the Bonner County Daily Bee one day a week for four weeks in April, ahead of the May tax deed hearing.
  • The county's own auction notice currently reads "There are no upcoming tax sales scheduled at this time. Please check back for future updates." Call the Treasurer's Office at (208) 265-1433 before planning a trip or funding a wire.
  • Watch the Board of County Commissioners agendas as well as the Treasurer's page. The Commissioners are the body that schedules the auction and sets each minimum bid, so a sale date surfaces there first.
  • The July guidance is approximate. The most recent published sale ran in August 2024, so treat midsummer as the window rather than a fixed month.
  • Minimum bids can be very low on remote acreage. One parcel in the 2024 notice, a Granite Creek lot roughly 23 miles southwest of Clark Fork, carried a minimum bid of $880.32.

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 Bonner 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 Bonner County hold tax deed sales?

Bonner 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 Bonner County Board of County Commissioners, with the sale administered by the Bonner County Treasurer's Office 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 Bonner County tax sale list?

Bonner County posts its tax sale list at bonnercountyid.gov. 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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