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Bonneville County, ID tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Bonneville 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 Bonneville County, seat of Idaho Falls: 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 sale
No fixed annual date.
Format
In person
Registration
No registration is required to attend the auction.
County office
(208) 529-1380
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Board of Bonneville County Commissioners, with the Bonneville County Treasurer handling delinquent accounts, property questions and inspections. In person. annual

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

Tax Deed and Estate Sales, Bonneville 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 Bonneville 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 Bonneville County Commissioners, with the Bonneville County Treasurer handling delinquent accounts, property questions and inspections
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
No fixed annual date.
Registration
No registration is required to attend the auction.
Sale list
Tax Deed and Estate Sales auction notices
When it runs
No fixed annual date. Bonneville County auctions tax-deeded property only when it holds some, and the Treasurer states that sales are typically held between March and June, though they can fall at other times of the year. Each sale is advertised in the Post Register at least ten days before the auction date, and the notice is posted on the county's Tax Deed and Estate Sales page. The most recent scheduled auction, listed on that page as "MAY 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM" in the Commissioners Hearing Room, was cancelled, and both parcels on its published notice are marked redeemed. No later auction date is posted.
Registration and deposit

No registration is required to attend the auction. A bidder must be physically present or send a representative. A bidder who cannot attend may submit a sealed bid before the auction, which is opened at the start of the sale and treated as the opening bid, but the commissioners must approve a sealed bid in advance, so call the Commissioners Office at (208) 529-1360 or email [email protected] first. Payment in full is due the day of the sale by cash, cashier's check, money order, or personal or bank check. Deeds on verified funds are issued no sooner than the day after the sale, and property bought with unverified funds is deeded subject to bank clearance.

Sale format and venue
Bonneville County runs a live, in-person auction in the Commissioners Hearing Room at the county courthouse, 605 N. Capital Avenue, Idaho Falls. There is no online bidding platform and no bidder portal. The Board of County Commissioners conducts the sale and the Treasurer answers property and payoff questions. Every parcel carries a minimum opening bid set before the sale, and the published notice gives the tax parcel number, legal description, situs address and that minimum bid. Everything sells as is, where is, with no county guarantee on condition, liens, encumbrances or the availability of title insurance, so a bidder does the title and condition work alone. Parcels may be inspected by appointment with the Treasurer's Office at (208) 529-1380. Expect small sales and long gaps between them: the 2026 notice carried two parcels, with minimum opening bids of $12,160.42 and $808.19.
Source: Tax Deed and Estate Sales, Bonneville County Treasurer· Verified Sep 7, 2026

Bonneville County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Bonneville 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 Estate Sales auction notices for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    No registration is required to attend the auction. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    No fixed annual date. 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 Bonneville County Commissioners, with the Bonneville County Treasurer handling delinquent accounts, property questions and inspections as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Bonneville County

  1. Start with the live sale list

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

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    No registration is required to attend the auction. A bidder must be physically present or send a representative. A bidder who cannot attend may submit a sealed bid before the auction, which is opened at the start of the sale and treated as the opening bid, but the commissioners must approve a sealed bid in advance, so call the Commissioners Office at (208) 529-1360 or email [email protected] first. Payment in full is due the day of the sale by cash, cashier's check, money order, or personal or bank check. Deeds on verified funds are issued no sooner than the day after the sale, and property bought with unverified funds is deeded subject to bank clearance.

  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

Bonneville County Treasurer

(208) 529-1380

605 N Capital Ave, Idaho Falls, ID 83402

Official website

County notes

  • Idaho counties sell no tax lien certificates. Bonneville County takes a tax deed to parcels that stay delinquent for three years, then the Board of County Commissioners resells that county-owned land at public auction, so a winning bidder receives a deed to the property.
  • Owners can redeem right up to the sale, and they often do. Both parcels advertised for the May 2026 auction were redeemed and the sale was cancelled. Once the commissioners enter into a contract of sale under Idaho Code 63-1007 the right to redeem ends, so an auction buyer takes the parcel with no redemption period running against it.
  • The county publishes a parcel list for each scheduled sale rather than a standing one. The Treasurer's FAQ states that due to the infrequency of sales the county does not keep a list of properties for sale, so between auctions the Tax Deed and Estate Sales page carries no active list. Watch that page and the Post Register, where each sale is advertised at least ten days out.
  • A printed list of the parcels in a scheduled sale can also be picked up at the Treasurer's Office service counter at 500 N. Capital Avenue in Idaho Falls. Mail goes to 605 N Capital Ave.
  • Each January the county publishes a notice of three-year delinquent taxes in the Post Register. That notice names parcels that could reach tax deed later, not property currently for sale.
  • Sealed bids need commissioner approval before the auction, so a bidder who cannot travel to Idaho Falls should call the Commissioners Office at (208) 529-1360 well ahead of the sale date.

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 Bonneville 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 Bonneville County hold tax deed sales?

Bonneville County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No fixed annual date. 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 Bonneville County Commissioners, with the Bonneville County Treasurer handling delinquent accounts, property questions and inspections 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 Bonneville County tax sale list?

Bonneville County posts its tax sale list at bonnevillecountyidaho.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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