Boundary County, ID tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Boundary 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 state rules plus what the county publishes on Sep 7, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Boundary County, seat of Bonners Ferry: 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.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- There is no online bidder registration and no published pre-registration form.
- County office
- (208) 267-7723
On this page
How Boundary County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Boundary County Board of County Commissioners
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- There is no online bidder registration and no published pre-registration form.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
There is no online bidder registration and no published pre-registration form. Bidders attend in person in the conference room of the Boundary County Annex, 6566 Main Street, Bonners Ferry. The last published notice also offered a phone option: "Commissioners are also offering a conference call option for those who cannot attend the auction in person. Anyone wishing to participate via telephone will need to use conference call telephone number 1 (877) 402-9753 and enter Access Code 9099848# promptly at 10:00 a.m. PDT." Confirm the current call-in line with the Commissioners' Office at (208) 267-7723 before relying on it. Minimum bids are not published in advance: "Minimum bid for each parcel will be announced at the time of the sale." Terms are cash to the highest bidder, and the notice states: "All successful bidders must provide $100.00 non-refundable deposit in the form of cash or cashier's check to secure the bid and shall have three business days to provide Boundary County with certified funds for the balance of the amount due." Complete legal descriptions and Assessor's parcel maps come from the Commissioners' Office by phone.
Sale format and venue
Boundary County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Boundary 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.
Get the advertised list
Boundary County publishes no tax sale list online. The Boundary County Board of County Commissioners advertises the parcels ahead of the sale rather than posting them, so the list reaches bidders through the county legal newspaper and the office itself. Call (208) 267-7723 to ask for the current advertisement.Register to bid
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.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Boundary County Board of County Commissioners as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Boundary County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
There is no online list to price against. Boundary County advertises the parcels before the sale rather than posting them, so get the advertisement from the office on (208) 267-7723 and price from the parcel numbers it carries.Confirm registration and deposit
There is no online bidder registration and no published pre-registration form. Bidders attend in person in the conference room of the Boundary County Annex, 6566 Main Street, Bonners Ferry. The last published notice also offered a phone option: "Commissioners are also offering a conference call option for those who cannot attend the auction in person. Anyone wishing to participate via telephone will need to use conference call telephone number 1 (877) 402-9753 and enter Access Code 9099848# promptly at 10:00 a.m. PDT." Confirm the current call-in line with the Commissioners' Office at (208) 267-7723 before relying on it. Minimum bids are not published in advance: "Minimum bid for each parcel will be announced at the time of the sale." Terms are cash to the highest bidder, and the notice states: "All successful bidders must provide $100.00 non-refundable deposit in the form of cash or cashier's check to secure the bid and shall have three business days to provide Boundary County with certified funds for the balance of the amount due." Complete legal descriptions and Assessor's parcel maps come from the Commissioners' Office by phone.
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
Boundary County Board of County Commissioners
6452 Kootenai Street, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805 (mailing: PO Box 419, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805)
Official websiteCounty notes
- Two offices split the work in Boundary County. The Treasurer and Tax Collector, Jennifer Economu, handles delinquency, payoff and redemption amounts at (208) 267-3291 or [email protected], and the Board of County Commissioners runs the auction at (208) 267-7723 or [email protected]. Both are open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- The auction is held in the conference room of the Boundary County Annex at 6566 Main Street, Bonners Ferry, which is a different building from the county offices at 6452 Kootenai Street. Mail for the Treasurer goes to PO Box 218 and mail for the Commissioners goes to PO Box 419, both Bonners Ferry, ID 83805.
- Boundary County's legal notices page states the county is required "by Idaho Code and local ordinances, to publish legal notices in the official Boundary County newspaper of record, the Bonners Ferry Herald." That paper is where an auction notice and its parcel list appear first.
- The Treasurer's office describes the path to the deed: "If real property taxes are not paid within three years, the Tax Collector shall deed the property to the County," preceded by a Pending Issue of Tax Deed sent by certified mail to every recorded interest holder and by publication of the delinquency in a local newspaper for four consecutive weeks.
- The Treasurer's office also notes that "Idaho Code 63-1007 allows the recorded owner to redeem the property prior to the sale by the Commissioners by paying all delinquent years and the current year," so an advertised parcel can be redeemed and pulled from the auction before bidding opens.
- Plan for same-day money. The winning bidder puts down a $100 non-refundable deposit in cash or cashier's check at the sale and has three business days to deliver certified funds for the balance.
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
Does Boundary County, Idaho sell tax liens or tax deeds?
How often does Boundary County hold tax deed sales?
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
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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