Butte County, ID tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Butte 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 Butte County, seat of Arco: 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
- No date has been set for the next tax deed auction.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- Butte County publishes no pre-registration, deposit schedule or bidder packet.
- County office
- (208) 527-3021
On this page
How Butte County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Butte County Board of County Commissioners
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No date has been set for the next tax deed auction.
- Registration
- Butte County publishes no pre-registration, deposit schedule or bidder packet.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Butte County publishes no pre-registration, deposit schedule or bidder packet. Bidding is open and oral at the meeting. The parcel goes to the highest bidder at or above a minimum bid that the board sets to cover delinquent taxes, interest and costs. The county notice states that "The actual minimum bid will be provided at the auction" and that "The County may reject any or all bids." Before you bid, call the Clerk's Office at (208) 527-3021 to confirm payment terms and what to bring.
Sale format and venue
Butte County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Butte 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 Public Notices, Treasurer and Commissioner sale notices 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
Sale day
No date has been set for the next tax deed auction. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the Butte County Board of County Commissioners before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Butte County Board of County Commissioners as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Butte County
4 checks
Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open Public Notices, Treasurer and Commissioner sale notices. 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
Butte County publishes no pre-registration, deposit schedule or bidder packet. Bidding is open and oral at the meeting. The parcel goes to the highest bidder at or above a minimum bid that the board sets to cover delinquent taxes, interest and costs. The county notice states that "The actual minimum bid will be provided at the auction" and that "The County may reject any or all bids." Before you bid, call the Clerk's Office at (208) 527-3021 to confirm payment terms and what to bring.
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
- Butte County is one of Idaho's smallest counties, and very few parcels go to tax deed. One property sold at the September 23, 2024 auction and one was offered at the September 25, 2023 sale. On October 14, 2025 the treasurer told the board that no tax deed sales were pending. On August 24, 2026 Treasurer Barbara Andersen gave the board an update on upcoming tax deeds, and the full report is kept in the Treasurer's Office.
- The auction is an agenda item at a regular commissioners meeting, not a standalone event. The board meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the commissioners' room at 205 W. Grand Ave., Arco, and a tax deed sale is listed on the agenda as a timed action item.
- The county takes title at a tax deed hearing before it can resell a parcel, so these hearings give the earliest public sign that parcels may reach a sale. They are held separately from the auction. The board set hearings for November 25, 2024 and August 25, 2025, both at 10:00 a.m.
- A parcel can include a mobile home or other structures that are sold with the land. The county notice warns that such property "may be subject to liens and other conditions." Inspect the parcel and run a title search before you bid, because the county sells what it took and does not deliver clear title.
- Butte County does not hold excess proceeds from tax deed sales. After valid claims are paid, any remaining funds go to the Idaho State Treasurer as unclaimed property.
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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