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Madison County, ID tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Madison 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 Madison County, seat of Rexburg: 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
Madison County sets no fixed annual tax deed auction date.
Format
In person
County office
(208) 359-6264, or (208) 359-6200 option 5
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Madison County Board of Commissioners, with the Madison County Treasurer and Tax Collector handling the delinquency and holding the property list. In person. annual

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

Notice of Public Auction Sale, Madison County Idaho (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 Madison 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
Madison County Board of Commissioners, with the Madison County Treasurer and Tax Collector handling the delinquency and holding the property list
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Madison County sets no fixed annual tax deed auction date.
Sale list
Notice of Public Auction Sale (parcel list)
When it runs
Madison County sets no fixed annual tax deed auction date. It holds a sale only when the commissioners have tax-deeded parcels to offer, and quiet years pass without one. The treasurer starts the tax deed process each March 1 on third-year delinquent taxes, and the commissioners then set an auction and publish a Notice of Public Auction Sale. The most recent notice the county has posted reads: "NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 4, 2021 at 9:00a.m., the Madison County Commissioners will be holding an auction to sell tax-deeded properties in the Commissioners' Hearing Room at the Madison County Courthouse, 159 E Main, Rexburg, Idaho 83440." That notice ran three consecutive weeks ahead of the sale. Call the Treasurer's Office at (208) 359-6264 to find out whether a sale is on the calendar.
Registration and deposit

Bidding is in person at the Madison County Courthouse, in the Commissioners' Hearing Room at 159 E Main in Rexburg. The county's auction notice sets out no advance registration and no deposit; it tells bidders to bring questions to the Treasurer's Office at (208) 359-6264. Every parcel opens at a minimum bid the commissioners set to cover the delinquent taxes, interest and costs, and the notice prints that figure for each parcel. Confirm accepted payment and settlement terms with the Treasurer before you bid.

Sale format and venue
Madison County publishes no standing tax-deed property list online. Parcels appear only in the Notice of Public Auction Sale the commissioners issue for a specific sale, which the county posts on its auction notice page and advertises in the Rexburg legal notices, and a printed list may be obtained at the Treasurer's Office at 134 E Main in Rexburg. The notice prints the tax parcel number, legal description, street address and minimum opening bid for each property. In the county's words, tax-deeded properties are sold "as-is, where-is" and no guarantees, expressed or implied, are made as to the condition of the properties, potential liens or other issues regarding the properties. Idaho sells no tax lien certificates, so there is no interest rate to bid and no redemption period running against the buyer. The county already holds the deed by the time it auctions the land, and the former owner's right to redeem ends once the commissioners enter into the contract of sale.
Source: Notice of Public Auction Sale, Madison County Idaho· Verified Sep 7, 2026

Madison County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Madison 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 Notice of Public Auction Sale (parcel list) 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

    Madison County sets no fixed annual tax deed auction 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 Madison County Board of Commissioners, with the Madison County Treasurer and Tax Collector handling the delinquency and holding the property list as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Madison County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Notice of Public Auction Sale (parcel list). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidding is in person at the Madison County Courthouse, in the Commissioners' Hearing Room at 159 E Main in Rexburg. The county's auction notice sets out no advance registration and no deposit; it tells bidders to bring questions to the Treasurer's Office at (208) 359-6264. Every parcel opens at a minimum bid the commissioners set to cover the delinquent taxes, interest and costs, and the notice prints that figure for each parcel. Confirm accepted payment and settlement terms with the Treasurer before you bid.

  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

Madison County Treasurer and Tax Collector

(208) 359-6264, or (208) 359-6200 option 5

134 E Main, Rexburg, ID 83440

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County notes

  • The Board of County Commissioners conducts the auction. The Treasurer and Tax Collector runs the delinquency and tax deed process that feeds it, holds the property list and answers bidder questions.
  • The sale is held at the courthouse in the Commissioners' Hearing Room at 159 E Main in Rexburg. Madison County uses no online auction platform, so plan to attend in person.
  • Volume is small. The most recent notice the county published offered one property, a 0.240 acre bare commercial lot at 859 S Yellowstone Hwy in Rexburg, opening at $2,516.71.
  • The auction notice runs three consecutive weeks before the sale. Watch the county's Notice of Public Auction Sale page and the legal notices in Rexburg's Standard Journal, which the Newspaper Association of Idaho indexes statewide at idahopublicnotices.com.
  • Under Idaho Code 63-1007 the recorded owner may redeem before the commissioners' sale by paying all delinquent years plus the current year, so an advertised parcel can come off the block before bidding opens.

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 Madison 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 Madison County hold tax deed sales?

Madison County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Madison County sets no fixed annual tax deed auction 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 Madison County Board of Commissioners, with the Madison County Treasurer and Tax Collector handling the delinquency and holding the property list 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 Madison County tax sale list?

Madison County posts its tax sale list at madisoncountyid.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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