Payette County, ID tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Payette 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 Payette County, seat of Payette: 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
- Tax deed sale scheduled for October 5, 2026.Monday · 2026
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- No advance registration.
- County office
- (208) 642-6004
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How Payette County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Payette County Board of County Commissioners
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- No advance registration.
When it runs
Payette County sets its own sale date rather than following a statewide one. The Treasurer's tax-deeded property page states: "The tax deed sale has been set for Monday, October 5, 2026 at 10:30 a.m." Recent sales have all fallen on a Monday in September or early October at 10:30 a.m., including September 8, 2025, September 11, 2023, and September 12, 2022. The commissioners hold a tax deed hearing in July to take title, then confirm the auction date on the same page.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Payette County runs its tax deed sale in person with no online bidding platform. The auction is held at 10:30 a.m. in the Commissioners office at 1130 3rd Ave N in Payette, courtroom #1 for the October 5, 2026 sale. The county does publish a list: the Treasurer's tax-deeded property page names every parcel going to auction with its parcel number, prior owner, address, property type, assessed value and the taxes and fees due, and the page is updated afterward with the sale price and the status of any excess funds. A second page, Advertised Pending Issue Properties, shows parcels earlier in the process with the tax, interest, late fee and cost breakdown ahead of the tax deed hearing. Volume is small: seven parcels were listed for the 2026 sale, one parcel went to the 2023 sale, and 2017 and 2020 produced no parcels at all. Owners can pay in full right up to the auction and parcels drop off the list when they do, so call the Treasurer at (208) 642-6004 to confirm a parcel is still in the sale before traveling.
Source: Tax Deeded Property, Payette County Treasurer· Verified Sep 7, 2026
Payette County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Payette 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
Use Tax-deeded parcel list and sale notice for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Tax deed sale scheduled for October 5, 2026. 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 Payette County Board of County Commissioners as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Payette County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax-deeded parcel list and sale notice. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
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
- Idaho sells the deed, not a lien certificate. Payette County takes title to delinquent parcels at a tax deed hearing before the Board of County Commissioners, then resells them at public auction to the highest bidder over a minimum bid the board sets to cover the delinquent taxes, late charges, interest and costs.
- The former owner's right to redeem ends once the commissioners enter into a contract of sale, so a successful bidder at the Payette County auction takes the parcel with no redemption window left to run against it.
- The taxes-and-fees column on the Treasurer's tax-deeded property list is the closest published guide to where bidding opens, since the minimum bid is built from the delinquent taxes, interest and costs on that parcel.
- Payette County reports sale outcomes on the same page, marking each sold parcel with the price it brought and whether excess funds were satisfied.
- Property taxes fall delinquent after December 20 for the first half and June 20 for the second half, with a 2 percent late charge and interest at 1 percent per month. Parcels reach the tax deed hearing roughly three years after the delinquency, which is why the 2026 sale list is built from 2022 taxes.
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 Payette 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 Payette County hold tax deed sales?
Payette County holds its tax deed sale once a year. The tax deed sale has been set for Monday, October 5, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. 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 Payette County Board of County Commissioners 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 Payette County tax sale list?
Payette County posts its tax sale list at payettecounty.org. 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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