Power County, ID tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Power 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 Power County, seat of American 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
- Idaho sets no statewide tax deed sale date and Power County publishes no sale calendar.
- Format
- In person
- County office
- (208) 226-7614
On this page
How Power County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Board of Power County Commissioners
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Idaho sets no statewide tax deed sale date and Power County publishes no sale calendar.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Power County posts no bidder registration form, no deposit schedule and no terms-of-sale document, and there is no online bidder portal. The board sets a minimum bid on each parcel to cover the delinquent taxes, late charges, interest and costs, and sells to the highest bidder. Call the Power County Treasurer at (208) 226-7614 before a sale to confirm where and when bidding is held, the minimum bid on each parcel, and the accepted payment.
Sale format and venue
Power County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Power 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
Power County publishes no tax sale list online. The Board of Power 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) 226-7614 to ask for the current advertisement.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Idaho sets no statewide tax deed sale date and Power County publishes no sale calendar. 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 Board of Power County Commissioners as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Power County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
There is no online list to price against. Power County advertises the parcels before the sale rather than posting them, so get the advertisement from the office on (208) 226-7614 and price from the parcel numbers it carries.Confirm registration and deposit
Power County posts no bidder registration form, no deposit schedule and no terms-of-sale document, and there is no online bidder portal. The board sets a minimum bid on each parcel to cover the delinquent taxes, late charges, interest and costs, and sells to the highest bidder. Call the Power County Treasurer at (208) 226-7614 before a sale to confirm where and when bidding is held, the minimum bid on each parcel, and the accepted payment.
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 no tax lien certificates. Power County takes a tax deed to itself after three years of delinquency, then the Board of Power County Commissioners resells the land at public auction, so what a bidder buys here is county-owned land conveyed by deed, not a lien and not an interest rate.
- Redemption is already extinguished by the time a bidder takes title. The former owner's right to redeem ends the moment the commissioners enter into a contract of sale, so an Idaho auction buyer is not waiting out a redemption period.
- Power County publishes no fixed annual auction date. Tax deed items come up at the regular commissioners meetings on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month, and the August 24, 2026 agenda carried an action item titled "Tax Deed Hearing" at 11:00 AM. Read the agendas at powercounty.gov and call the Treasurer rather than waiting for a posted sale date.
- The Treasurer / Tax Collector at 543 Bannock Avenue in American Falls is the office to call about delinquent parcels and tax deeds, at (208) 226-7614. The county clerk's line, which serves the commissioners, is (208) 226-7611, and the courthouse fax is (208) 226-7612.
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 Power County, Idaho sell tax liens or tax deeds?
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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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