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Valley County, ID tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Valley 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 Valley County, seat of Cascade: 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
Valley County sets no fixed annual auction date.
Format
In person
Registration
No advance bidder registration, bidder number or deposit is published.
County office
(208) 382-7110
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Board of Valley County Commissioners, with the Valley County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector handling the deed process and collecting payment. In person. annual

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

Tax Deed Process, Valley County Treasurer (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 Valley 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
Board of Valley County Commissioners, with the Valley County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector handling the deed process and collecting payment
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Valley County sets no fixed annual auction date.
Registration
No advance bidder registration, bidder number or deposit is published.
Sale list
Tax deed list and notice of sale, Valley County Treasurer
When it runs
Valley County sets no fixed annual auction date. The Treasurer's office opens the tax deed process every January 1 for parcels three years delinquent, and the county states that "the 2026 tax deed hearing is scheduled for July 27th, 2026 at 1:00pm with the Board of County Commissioners at 219 N. Main Street, Cascade, Idaho." The commissioners set the auction date separately, after the county takes the deed, and the county states the 2026 auction date has not been set yet. Call the Treasurer at (208) 382-7110 or watch the Tax Deed Process page for the date once it is posted.
Registration and deposit

No advance bidder registration, bidder number or deposit is published. Bidders appear at the courthouse on the sale date, and the county's notice states "You must be present to participate in the auction." Payment in full must reach the Valley County Treasurer's Office by 5:00 p.m. on the date of the auction, in cash, cashier's check, certified check or money order made payable to Valley County. Personal and business checks are accepted only with a letter of proof of funds from your financial institution, so arrange funds before you bid.

Sale format and venue
Valley County holds no tax lien certificate sale. The county takes tax-deeded parcels into county ownership first, then the Board of Valley County Commissioners resells them at live public auction in the Valley County Courthouse at 219 N. Main Street, Cascade. There is no online bidding platform and no absentee bidding. The county does publish a tax deed list: the current parcel list is posted on the Treasurer's Tax Deed Process page alongside the notice of sale and the terms of sale, and the county cautions that the list "is subject to change if any properties are redeemed prior to the auction date." The commissioners reserve the right to reject all bids, to waive informalities or irregularities in bids, and to sell advertised lots or parcels singly or in bulk where that favors the county.
Source: Tax Deed Process, Valley County Treasurer· Verified Sep 7, 2026

Valley County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Valley 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 Tax deed list and notice of sale, Valley County Treasurer for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    No advance bidder registration, bidder number or deposit is published. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Valley County sets no fixed annual 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 Board of Valley County Commissioners, with the Valley County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector handling the deed process and collecting payment as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Valley County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax deed list and notice of sale, Valley County Treasurer. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    No advance bidder registration, bidder number or deposit is published. Bidders appear at the courthouse on the sale date, and the county's notice states "You must be present to participate in the auction." Payment in full must reach the Valley County Treasurer's Office by 5:00 p.m. on the date of the auction, in cash, cashier's check, certified check or money order made payable to Valley County. Personal and business checks are accepted only with a letter of proof of funds from your financial institution, so arrange funds 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

Valley County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector

(208) 382-7110

219 N. Main Street, PO Box 1350, Cascade, ID 83611

Official website

County notes

  • What sells here is land the county already owns. Valley County takes title at a commissioners' hearing, then the board resells the parcel, so a winning bidder takes it with the former owner's right of redemption already extinguished.
  • Parcels leave the list without warning. Owners can pay in full up to the hearing, and the county states the tax deed list "is subject to change if any properties are redeemed prior to the auction date," so confirm a parcel is still in before traveling to Cascade.
  • The 2026 pending-deed list ran to ten parcels, mostly subdivision and recreational lots around Cascade and McCall, two of them carrying manufactured homes. Delinquent totals ranged from roughly $62 to roughly $1,662, and that figure is the base the commissioners build the minimum bid on.
  • Objections and questions on a pending parcel go to the Treasurer at the Valley County Courthouse, PO Box 1350, 219 N. Main St., Cascade, ID 83611, and the county asks for them no later than two working days before the hearing date.

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 Valley 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 Valley County hold tax deed sales?

Valley County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Valley County sets no fixed annual 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 Board of Valley County Commissioners, with the Valley County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Collector handling the deed process and collecting payment 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 Valley County tax sale list?

Valley County posts its tax sale list at valleycountyid.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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