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Kootenai County tax deed sales, Idaho

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Kootenai is the clearest online sale in this set: one auction a year, a named sale site, and bidder training classes on August 20 and August 27, 2026 before the September sale. It also publishes the follow through that many counties leave vague, including a surplus funds list, prior unsold properties, and a stated claim deadline for the prior year sale surplus.

Selling office: Kootenai County Treasurer, 451 Government Way, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814, Phone: 208-446-1005

Next sale: The 2026 Kootenai County Tax Deed Auction was held online Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. (PT). No 2027 auction date is published on the county page.. The county says the tax deed auction takes place once a year, and the 2026 sale ran in September with training in August. Watch the Property Tax Sale page for the next annual date, the updated parcel list, and the training schedule.

Plan around one online auction a year, in September in the 2026 cycle, with training in August and a parcel list that shrinks as owners redeem. Set up on the sale site early, since there is no in person fallback published.

Dates and deadlines

Sources: Property Tax Sale, Kootenai County. Treasurer, Kootenai County. Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.

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How Idaho tax deed sales work

• Taxes go delinquent and the lien belongs to the county. A delinquency carries interest at 1 percent per month from the January 1 after the lien attached, and the county holds a perpetual lien that entitles it to a tax deed (Idaho Code 63-1001 and 63-1003).
• Three years pass with no investor product to buy. There is no lien sale and no certificate in Idaho; during the wait the only event is the county building its own deed.
• Notice of pending issue goes out. Between five months and two months before the deed date, the tax collector serves notice on the record owner and parties in interest by certified mail with return receipt requested; if the mail comes back undelivered, a summary is published once a week for four consecutive weeks, and an affidavit of compliance is recorded at least five working days before the deed (Idaho Code 63-1005).
• The commissioners hold a hearing. If the tax collector followed the notice statute and the delinquency is still owing and unpaid, the board directs the tax collector to issue and record the tax deed to the county (Idaho Code 63-1006).
• Redemption stays open after the deed. The former owner or a party in interest may redeem until the commissioners contract to sell the property or transfer it by deed, and never later than 14 months from tax deed issuance, by paying the delinquency with interest and costs, including title search and professional fees, plus taxes accrued after the deed (Idaho Code 63-1007).
• The commissioners auction the property. The auction must be held no later than 14 months from issuance of the tax deed, on newspaper notice at least ten calendar days ahead naming the taxpayer and the legal description, and the minimum bid is set to include all taxes owing, interest, and costs (Idaho Code 31-808).
• Excess proceeds are claimed, not kept. Money above everything owing is apportioned first to parties in interest who claim within 60 days of the board notice, in lien priority, and the remainder goes to the owner of record at the time the tax deed issued (Idaho Code 31-808).

How buying works in Kootenai County

Bidding runs through the Realforeclose sale site, and RealAuction provides bidder training before the sale, with registration for training through realauction.com. The county page does not publish a separate county registration form, and it directs sale site help to Realauction customer service at 877-361-7325.

• Where bidding happens At the public auction the commissioners set for each group of tax deeded parcels. Idaho counties run these sales differently: Kootenai and Bonner sell online, Ada and Canyon in scheduled county sales, Twin Falls on the courthouse steps, and each county page on this site names that county venue and route.
• Deposit and payment Terms are set county by county and sale by sale; several Idaho counties require the full bid in certified funds on the day of the sale. The statement at the top of each county page carries the deposit and payment terms that county publishes, or says plainly that the county does not publish them.
• Transfer fees and the deed The purchaser also pays all transfer fees, and no deed is delivered until the deed has been recorded (Idaho Code 31-808). Most counties convey by quitclaim or county deed, so the interest bought is the interest the county holds, and nothing more.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Parcels that do not sell at auction

If a parcel does not sell at auction, the Board of County Commissioners will accept sealed written bids for purchase consideration, submitted directly to the board. The board may then sell the property without further notice by public or private sale on the terms the county deems necessary, which matches Idaho Code 31-808(6), and it reserves the right to reject or accept any written bid. The county also posts prior properties offered at tax sales and still unsold.

Before you bid

• Read the notice for the specific auction The statute sets the frame, but the notice for each sale sets the venue, the parcel list, the minimum bids, and the payment terms for that day. The county pages here link the treasurer and sale pages where those notices appear.
• Expect a quitclaim, and price the title work Most Idaho counties deed without warranty and sell parcels as is. Budget for a title search and, where the parcel matters, a quiet title action, and treat access, zoning, and condition as your own research.
• Watch the redemption tail Because redemption runs after the deed and right up to the county sale contract, a parcel on a posted list can be paid off and disappear before auction day. Recheck the list close to the sale.

Every Idaho county in this set

One page per county, each verified against the county's own publications and the current text of Idaho Code title 63 chapter 10 and section 31-808. Idaho auctions tax deeded property county by county through its boards of commissioners; this set is the 10 largest counties.

• Ada County tax deed sales
• Canyon County tax deed sales
• Kootenai County (this page)
• Bonneville County tax deed sales
• Twin Falls County tax deed sales
• Bannock County tax deed sales
• Latah County tax deed sales
• Blaine County tax deed sales
• Bonner County tax deed sales
• Bingham County tax deed sales

Keep going

Once a deadline puts you in a sale, the Land Investor Due Diligence Toolkit is the checklist and bid worksheet to run on each parcel before you bid. The same desk runs Florida tax deed sales, Texas tax sales, Pennsylvania tax sales, Georgia tax sales, North Carolina tax foreclosure sales, Ohio tax foreclosure sales, Illinois tax lien sales, Michigan tax foreclosure sales, Arizona tax lien sales, California tax defaulted property sales, Colorado tax lien sales, South Carolina tax sales, Indiana tax lien sales, Tennessee delinquent tax sales, Wisconsin tax deed sales, Missouri tax sales, New Jersey tax lien sales, Maryland tax lien sales, West Virginia tax sales, Virginia tax sales, Oklahoma tax resale, Kansas tax foreclosure sales, Arkansas tax-delinquent land sales, Alabama tax sales, Kentucky certificate of delinquency sales, Mississippi tax land sales, Nevada tax deed sales, New Mexico delinquent property tax sales, Iowa tax lien sales, Nebraska tax certificate sales, Minnesota tax-forfeited land sales, Utah final tax sales, Washington tax foreclosure sales, Oregon tax foreclosure sales, Connecticut tax sales, Massachusetts tax title sales, Rhode Island tax sales, Vermont tax sales, New Hampshire tax lien sales, Maine tax lien sales, Delaware tax sales, Louisiana tax sales, Idaho tax deed sales and Montana tax lien assignments, and the proven New York season, with the live membership, sits in the NY tax sale hub.