States › Idaho › Bear Lake County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 190
Paris, ID 83261-0190
Phone: (208) 945-2212
Fax: (208) 945-2780
www.bearlakecounty.info

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Bear Lake county, Idaho is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Bear Lake county, Idaho.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Bear Lake county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Bear Lake county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Bear Lake county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Bear Lake county, Idaho allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Bear Lake county, Idaho lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Idaho laws and competition, savvy Bear Lake county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Idaho tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Idaho tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:

Name:	Position:	Email:
Dwight Cochran	Commissioner, Chair, District 2
Conrad Michaelson	Commissioner, District 1	conradm@dcdi.net
Vaughn Rasmussen	Commissioner, District 3	vrsmussen@aol.com
Ardee Helm Jr.	Prosecuting Attorney
Leonard Matthews	Coroner	leomatthews@aol.com
Brent Bunn	Sheriff	bearlake@directinter.net
Rodney Wallentine	Treasurer	taxcoll@dcdi.net
Lynn Lewis	Assessor	lynnl@dcdi.net

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.

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