States › Idaho › Lemhi County

County Courthouse
206 Courthouse Drive
Salmon, ID 83467-3900
Phone: (208)756-2815
Fax: (208)756-8424

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Lemhi 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 Lemhi county, Idaho.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Lemhi county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Lemhi 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 Lemhi county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Lemhi county, Idaho allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Lemhi 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 Lemhi 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:
Richard Snyder	Commissioner, Chair, District 2	ricksnyder54@hotmail.com
Robert Cope	Commissioner, District 1	teacup@salmoninternet.com
Joe Proksch	Commissioner, District 3	jprox@cableone.net
Paul Withers	Prosecuting Attorney	lemhip@salmoninternet.com
L. Michael Mitchell	Coroner
Sam Slavin	Sheriff	sheriff@salmoninternet.com
Mary Ann Heiser	Treasurer	lctreasurer@salmoninternet.com
R. J. Smith	Assessor	lcassessor@salmoninternet.com
Terri Morton	Clerk	lcclerk1@salmoninternet.com

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

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