States › Idaho › Lewis County

County Courthouse
PO Box39
Nezperce, ID 83543-0039
Phone: (208) 937-2661
Fax: (208) 937-9234
www.lewiscountyid.org

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Lewis 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 Lewis county, Idaho.

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

To solve this problem Lewis county, Idaho allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Lewis 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 Lewis 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:
Charles Doty	Commissioner, Chair, District 1	cedoty@msn.com
Carroll Keith	Commissioner, District 2	carroll.keith@hillcotechnologi
LeAnn Trautman	Commissioner, District 3	Traut@highstream.net
Kimron Torgerson	Prosecuting Attorney	ktorgerson@lewiscountyid.org
C. Robert Pratt	Coroner	pratts@camasnet.com
Phil Steen	Sheriff	psteen@lewiscountyid.org
Pauline Malone	Treasurer	pmalone@lewiscountyid.org
Leslie Snyder	Assessor	lsnyder@lewiscountyid.org
Cathy Larson	Clerk	clarson@lewiscountyid.org

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

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