States › Idaho › Lincoln County

County Courthouse
111 West B. Street
Shoshone, ID 83352-5364
Phone: (208)886-7641
Fax: (208)886-2458

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Lincoln 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 Lincoln county, Idaho.

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

To solve this problem Lincoln county, Idaho allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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:
Jerry Nance	Commissioner, Chair, District 3	dietrichbeef@pmt.org
Lawrence Calkins	Commissioner, District 2
Rusty Parker	Commissioner, District 1	rusty@safelink.net
E. Scott Paul	Prosecuting Attorney
Keith Davis	Coroner	docdavis@shoshone.net
Kent McBride	Sheriff	sheriff@lincolncountyid.us
Cathy Gilbert	Treasurer	cquiroga@homeinternet.net
Wendell Johnson	Assessor	wjohnson@lincolncountyid.us
Elizibeth Kime	Clerk	lkime@lincolncountyid.us

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

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