What happens to an Idaho house when the property taxes go unpaid?
The county eventually takes it. If the overdue taxes aren't paid off within three years, the county tax collector must issue a tax deed for the property to the county. Unpaid property taxes on Idaho real estate become a lasting lien for the county, which entitles the county to a tax deed.
Before that, the tax collector must send a notice of the pending tax deed by certified mail to the owner of record and others with a recorded interest, two to five months before the deed is set to issue.
Even after the tax deed, the owner of record can still redeem the property until the county signs a sale contract or deeds the property away. That right to buy the property back runs out fourteen months after the tax deed is issued.
County commissioners must hold an auction for tax-deeded property no later than fourteen months after the tax deed is issued. The minimum bid at that auction includes all property taxes owed, plus interest and costs.
Money left from the sale after taxes, interest and costs, including the cost of keeping up the property, goes first to other parties with an interest in the property and then to the owner of record. A tax deed passes title free of any recorded mortgage, deed of trust or lien, as long as the required notices went to those parties.
Can an Idaho city tear down a dilapidated vacant house?
Yes. Any Idaho city can declare a building a nuisance when the council finds it so run-down that it threatens public health or safety, fire risk included, and can then have it torn down or removed at the owner's expense.
The city can charge what it spent against the land itself as a special assessment. A special assessment not paid within thirty days after the notice is mailed goes to the county tax collector, who puts it on the tax roll.
Beyond dangerous buildings, Idaho cities decide for themselves what counts as a nuisance and can clear it at the expense of whoever keeps it, a power that reaches three miles past the city limits.
Under Idaho's nuisance law, a person whose property is harmed or whose enjoyment of it is lessened by a nuisance can bring a court action, and the court can order the nuisance stopped or removed and award damages.
Can an Idaho court put a receiver in charge of a neglected house in foreclosure?
In a mortgage foreclosure case, an Idaho court can appoint a receiver when the property is in danger of being lost, removed or badly damaged, or the mortgage terms have not been kept, and the property is probably not worth enough to pay off the debt.
For a home under a deed of trust, notice of the trustee's sale must be mailed at least one hundred twenty days ahead. A copy of the sale notice also has to be posted in a place on the property where it can be easily seen.
The buyer at a trustee's sale is entitled to take possession on the tenth day after the sale. If the buyer reasonably decides the house is unoccupied, the buyer can remove belongings left inside and put them in storage.
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Who do you call about a run-down vacant house in Idaho?
In Pocatello, the city handles it: its Building Department enforces the dangerous-building codes, and the police department takes code enforcement violation reports online.
Outside city limits, Bannock County's code enforcement department looks into complaints about breaking county ordinances and state law and works with the owner on a fix.
You can also tell me where it is. I'll find out who owns it and reach out about buying it and fixing it up.