Bristol Bay County, AK tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Bristol Bay County, AK tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Alaska sells the deed itself, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Sep 28, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Bristol Bay County, seat of Naknek: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Alaska tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- No sale of tax-foreclosed land is scheduled or published.
- Registration
- The borough publishes no bidder registration process for land.
- County office
- 907-246-4224 ext. 305
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How Bristol Bay County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Bristol Bay Borough Assembly, on the recommendation of the Finance Department (borough-owned land disposal under BBBC Chapter 3.28)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No sale of tax-foreclosed land is scheduled or published.
- Registration
- The borough publishes no bidder registration process for land.
When it runs
No sale of tax-foreclosed land is scheduled or published. The Finance Department reported on December 20, 2025 that parcels from the 2023-2018 foreclosure not redeemed by the deadline "are being reviewed by the title company and the attorney. The next step is the issuance of a Clerk's Deed to these properties and the Borough's determination of use." Its March 2026 report states the 2024 foreclosures remain in the redemption period and the 2025 foreclosure notice was expected to be published locally by March 1.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Bristol Bay Borough forecloses its own real property tax liens in superior court, and unredeemed parcels are deeded to the borough after the one-year redemption period. The borough then decides how to use the land. Borough code BBBC 3.28.010 requires any sale or lease of borough land to be authorized by a non-code ordinance of the Assembly, and BBBC 3.28.030(A) requires disposal at fair market value, with a narrow exception for commercial or industrial projects. No ordinance offering tax-foreclosed parcels for sale, no auction platform and no bidding terms have been published, so any offering would first appear as an ordinance on an Assembly agenda. Former owners may still redeem 2023 and prior parcels by paying all taxes, penalties and interest until the borough takes title.
Source: Assembly Packet, January 5, 2026 (Finance Department Report), Bristol Bay Borough· Verified Sep 28, 2026
Bristol Bay County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Bristol Bay County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Get the advertised list
Use Foreclosed parcels for tax years 2023-2018 (redemption notice, not a sale list) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
No sale of tax-foreclosed land is scheduled or published. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Bristol Bay Borough Assembly, on the recommendation of the Finance Department (borough-owned land disposal under BBBC Chapter 3.28) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Bristol Bay County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Foreclosed parcels for tax years 2023-2018 (redemption notice, not a sale list). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Alaska due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Alaska before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold properties
State law creates no over-the-counter list. Some Alaska municipalities offer tax-foreclosed parcels that did not sell at a competitive sale over the counter afterward, under their own land disposal ordinance. Whether this borough or city has any such inventory must be confirmed with its land management office.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Alaska calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Bristol Bay Borough sells no tax liens. It forecloses delinquent real property through an annual superior court judgment, takes title to unredeemed parcels by clerk's deed, and only then may offer the land.
- No sale list of tax-foreclosed land is published. The only parcel list is the borough's redemption notice for tax years 2023-2018, which names foreclosed parcels, not parcels offered for sale.
- Any sale of borough land must be approved by Assembly ordinance at fair market value under BBBC Chapter 3.28. Watch Assembly agendas and the Public Notices page, or call the Finance Department at 907-246-4224 ext. 305.
Alaska rules
- Redemption
- Redemption runs against the municipality, before any investor is involved. The judgment transfers the parcel to the municipality, which must hold it for at least one year; during that time anyone with an interest may redeem. At least 30 days before the period ends the clerk publishes an expiration notice once a week for four weeks (or posts it where there is no newspaper) and mails it by certified mail to the record owner and, where the assessed value exceeds $10,000, to mortgage and lien holders; the right of redemption expires 30 days after the first publication. The former owner keeps possession during redemption unless waste is committed. After the clerk's deed, the record owner at foreclosure (or assigns) may still repurchase within 10 years, but only until the municipality sells or contracts to sell the parcel, and the right ends if an ordinance retains it for a public purpose. A buyer at the municipality's sale therefore takes with no redemption or repurchase right outstanding.
- Deed deposit
- Not set by statute. Deposit, bidder registration and payment form are fixed in each sale's terms. Example: the Matanuska-Susitna Borough requires in-person registration before bidding and accepts only money order, cashier's check or cash, with no financing.
- Surplus proceeds
- Sale proceeds, less collection costs, are divided between the borough and the city in proportion to their taxes at foreclosure. If the property was held by the municipality for less than 10 years after the close of the redemption period and was never designated for a public purpose, the former record owner is entitled to the proceeds above unpaid taxes, the taxes that would have accrued after foreclosure, penalty, interest, foreclosure and sale costs, and net carrying costs. The municipality must mail the former owner written notice of any excess and how to claim it, and a claim filed more than six months after the sale date is forever barred. The statute as read on 2026-09-27 still carries the 10-year and public-purpose limits; see _verify_notes.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does Bristol Bay County, Alaska sell tax liens or tax deeds?
Tax deeds. Alaska sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the county sells the property itself at a public tax sale.
How often does Bristol Bay County hold tax deed sales?
Bristol Bay County holds tax deed sales once a year. No sale of tax-foreclosed land is scheduled or published. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
It depends on where the property is in the process. Once the redemption right below has ended, paying the old taxes no longer takes it out of the sale. Alaska's redemption rule: At least 1 year after the foreclosure judgment, ending 30 days after the municipality first publishes its redemption expiration notice; none after the municipality sells. Call the Bristol Bay Borough Assembly, on the recommendation of the Finance Department (borough-owned land disposal under BBBC Chapter 3.28) as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.
Where can I find the Bristol Bay County tax sale list?
Bristol Bay County posts its tax sale list at cms2.revize.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.
Verified Sep 28, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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