Juneau City and Borough, Alaska Tax Sales

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Quick answerJuneau City and Borough, Alaska follows Alaska tax sale law: the state sells tax deeds for delinquent property taxes. Rate / penalty: n/a Redemption: At least 1 year after the foreclosure judgment: property transferred to the municipality is held for at least one year, during which a party in intere… LienToDeed is verifying this county's own sale-list source; the state rules below are the law that governs its sales.

How tax sales work in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska

Alaska law controls every tax sale in Juneau City and Borough — the county runs the sale, but what is sold, what it pays and how long the owner can redeem are all set by the state:

What Alaska sells	Tax deeds
Interest / penalty	n/a
Redemption period	At least 1 year after the foreclosure judgment: property transferred to the municipality is held for at least one year, during which a party in interest may redeem by paying the lien amount plus penalties, interest and costs (AS 29.45.400). Unredeemed property is then deeded to the borough or city (AS 29.45.450); No redemption runs against a third-party buyer after a municipal sale — but after the deed to the municipality, the former record owner has a statutory statewide right to repurchase under AS 29.45.470: within 10 years after foreclosure and before the municipality sells or contracts to sell the property, the record owner (or assigns) may repurchase for the judgment amount plus interest up to 15%/yr, taxes as if privately owned, and foreclosure/sale/management costs. The right ceases once the municipality adopts an ordinance retaining the property for a public purpose (AS 29.45.470(b)), unless the municipality extends it (e.g. Kenai Peninsula Borough Ordinance 2026-05 extended repurchase for its 2026 foreclosure batch to Apr. 24, 2026).
When sales happen	No statewide schedule — each borough / city sets its own sale schedule after foreclosure and deed to the municipality (AS 29.45.460)
Governing law	Alaska Statutes AS 29.45.290-29.45.500 (AS 29.45.400 redemption, 29.45.450 deed to borough/city, 29.45.460 disposition and sale, 29.45.470 repurchase by record owner)
County (Census)	Juneau City and Borough — city and borough, Alaska · FIPS 02110

Boroughs, not counties, run the system, and many areas of Alaska have no organized borough tax sale at all — coverage and inventory vary widely. The municipality must first decide by ordinance whether to retain foreclosed property for a public purpose before selling, and the former owner's statutory repurchase right (AS 29.45.470) runs until the municipality sells or contracts to sell — it ceases if the municipality adopts a public-purpose retention ordinance, unless the municipality extends it (Kenai Peninsula Borough did, by Ordinance 2026-05, for its 2026 batch).

The process, step by step

1 · The list publishes. Alaska sales run on this rhythm: No statewide schedule — each borough / city sets its own sale schedule after foreclosure and deed to the municipality (AS 29.45.460) The county's sale list — the parcels actually being sold — is published ahead of the sale by the county office that runs it, and in many Alaska counties also through the state's sale channels (Varies by municipality: outcry auction, sealed bid, or online, as the borough/city decides; Borough/city land-sale pages; no dominant statewide platform).

2 · Register and fund — before sale day. Registration and bidder deposits are handled by the county or its sale platform and close before the sale, in most counties the day before. The amount and ID requirements are set in the county's own sale notice, not in state law — confirm them on the current published notice before you rely on them.

3 · Research every parcel. Compare the taxes owed against assessed value and recorded sales, check property type and occupancy signals, and price in the state's redemption rule above: it decides whether your money comes back with the statutory return, or your path runs to the property itself.

4 · Bid the number you wrote down. Set your max bid (deeds) or floor rate (liens) from the research, before the sale opens. The state's return is paid on the tax obligation — not on whatever extra a bidding war adds on top of it.

5 · After the sale. Owners redeem inside the window above; lists change as they do. Track the parcels you care about, because a watched property redeeming or withdrawing is information you want before — not after — you wire a deposit for the next sale.

What Juneau City and Borough publishes — and our verification status

Under Alaska law, the county publishes its sale list as a public record ahead of each sale. What we have not done is guess at this county's exact channel: which office posts the list, in what format, and on what posting schedule are being verified county by county against the county's own publications. Until that check is complete, this page carries the verified state rules — not a live Juneau City and Borough sale list — and says so plainly.

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County facts (name, state, FIPS 02110) from the US Census Bureau county list; state rules verified 2026-10-30 — sources on the Alaska law page. Educational only, not investment advice.