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Kootenai County forgives some interest after appeal over postmark; board had first voted to deny
Summary
After testimony that a June tax payment was delayed by local mail processing, the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners initially denied a full waiver for Linda Jones (AIN 304,126) but then voted to forgive interest and penalties that accrued after Sept. 10, 2025. County staff said state law tightly limits waivers.
Linda Jones, a Kootenai County homeowner, asked the Board of County Commissioners on Nov. 12, 2025, to waive interest and penalties on her 2025 property tax payment after she said the Apple post office delayed a mailed payment that she dropped off on June 20 while ill. "I mailed my property taxes on June 20 because I was sick," Jones told the board, saying she believed the envelope should have been postmarked the same day.
The county's chief deputy treasurer, Jill Smith, told the board that the treasurer's office regularly fields similar complaints and that Idaho statute narrows the…
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