Redemption
36 mo
Max interest
9%
You buy a tax lien, not the house. The owner has 3 years from the sale to pay you back. You earn 9% interest a year. You win by bidding the highest premium over the amount owed. Sales are held once a year, typically in December.
Sale type
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 39-11-115(1)
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-39.pdf“the tax liens on such lands offered at public auction at the times provided by law shall be sold to the persons who pay therefor the taxes, delinquent interest, and fees then due thereon”
Redemption
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 39-11-120(1)
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-39.pdf“any time after the expiration of the term of three years from the date of the sale of any tax lien on any land”
Interest
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 39-12-103(3)
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-39.pdf“The annual rate of redemption interest shall be nine percentage points above the discount rate, which discount rate shall be the rate of interest a commercial bank pays to the federal reserve bank of Kansas City”
Bid method
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 39-11-115(1)
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-39.pdf“sold to the persons who pay therefor the taxes, delinquent interest, and fees then due thereon or who further pay the largest amount in excess of said taxes, delinquent interest, and fees”
Sale timing
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 39-11-109
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-39.pdf“The public auction of tax liens on lands upon which taxes remain delinquent shall commence on or before the second Monday in December of each year.”
Official Colorado Revised Statutes (leg.colorado.gov); DORA Division of Banking sets the annual redemption rate under CRS 39-12-103 (banking.colorado.gov). Tax lien sold to highest bidder/premium (39-11-115). | Prose: lien | federal discount rate + 9 percentage points, rounded (annual redemption interest) | 3 years (deed issued after 3 years from sale) | bid premium - largest amount in excess of taxes, interest, and fees | on or before the second Monday in December
Official Colorado Revised Statutes (leg.colorado.gov); DORA Division of Banking sets the annual redemption rate under CRS 39-12-103 (banking.colorado.gov). Tax lien sold to highest bidder/premium (39-11-115).
| County | FIPS | Platform | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | 08001 | RealAuction | not_started |
| Alamosa County | 08003 | GovEase | not_started |
| Arapahoe County | 08005 | — | not_started |
| Archuleta County | 08007 | — | not_started |
| Baca County | 08009 | GovEase | not_started |
| Bent County | 08011 | GovEase | not_started |
| Boulder County | 08013 | — | not_started |
| Broomfield County | 08014 | — | not_started |
| Chaffee County | 08015 | — | not_started |
| Cheyenne County | 08017 | — | not_started |
| Clear Creek County |
| 08019 |
| — |
| not_started |
| Conejos County | 08021 | — | not_started |
| Costilla County | 08023 | GovEase | not_started |
| Crowley County | 08025 | GovEase | not_started |
| Custer County | 08027 | — | not_started |
| Delta County | 08029 | — | not_started |
| Denver County | 08031 | RealAuction | not_started |
| Dolores County | 08033 | — | not_started |
| Douglas County | 08035 | GovEase | not_started |
| Eagle County | 08037 | RealAuction | not_started |
| El Paso County | 08041 | RealAuction | not_started |
| Elbert County | 08039 | — | not_started |
| Fremont County | 08043 | — | not_started |
| Garfield County | 08045 | GovEase | not_started |
| Gilpin County | 08047 | — | not_started |
| Grand County | 08049 | — | not_started |
| Gunnison County | 08051 | — | not_started |
| Hinsdale County | 08053 | — | not_started |
| Huerfano County | 08055 | — | not_started |
| Jackson County | 08057 | — | not_started |
| Jefferson County | 08059 | GovEase | not_started |
| Kiowa County | 08061 | — | not_started |
| Kit Carson County | 08063 | — | not_started |
| La Plata County | 08067 | — | not_started |
| Lake County | 08065 | GovEase | not_started |
| Larimer County | 08069 | GovEase;RealAuction | not_started |
| Las Animas County | 08071 | — | not_started |
| Lincoln County | 08073 | GovEase | not_started |
| Logan County | 08075 | — | not_started |
| Mesa County | 08077 | RealAuction | not_started |
| Mineral County | 08079 | — | not_started |
| Moffat County | 08081 | — | not_started |
| Montezuma County | 08083 | GovEase | not_started |
| Montrose County | 08085 | — | not_started |
| Morgan County | 08087 | — | not_started |
| Otero County | 08089 | — | not_started |
| Ouray County | 08091 | — | not_started |
| Park County | 08093 | GovEase | not_started |
| Phillips County | 08095 | GovEase | not_started |
| Pitkin County | 08097 | GovEase;RealAuction | not_started |
| Prowers County | 08099 | GovEase | not_started |
| Pueblo County | 08101 | — | not_started |
| Rio Blanco County | 08103 | — | not_started |
| Rio Grande County | 08105 | — | not_started |
| Routt County | 08107 | — | not_started |
| Saguache County | 08109 | GovEase | not_started |
| San Juan County | 08111 | — | not_started |
| San Miguel County | 08113 | GovEase | not_started |
| Sedgwick County | 08115 | — | not_started |
| Summit County | 08117 | GovEase;RealAuction | not_started |
| Teller County | 08119 | GovEase | not_started |
| Washington County | 08121 | GovEase | not_started |
| Weld County | 08123 | RealAuction | not_started |
| Yuma County | 08125 | — | not_started |