C.R.S. Section 39-11-108
Manner of conducting public auction

  • definitions

(1)

On the day designated in the notice of sale, the treasurer shall commence the public auction of the tax liens on those lands and town lots on which the taxes, interest, and fees have not been paid and shall continue the same from day to day, Saturdays and Sundays excepted, until the tax liens on each parcel are sold. Where two or more lots or tracts of land are valued and assessed as one parcel, the treasurer shall sell a single tax lien on such land or tract. The public auction shall be held at the treasurer’s office or at another location in the county designated by the treasurer, and all lands and town lots offered at the public auction on the same date of sale shall be offered for public auction at the same location; except that the public auction may be conducted by means of the internet or other electronic medium.

(2)

A public auction conducted by means of the internet or other electronic medium to sell lands and town lots under this article shall allow members of the public to submit bids by computer and permit the treasurer to accept bids for as long as the treasurer deems necessary. The county and its employees acting in their official capacity in preparing, conducting, and executing a sale of lands and town lots under this article are not liable for the failure of a device that prevents a person from participating in a sale under this article. As used in this subsection (2), “device” includes, but is not limited to, computer hardware, a computer network, a computer software application, and an internet website.

(3)

If there is no bid for any tax lien offered, the offering of such tax lien shall remain open until all the tax liens are offered for sale and the sale is ended or until the treasurer is satisfied that no more sales can be effected, whereupon it is the treasurer’s duty to strike off to the county, city, town, or city and county the tax liens on those lands and town lots remaining unsold, for the amount of such taxes, delinquent interest, and fees thereon. When the treasurer strikes off a tax lien on any tract of land or town lot, the treasurer shall issue to the county, city, town, or city and county a certificate of purchase. No taxes levied against any lands for which a county has purchased a tax lien under the provisions of this section shall be payable until the same have been derived by the county from the sale of a tax lien on such lands or from the redemption of such lands.

Source: Section 39-11-108 — Manner of conducting public auction - definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-39.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

39‑11‑100.3
Definitions 39‑11‑101
Notice to delinquent owner 39‑11‑102
Treasurer to publish and post notice 39‑11‑103
Treasurer to make affidavit of posting 39‑11‑104
Publisher’s affidavit - form 39‑11‑105
Selection of newspaper publishing notice 39‑11‑106
Advertising and auction fees 39‑11‑107
Erroneous assessments - abatement 39‑11‑108
Manner of conducting public auction - definitions 39‑11‑109
Time of public auction 39‑11‑110
When public auction can be held 39‑11‑111
Method of payment 39‑11‑112
Erroneous name or assessment in wrong county - effect 39‑11‑113
Abbreviations, letters, and figures may be used 39‑11‑114
Record of sales of tax liens on real estate and mobile homes 39‑11‑115
To whom tax lien shall be sold 39‑11‑116
Procedure when purchaser fails to pay 39‑11‑117
Certificate of purchase 39‑11‑118
Certificate of purchase assignable 39‑11‑119
Subsequent payment by holder 39‑11‑120
Presentation of certificates for deed 39‑11‑121
Municipalities, prior sales validated 39‑11‑122
Transfer of certificates by counties 39‑11‑123
Transfer of certificates - irrigation or drainage district taxes 39‑11‑124
Counties, prior sales validated 39‑11‑125
Disposal of certificates by districts 39‑11‑126
Agreement with county commissioners 39‑11‑127
Irrigation or drainage districts, prior sales validated 39‑11‑128
Condition precedent to deed - notice 39‑11‑129
Tax deed - issuance, execution, requirements 39‑11‑130
Fees included in redemption money 39‑11‑131
Notice of application for deed 39‑11‑133
Suit to quiet title 39‑11‑134
Defects in tax deed, effect 39‑11‑135
Form of tax deed 39‑11‑136
Treasurer to execute deed - effect 39‑11‑137
Validation of acknowledgments of tax deeds 39‑11‑138
When successor of treasurer shall act 39‑11‑139
Posting list of tax sale certificates and tax deeds 39‑11‑140
Tax deed recorded - entry 39‑11‑141
Action to determine validity of certificates 39‑11‑142
Disposition of certificates held by counties 39‑11‑143
Appraisal - county may retain, lease, or sell - definitions 39‑11‑144
County lands, prior sales validated 39‑11‑145
Proceeds of sales 39‑11‑146
Lien of special assessment not affected 39‑11‑147
Treasurer to report payments 39‑11‑148
Limitations on tax certificates - special improvement liens 39‑11‑149
Sales en masse valid 39‑11‑150
Sales of tax liens on severed mineral interests 39‑11‑151
County officials and employees may not acquire a tax lien or property by sale of a tax lien 39‑11‑152
Combined sale of delinquent tax liens and special assessment liens
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 39-11-108’s source at colorado​.gov