Tax Lien Sale

Current Sale

The 2023 tax lien sale for 2022 taxes is currently scheduled for November 14, 2023, with an alternate date of November 21, 2023 in the event of inclement weather.

We will be conducting a live auction.  The sale will be held in the BOCC Board room located at 215 Comanche Street Kiowa, CO  80117.  Registration will start at 8:00 AM with sale starting at 9:00 AM.  

You may pre-register by filling out the Registration Form, Compliance Declaration and W-9.  Please email your completed forms to sherry.hewlett@elbertcounty-co.gov or mail to P.O. Box 67 Kiowa, CO 80117 or drop off at 440 Comanche Street Kiowa, CO 80117. You may also complete the forms and simply bring them with you to the sale and register then. All three forms must be completed. The delinquent lists and forms will be available mid October 2023.

We will close for lunch on November 14, 2023 after the Tax Lien Sale probably between 1:00 PM to approximately 2:30 PM.  Please call or email and leave us a message.  We will get back to you as soon as we return.  Thank you.

Please feel free to give us a call at (303) 621-3120 with any questions you may have.

We look forward to seeing you in person at the sale this year!

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO TAX SALE INVESTORS

39-11-151. County officials and employees may not acquire a tax lien or property by sale of a tax lien.

(1)

(a) No property for which a tax lien is sold for delinquent taxes under this article shall be conveyed to an elected or appointed county official, to a county employee, or to a member of the immediate family of any such person or to the agent of any such county official or employee, if the tax lien on such property is sold during the time the official or employee holds office or is employed.

(b) No tax lien shall be sold to an elected or appointed county official, to a county employee, or to a member of the immediate family of such person or to the agent of any such county official or employee during the time the official or employee holds office or is employed.

(2) The purchase of any tax lien or the conveyance of any property by tax deed pursuant to this article is exempt from the provisions of this section under the following circumstances:

(a) If the property to be conveyed was owned by the county official or county employee, or by a member of the immediate family of any such person, immediately prior to the sale of a tax lien on such property for delinquent taxes;

(b) If such property is situated within a county other than the county to which such county official or employee is elected, appointed, or employed; or

(c) If the property to be conveyed is a severed mineral interest and, at the time of the conveyance, the county official or county employee is the owner of the surface estate which is coterminous with the severed mineral interest.

(3) Any county official, county employee, or member of the immediate family of any such person, or the agent of any such county official or employee, who knowingly purchases any tax lien or receives a conveyance of property in violation of the provisions of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.