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County Courthouse
P.O. Box 150
Westcliffe, CO 81252-0518
Phone: (719) 783-2552
Fax: (719) 783-2885
www.custercountygov.com

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Interest/Penalty Rate: +9%
Bidding Method: Premium Bid
Redemption: 3 years
Assignments: Yes

Tax Sale Overview:


If Custer county, Colorado is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Custer county, Colorado.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Custer county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Custer county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Custer county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Custer county, Colorado allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Custer county, Colorado lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Colorado laws and competition, savvy Custer county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Colorado tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Colorado tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Dale HoagCommissioner, Chaircusterco@ris.net
Dick DowneyCommissionercusterco@ris.net
Kit ShyCommissioner 
Fred JobeSheriff 
Doris PorthTreasurer 
J. D. HeinrichAssessorjames@ris.net
Debbie LivengoodClerkccclerk@centurytel.net

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