States › Colorado › Elbert County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 597
Kiowa, CO 80117-0597
Phone: (303) 621-2341
Fax: (303) 621-2343
www.elbertcounty-co.gov

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

Tax Sale Overview:

If Elbert 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 Elbert county, Colorado.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Elbert county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Elbert 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 Elbert county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Elbert county, Colorado allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Elbert 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 Elbert 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:
Steve Stutz	Commissioner, Chair
Suzie Graeff	Commissioner	suzie.graeff@elbertcounty-co.g
John Metli	Commissioner
Sandra Graeff	Coroner
William Frangis	Sheriff	email@elbertsheriff.org
Keith Westfall	Surveyor
Billie Mills	Treasurer
Laura Forbes	Assessor	elcoassr@bewellnet.com
Amy Fordyce	Clerk

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