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States › Colorado › La Plata County

County Courthouse
1060 E. Second Avenue
Durango, CO 81301-5157
Phone: (970) 382-6219
Fax: (970) 382-6299
www.co.laplata.co.us

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

Tax Sale Overview:

If La Plata 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 La Plata county, Colorado.

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

To solve this problem La Plata county, Colorado allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the La Plata 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 La Plata 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:
Sheryl Ayers	Commissioner, Chair	Ayerssd@co.laplata.co.us
Robert Lieb	Commissioner	liebra@co.laplata.co.us
Wallace White	Commissioner	WhiteWL@co.laplata.co.us
Sarah Law	District Attorney
Carol Huser	Coroner
Sydney Schirard	Sheriff	schirardsd@co.laplata.co.us
Edward Murray	Treasurer	murrayej@co.laplata.co.us
Craig Larson	Assessor	larsoncn@co.laplata.co.us
Linda Daley	Clerk	daleylj@co.laplata.co.us

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