States › Colorado › Ouray County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box C
Ouray, CO 81427-0683
Phone: (970) 325-4961
Fax: (970) 325-0452
ouraycountyco.gov

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

Tax Sale Overview:

If Ouray 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 Ouray county, Colorado.

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

To solve this problem Ouray county, Colorado allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Ouray 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 Ouray 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:
Don Batchelder	Commissioner, Chair	dbatchelder@ouraycountyco.gov
Heidi Albritton	Commissioner	halbritton@ouraycountyco.gov
Kristi Westfall	Commissioner	kwestfall@ouraycountyco.gov
Gary Miller	Coroner
Dominic Mattivi Jr.	Sheriff	dmattivi@ouraycountyco.gov
Ramona M Radcliff	Treasurer	rradcliff@ouraycountyco.gov
Susie Mayfield	Assessor	smayfield@ouraycountyco.gov
Michelle Nauer	Clerk and Recorder	mnauer@ouraycountyco.gov

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