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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Pitkin 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 Pitkin county, Colorado.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Pitkin county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Pitkin 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 Pitkin county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Pitkin county, Colorado allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Pitkin 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 Pitkin 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: |
| Patti Clapper | Commissioner, Chair, District 1 | pattic@co.pitkin.co.us |
| Dorothea Farris | Commissioner, District 5 | dfarris@sopris.net |
| Jack Hatfield | Commissioner, District 4 | hatfield@rof.net |
| Mick Ireland | Commissioner, District 2 | micki@co.pitkin.co.us |
| Michael Owsley | Commissioner | |
| Steve Ayers | Coroner | |
| Robert Braudis | Sheriff | rb51@co.pitkin.co.us |
| Tom Oken | Treasurer | |
| Tom Isaac | Assessor | tomi@co.pitkin.co.us |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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