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County Courthouse
925 6th Street
Del Norte, CO 81132-3252
Phone: (719) 657-2744
Fax: (719) 657-2514
www.riograndecounty.org

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

Tax Sale Overview:


If Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande county, Colorado.

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

To solve this problem Rio Grande county, Colorado allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande 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: 
Doug DavieCommissioner, Chairdavie@fone.net
Randall BrownCommissionerrgcommissioner@amigo.net
Dennis Murphy Jr.Commissioner 
Norman HaugCoroner 
Brian NortonSheriff 
John SchofieldCounty Surveyor 
Peggy KernTreasurerrgtreas@fone.net
Joe DominguezAssessor 
Sandra JacksonClerkriograndecounty@yahoo.com

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