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County Courthouse
P.O. Box 1170
Telluride, CO 81435-1170
Phone: (970) 728-3844
Fax: (970) 728-3718
www.sanmiguelcounty.org

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

Tax Sale Overview:


If San Miguel 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 San Miguel county, Colorado.

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

To solve this problem San Miguel county, Colorado allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the San Miguel 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 San Miguel 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: 
Art GoodtimesCommissioner, Chairgoodtimes@independence.net
Vernon EbertCommissioner, District 2vebert@mesa.net
Elaine FischerCommissionerelainef@sanmiguelcounty.org
William MastersSheriff 
Sherry RoseTreasurer 
Peggy KanterAssessorsmca@telluridecolorado.net
Doris RuffeClerk 

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