States › Colorado › Teller County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 959
Cripple Creek, CO 80813-0959
Phone: (719)689-2988
Fax: (719)689-3524
www.co.teller.co.us

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

Tax Sale Overview:

If Teller 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 Teller county, Colorado.

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

To solve this problem Teller county, Colorado allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Teller 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 Teller 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:
Robert Campbell	Commissioner, Chair	campbellr@co.teller.co.u
Bill Buckhanan	Commissioner	buck@co.teller.co.us
Jim Ignatius	Commissioner	ignatiusj@co.teller.co.us
Earl Byrne	Coroner
Kevin Dougherty	Sheriff	tcsosheriff@co.teller.co.us
Connie Joiner	Treasurer	joinerc@co.teller.co.us
Alan Jordan	Assessor	jordana@co.teller.co.us
Patricia Crowson	Clerk	crowsonp@co.teller.co.us

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