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Tax Sale Atlas

Crowley County, CO tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Crowley County, CO tax sale, one of 2,553 counties in 30 states. Colorado sells tax lien certificates paying up to 14%, redeemable for 3 years. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Jul 30, 2026.

How tax lien and tax deed sales work in Crowley County, seat of Ordway: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

New to tax sales? Read how Colorado tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Next sale
There is no fixed calendar.
Registration
What sells is a certificate of option for treasurer's deed, not the parcel outright.
County office
719-267-5232
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How Crowley County sells delinquent taxes

Tax certificate sale (lien)

Run by
Crowley County Treasurer and Public Trustee
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
The county does not publish a tax lien sale date.
Registration
No online bidder registration portal is published for Crowley County.
Next expected
by the second Monday in December, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
The county does not publish a tax lien sale date. The Colorado County Treasurer and Public Trustee Association 2026 tax lien sale calendar lists Crowley County with no date beside it, while the counties it does list are scheduled between October 16 and December 1, 2026. Confirm the current year date directly with the Treasurer's office at 719-267-5232.
Registration and deposit

No online bidder registration portal is published for Crowley County. Contact the Treasurer and Public Trustee office at 719-267-5232 or treasurer@crowleycounty.net for registration requirements, deposit rules, and the sale format.

Sale format and venue
No auction platform is confirmed for this county, so verify the format with the office before planning to bid. The Treasurer and Public Trustee page carries tax payment options, property tax due dates, and Public Trustee foreclosure information, but no tax lien sale notice, no bidder registration page, no advertised delinquent list, and no auction vendor. The statewide treasurers association calendar names GovEase, SRI Zeus, and RealAuction as the online vendors for other Colorado counties and shows nothing for Crowley, which leaves open the possibility of a live sale at the courthouse. The county page does post an Auction Policy for Treasurer's Deeds and 2026 notices of intent to apply for a treasurer's deed, which belong to the later deed stage after a certificate has run its redemption period. Third party tax lien listing sites publish Crowley County pages, but none of them run the sale and none were used for these facts.

Tax deed sale

Run by
County Treasurer
Frequency
on application
Typical timing
There is no fixed calendar.
Registration
What sells is a certificate of option for treasurer's deed, not the parcel outright.
When it runs
There is no fixed calendar. A public auction is scheduled only when a certificate holder applies for one, at least three years after the tax lien sale, and the treasurer must hold it between 110 and 125 calendar days after the known interested party notice is first published or mailed.
Registration and deposit

What sells is a certificate of option for treasurer's deed, not the parcel outright. The treasurer may only accept bids above the combined amount owed to the lawful holder plus the treasurer's fees and costs. County officials, county employees acting in their individual capacity, and their immediate family members may not bid. Payment is by cash, cashier's check, bank check, or electronic funds transfer subject to the treasurer's bidding rules. Any overbid goes to junior lienors who filed a notice of intent to redeem and then to the property owner. Confirm the notice, the bidding rules, and the auction venue with the county treasurer.

Sale format and venue
This Article 11.5 process replaced direct deed issuance on July 1, 2024. Colorado does not hold a routine calendar tax deed sale, so treat this as an occasional, application-driven auction rather than a recurring event.
Source: C.R.S. 39-11.5-102 - Application for public auctionC.R.S. 39-11.5-102· Verified Jul 29, 2026

Crowley County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Crowley County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.

  1. Get the advertised list

    A county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the office and platform details on this page before relying on a copied list.
  2. Register to bid

    What sells is a certificate of option for treasurer's deed, not the parcel outright. Full requirements are in the sale card above.
  3. Sale day

    There is no fixed calendar. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.
  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Crowley County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    The county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the county office contacts below and confirm the advertised parcels directly before you price a bid.
  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    What sells is a certificate of option for treasurer's deed, not the parcel outright. The treasurer may only accept bids above the combined amount owed to the lawful holder plus the treasurer's fees and costs. County officials, county employees acting in their individual capacity, and their immediate family members may not bid. Payment is by cash, cashier's check, bank check, or electronic funds transfer subject to the treasurer's bidding rules. Any overbid goes to junior lienors who filed a notice of intent to redeem and then to the property owner. Confirm the notice, the bidding rules, and the auction venue with the county treasurer.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Colorado due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Colorado before you price the title work.
  4. Set a walk-away number

    Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.

Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases

Liens that draw no bid are struck off to the county and the treasurer issues the county a certificate of purchase. The county may then assign, sell, or transfer those certificates in the manner, at the times, and on the terms set by resolution of the board of county commissioners, which is how county-held liens are sold between annual auctions. A certificate on property owing more than ten thousand dollars in taxes needs the property tax administrator's approval after published notice. Whether a county maintains a published county-held list, and on what terms, varies. Contact the county treasurer.

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Colorado calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.

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County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

Crowley County Treasurer and Public Trustee

719-267-5232

631 Main Street, Suite 101, Ordway, CO 81063

Official website

County notes

  • The Crowley County Treasurer and Public Trustee is Holly McCuistion. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Alternate phone 719-267-5227, fax 719-267-4608, email treasurer@crowleycounty.net.
  • The county website has no tax lien sale page. A site search for tax lien sale on crowleycounty.colorado.gov returns no results, and the Treasurer page contains no sale date, registration instructions, or auction vendor.
  • The Colorado County Treasurer and Public Trustee Association 2026 tax lien sale calendar lists Crowley County in its county roster with no sale date and no online auction vendor, unlike most listed Colorado counties.
  • Property tax due dates published by the county: first half by the last day of February, second half by June 15, and full payment by the last day of April.
  • The county Treasurer page links an Auction Policy for Treasurer's Deeds and seven 2026 notices of intent to apply for a treasurer's deed, hosted as Google Drive documents. The auction policy file is a scanned image with no readable text layer.
  • Public Trustee foreclosure sales, which are a separate process from the tax lien sale, are held on Wednesdays per the county page.
  • The county's online property tax search and payment portal is Tyler EagleWeb at crowleycountyco-tsrweb.tylerhost.net. It is a parcel tax record lookup, not a delinquent tax or sale list, so no list URL is recorded.
  • The Colorado Division of Property Taxation locality record confirms the same treasurer, address at 631 Main Street in Ordway, phone 719-267-5232, fax 719-267-4608, and the county Treasurer page as the official website.

Colorado rules

Max interest rate
14% per year, set by statute (bidding is on price)
Minimum return
No statutory minimum return; what you earn is set by the price at the sale
Redemption
Redemption may be made at any time before a treasurer's deed is executed, so the practical window runs well past the three-year mark and through the Article 11.5 auction process. The treasurer must hold that public auction between 110 and 125 calendar days after the known interested party notice is first published or mailed, which gives owners and junior lienors a further defined period to pay. A separate rule lets an owner who was under a legal disability when the deed was executed redeem within nine years of the deed being recorded, at 15 percent per year plus the present value of any improvements.
Deed deposit
The treasurer may require the applying lawful holder to post a deposit covering the recording fee plus the actual and reasonable cost of administering the auction, and all Article 11.5 fees and costs are chargeable as additional amounts owing under the tax lien. For bidders, the treasurer accepts cash, cashier's check, bank check, or electronic funds transfer subject to the treasurer's bidding rules. The statute sets no fixed bidder deposit percentage, so the deposit terms come from county bidding rules.
Surplus proceeds
Any overbid goes first to junior lienors in order of recording priority, measured as of the recording date of the application for public auction, who filed a notice of intent to redeem and whose liens are unredeemed, up to each lien's unpaid amount plus fees and costs. Whatever remains is paid to the property owner. The treasurer must post a public notice about these funds and mail the owner a notice within thirty calendar days of the auction. Unclaimed remaining overbids sit in escrow for six months without interest, then transfer to the state administrator under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. An agreement to pay someone to recover an owner's overbid is unenforceable, and inducing one is a class 2 misdemeanor.
Governing statute
C.R.S. Title 39, Article 11

A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Crowley County, Colorado sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Crowley County follows Colorado's tax lien state system.

When is the Crowley County tax certificate sale?

The county does not publish a tax lien sale date. The Colorado County Treasurer and Public Trustee Association 2026 tax lien sale calendar lists Crowley County with no date beside it, while the counties it does list are scheduled between October 16 and December 1, 2026. Confirm the current year date directly with the Treasurer's office at 719-267-5232. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.

How often does Crowley County hold tax deed sales?

Crowley County holds its tax deed sale on application. There is no fixed calendar. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Colorado's redemption rule: 3 years from the tax lien sale before the certificate holder can apply for the deed auction. Call the County Treasurer as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

Verified Jul 30, 2026 against official county and state sources.

Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.

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