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Huerfano County, CO tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Huerfano 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 the county’s own official pages on Jul 30, 2026.

How tax lien and tax deed sales work in Huerfano County, seat of Walsenburg: 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.
Format
In person
Registration
What sells is a certificate of option for treasurer's deed, not the parcel outright.
County office
(719) 738-3000 ext 505
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How Huerfano County sells delinquent taxes

Tax certificate sale (lien)

In person
Run by
Huerfano County Treasurer and Public Trustee
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Held annually in November.
Registration
Registration is done on site at the sale.
Next expected
by the second Monday in December, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Sale list
Delinquent 2024 Taxes, Real Property (advertised tax sale list)
When it runs
Held annually in November. The Treasurer's most recent published notice, covering 2024 delinquent taxes, reads "PUBLIC SALE: NOVEMBER 21, 2025" at "10:00 A.M." The same notice adds that taxes paid "on or before November 20, 2025, in cash or certified funds" avoid the sale. The county had not yet posted the following year's notice as of late July 2026, and the state treasurers association 2026 calendar lists no date for Huerfano, so confirm the current year's date with the office.
Registration and deposit

Registration is done on site at the sale. The Treasurer's published rules state "WE REQUEST THAT BIDDERS ARRIVE EARLY TO REGISTER FOR THE SALE." Bidders must complete an IRS Form W-9 at registration or have one on file with the Treasurer's office, and must provide a copy of their driver's license to participate. Bids must be covered by check, certified funds, or online e-check carrying a $2.30 fee. Purchases are billed and sent by email or mail, and buyers get one week to remit payment, with the notice warning that failure to do so may result in loss of the liens purchased. Under C.R.S. 39-11-151(1)(b) no tax lien may be sold to a Huerfano County employee or a member of that person's immediate family.

Sale format and venue
Huerfano County runs its tax lien sale in person, not through an online auction platform. The Treasurer's notice sets the venue as the Huerfano County Community Center, 928 Russell St, Walsenburg, CO 81089. Bidding is premium based: each parcel is first offered for the amount of taxes, advertising, penalty interest and costs, then sold to the bidder "who shall further pay the largest amount in cash in excess of said taxes, penalty interest and costs." The notice states the buyer earns interest at 14% per annum and that redemption must occur within three years or a Treasurer's Deed may be issued to the certificate holder. The published sale sequence is followed as closely as practicable, and an updated copy of the list with paid parcels removed is posted outside the Treasurer's office for several days before the sale. The Colorado County Treasurers and Public Trustees Association 2026 calendar lists Huerfano with no date and no auction service, while it annotates online counties with SRI, RealAuction or GovEase, which is consistent with the in person format. Several third party listing sites publish Huerfano parcels but none of them conducts this sale, so treat the Treasurer's office as the only venue. Confirm the current year's date, time and venue with the Treasurer before making plans. In person (Huerfano County Community Center, Walsenburg)
Source: Huerfano County Treasurer, Tax Lien Sale Notice and Rules for Treasurer's Annual Tax Lien Sale, Delinquent Taxes for 2024· Verified Jul 30, 2026

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

Huerfano County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Huerfano 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

    Use Delinquent 2024 Taxes, Real Property (advertised tax sale list) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  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 sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.

  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 Huerfano County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Delinquent 2024 Taxes, Real Property (advertised tax sale list). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  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)

Huerfano County Treasurer and Public Trustee

(719) 738-3000 ext 505

401 Main St. Ste. 206, Walsenburg, CO 81089

Official website

County notes

  • The sale is conducted in person. The Treasurer's notice sets the venue as the Huerfano County Community Center, 928 Russell St, Walsenburg, CO 81089, at 10:00 A.M.
  • Bidding is by premium. Each parcel opens at the amount of taxes, advertising, penalty interest and costs, then goes to the bidder paying the largest additional amount in cash.
  • The 2024 delinquent tax notice states buyers earn interest at 14% per annum and that a Treasurer's Deed may be issued to the certificate holder if the taxes are not redeemed within three years.
  • Delinquent taxpayer names run in the World Journal for three consecutive weeks. The notice lists October 30 and November 6 and 13, 2025 for the November 21, 2025 sale.
  • Payment terms: check, certified funds, or online e-check with a $2.30 fee. Purchases are billed after the sale by email or mail with one week to pay.
  • The item number and tax amount for each parcel are read only once by the Treasurer, all successful bids are final, and no changes or cancellations are allowed after a parcel is struck off.
  • Certificates of Purchase are retained by the Treasurer in safekeeping and the buyer receives a copy for their records.
  • The Treasurer separately publishes a Treasurer's Deed Auctions current list, which is a different process from the annual tax lien sale.
  • Office hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. Debra J. Reynolds is the Treasurer and Public Trustee.
  • Third party aggregator sites carry Huerfano parcel listings but do not run the sale. Verify everything against the Treasurer's own notice.

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 Huerfano County, Colorado sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Huerfano County follows Colorado's tax lien state system.

When is the Huerfano County tax certificate sale?

Held annually in November. The Treasurer's most recent published notice, covering 2024 delinquent taxes, reads "PUBLIC SALE: NOVEMBER 21, 2025" at "10:00 A.M." The same notice adds that taxes paid "on or before November 20, 2025, in cash or certified funds" avoid the sale. The county had not yet posted the following year's notice as of late July 2026, and the state treasurers association 2026 calendar lists no date for Huerfano, so confirm the current year's date with the office. The sale is held in person. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.

How often does Huerfano County hold tax deed sales?

Huerfano 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.

Where can I find the Huerfano County tax sale list?

Huerfano County posts its tax sale list at drive.google.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

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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