Colorado § 39-11-100.3 - Definitions.
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§ 39-11-100.3. Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Date of sale" means the date on which a tax lien sale ends.
(2) "Electronic funds transfer" means a transfer of funds initiated by using electronic means, including automated clearing house, credit or debit card, or wire transfer. "Electronic funds transfer" does not include a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument.
(2.5) "Immediate family" means a spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, or sibling of an individual and includes a spouse of any immediate family member.
(2.7) "Investor" means an individual, business entity, trust, or other entity that may purchase a tax lien on property at a tax lien sale.
(3) "Negotiable paper" means a bank check, draft, express or post office money order, or cashier's checks approved by the treasurer.
(4) "Property" or "properties" means lands or town lots that may be subject to a tax lien, including real property, manufactured homes, mobile homes, modular homes, tiny homes, or severed minerals or mining claims.
(5) "Tax lien sale" or "sale" means a public sale conducted by the county treasurer pursuant to this article 11 at which a tax lien for delinquent property taxes is sold and a certificate of purchase is issued to the successful bidder.
Source: L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 1234, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2026: (1), (2), and (4) amended and (2.5), (2.7), and (5) added, (SB 26-144), ch. 135, p. 602, § 6, effective June 1.
Editor's note: Section 55(1) of chapter 135 (SB 26-144), Session Laws of Colorado 2026, provides that the act changing this section applies to any fee imposed, assessed, or collected by a county treasurer on or after June 1, 2026.
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