Colorado § 39-11.5-105 - Notice of public auction - mailing - publication - posting.

§ 39-11.5-105. Notice of public auction - mailing - publication - posting.

(1) No more than ten business days after the treasurer has created the mailing list pursuant to section 39-11.5-104, the treasurer shall mail by first class mail a notice of public auction to the persons set forth in the mailing list.

(2) The notice of public auction required to be mailed pursuant to this section must contain:

(a) The year for which the unpaid taxes were purchased;

(b) The date of tax lien sale;

(c) The name of the original purchaser at the tax lien sale;

(d) Any assignments of the certificate of purchase;

(e) The name of the owner of the property at the time of the tax lien sale;

(f) The name of the lawful holder at time of recording of application for treasurer's deed;

(g) The legal description of the property and site address, if applicable;

(h) The date and time of the originally scheduled public auction;

(i) The location of the public auction, including the information required by subsection (3) of this section, if applicable;

(j) The publication date, if applicable; and

(k) Legible copies of sections 39-11.5-106, 39-11.5-110, 39-11.5-112, and 39-11.5-301.

(3) If the public auction is conducted by means of the internet or other electronic medium, then the notice of public auction required to be mailed pursuant to this section must include a statement of or directions where to obtain the following:

(a) The web address for the public auction;

(b) The location of computer workstations available to the public;

(c) Instructions on accessing the public auction and submitting bids; and

(d) Bidding rules for the public auction will be posted on the treasurer's website or the electronic medium used to conduct the auction at least fourteen calendar days before the date of the public auction.

(4) (a) No less than thirty calendar days prior to the first scheduled public auction date, if the valuation for assessment of the property that is the subject of the public auction, at the time of the recording of the application for treasurer's deed, is five hundred dollars or more, the treasurer shall commence publication of the notice of public auction, omitting the statutes, for three weeks, which means publication once each week for three successive weeks in a newspaper that is published daily, weekly, or semiweekly in the county where the property is located.

(b) If there is not a newspaper that satisfies the criteria identified in subsection (4)(a) of this section, the treasurer shall post the notice of public auction, omitting the statutes required by subsection (2)(k) of this section, conspicuously in the offices of the county clerk and recorder, the treasurer, and the assessor, in at least two other public places in the county seat, and shall post the notice on the treasurer's website.

(c) The fees and costs allowed for publication of the notice of public auction must be as provided by law for the publication of legal notices or advertising.

(d) The notice of public auction must be in substantially the following format:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION

Notice is given that on [date], at [location], the county Treasurer will conduct a public auction for a treasurer's deed due to delinquent property taxes.

[insert legal description]

[insert property address]​

Interested bidders must register. More information at (website or treasurer's office phone number).

(5) (a) No more than ten business days after mailing the notice of public auction, if the assessed value of the property that is the subject of the public auction, at the time of the recording of the application for treasurer's deed, is less than five hundred dollars, or the property is a manufactured home, mobile home, modular home, or tiny home, then the treasurer shall post the notice of public auction, omitting the statutes required by subsection (2)(k) of this section, on the treasurer's website.

(b) No more than ten business days after mailing the notice of public auction, if an application for treasurer's deed consists of multiple properties not exceeding twenty-five, contiguous or noncontiguous, and the assessed value of each property individually, at the time of the recording of the application for treasurer's deed, is less than five hundred dollars, the treasurer shall post the notice of public auction, omitting the statutes required by subsection (2)(k) of this section, on the treasurer's website.

(6) No less than thirty calendar days prior to the first scheduled public auction date, the treasurer shall post, in a conspicuous location on a property; except that the treasurer is not required to make the post required by this subsection (6) if a property is severed mineral rights. For a manufactured home, mobile home, modular home, or tiny home, the treasurer shall provide notice, including a statement of taxes due for the owner to redeem, in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.

(7) The treasurer shall make, or cause to be made, an affidavit showing the posting of the notice of public auction pursuant to this section. The treasurer shall retain affidavits in the treasurer's records pursuant to the county retention policy.

Source: L. 2026: Entire article R&RE, (SB 26-144), ch. 135, p. 628, § 53, effective June 1.