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Foreclosures & Tax Sales in Colorado
Partial — free sources, some legwork
Public Trustee sale lists are free and many are web-searchable county by county - a genuinely usable free foreclosure source. Tax sale lists via Zeus/GovEase free to browse.
Foreclosure in Colorado
Process type
Non-judicial foreclosure (trustee sale)
Where official sales publish
See the source list below — official notices and auction listings for Colorado.
Official & major foreclosure sources
- Auction.com (foreclosure + REO auctions, all 50 states)
- Hubzu (bank-owned + foreclosure auctions)
- Xome (REO/foreclosure auctions)
- RealtyTrac (ATTOM; pre-foreclosure/auction/REO listings, paid)
- Foreclosure.com (paid listing aggregator)
- HUD HomeStore (federal REO, free)
- Fannie Mae HomePath (federal REO, free)
- Public Trustee foreclosure sales (county Public Trustee offices publish sale lists, many searchable online)
No single public link — start from your county government site and search for “Colorado sheriff sale”, “public trustee sale”, or the county newspaper of record for legal notices.
Tax sales in Colorado
Channel
Tax lien certificates sold by County Treasurers
Sale schedule
Annual, fall (Oct-Dec by county)
Redemption basics
3 years; interest = prime + 9%
Redemption periods and sale dates are state-level basics — counties deviate. Confirm against the county's own sale notice for the current cycle.
Wholesaling rules in Colorado — read before you market a deal
Clearest statutory safe harbor in the US: CRS 12-10-201(6)(b)(IV) exempts principals acting on their own behalf; don't negotiate for others.
Education only — not legal advice. Confirm your approach with a local real estate attorney before you sign anything.
Local notes
CO Public Trustee system is a v1 bright spot: official, free, county-level foreclosure lists in a predictable format.
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