Fremont County, Colorado

Tax Lien50,093 residents

County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.

Sale typestate default

Tax Lien

Redemption periodstate default

3 years from sale

Investor returnstate default

9 points above federal discount rate, set annually; premium/bid-down format varies by county

Governing statutestate default

Colorado Revised Statutes Title 39, Art. 11

Notes

Colorado tax-lien certificate county. Fremont County Treasurer (Cañon City) posts Tax Lien Sale Information and an UPDATED 2025 Tax Lien Sale list PDF on fremontcountyco.gov; annual sale pattern is typically mid-November (2025 list dated around Nov 17, 2025). CCTPTA 2026 calendar lists Fremont without a fixed public date yet — confirm 2026 date and platform (prior Bid4Assets live-lien notices exist; many peer CO counties use RealAuction/coloradotaxsale.com or Zeus) directly with Treasurer 719-276-7380 before funding. Certificate stage is not ownership; 3-year path toward treasurer's deed. Arkansas River valley / Cañon City–Florence market with tourism and corrections employment.

Auction logistics

Format

Online or hybrid per current Treasurer notice (confirm 2026 vendor)

Frequency

Annually, typically November — confirm exact 2026 date and registration window with Treasurer

Platform

Fremont County Treasurer — Tax Lien Sale (confirm 2026 platform with office) ↗

Deposit rules

Register and fund any required deposit per the current-year Treasurer notice and auction vendor terms before the sale window. Colorado statutory premium/interest rules apply; confirm cleared-funds deadlines and premium-refund policy with 719-276-7380. Do not rely on prior-year Bid4Assets notices without reconfirming the active platform.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Buying a tax lien certificate does not convey the property. After a treasurer's deed issues, most junior private liens are cut off, but federal liens and some governmental assessments can survive.

Quiet title

Treasurer's deeds frequently need quiet title (or equivalent) before title companies will insure for resale.

Deal maths for Colorado

Assessment ratio: 0.0705× of market value
Typical quiet title: $1,800–$5,000 · 5 mo
Recording and transfer: $250

Colorado assesses residential property at two rates since SB24-233. For school district purposes the 2026 residential rate is 7.05% of actual value; for local government purposes 6.95% is applied to actual value less the lesser of 10% of actual value or $70,000 as adjusted for inflation, an effective rate near 6.26% below $700,000. Commercial and agricultural property is 25% for 2026, down from 27% in 2025. This entry uses the school rate, the higher of the two residential figures.

Offices and records

Tax collector

Fremont County Treasurer — Tax Lien Sale Information ↗

719-276-7380

Clerk of court

Fremont County Clerk & Recorder (land records) ↗

Property appraiser

Fremont County Assessor — EagleWeb property search ↗

GIS / parcel map

Fremont County GIS / zoning viewer ↗

Areas trending up

Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.

Cañon City downtown / river corridor

County-seat retail, tourism, and river-adjacent SF with higher liquidity than mountain pockets

Florence / US-50 east fringe

Relative value housing with local services and highway access toward Pueblo

Penrose / north county commute fringe

Larger-lot residential demand with Colorado Springs–Pueblo corridor access