Elbert County, Colorado: tax lien sale and property records

Tax lien sale

Elbert County’s 2026 tax lien sale

2026 sale	November 17, 2026, in person.
Local notes	Live auction in the commissioners’ boardroom in Kiowa; November 24 is the weather date.
Interest	A Colorado lien earns 13% a year in 2026 until the owner pays it off: the federal discount rate on September 1 plus nine points.
What a lien buys	The right to be repaid with interest, not the property. If the taxes stay unpaid for three years, the lien holder can apply for a treasurer’s deed.

Source: Elbert County Treasurer, read October 21, 2026; C.R.S. 39-11-109. Not legal or investment advice.

Parcels

What Elbert County’s parcel records hold

Parcels	17,483 parcels on file.
Median assessor value	$478,376, from the 17,335 parcels with a value on file.
Recorded sales, 12 months	2,285 parcels whose last recorded sale fell between March 24, 2025 and March 24, 2026, the latest sale in the county file, median $625,000 (sales of $10,000 or more).
Tax bill mailed out of state	870 of the 17,372 with a mailing address on file (5%).

Source: county assessor records and Virginia’s VGIN statewide parcel layer, as copied into shinnslist’s parcel store, read October 17, 2026. Each parcel counts once, by its most recent recorded sale. Nothing here predicts that an owner will sell.

Housing

Elbert County’s housing, from the Census

Housing units	10,510, of which 506 (5%) stood vacant; 25 (0%) are seasonal or second homes.
Owner-occupied	95% of occupied homes; the rest are rented.
Median home value	$709,800, as owners reported it.
Median gross rent	$1,311 a month, utilities included.
Median year built	1996.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, tables B25002, B25003, B25004, B25077, B25064, B25035.

Questions

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