Garfield County, Colorado: tax lien sale and property records

Tax lien sale

Garfield County’s 2026 tax lien sale

2026 sale	November 6, 2026, online on garfield.coloradotaxsale.com. Register by October 30, 2026.
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: Garfield County Treasurer, read October 21, 2026; C.R.S. 39-11-109. Not legal or investment advice.

Parcels

What Garfield County’s parcel records hold

Parcels	27,971 parcels on file.
Median assessor value	$541,745, from the 25,026 parcels with a value on file.
Recorded sales, 12 months	1,159 parcels whose last recorded sale fell between December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2025, the latest sale in the county file, median $650,000 (sales of $10,000 or more).
Years since the last sale	Median 9 years.
Tax bill mailed out of state	2,546 of the 25,395 with a mailing address on file (10%).

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

Garfield County’s housing, from the Census

Housing units	24,953, of which 1,549 (6%) stood vacant; 961 (4%) are seasonal or second homes.
Owner-occupied	70% of occupied homes; the rest are rented.
Median home value	$527,800, as owners reported it.
Median gross rent	$1,637 a month, utilities included.
Median year built	1993.

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

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