Kiowa County, CO tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Kiowa County, seat of Eads: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
Verified Jul 30, 2026 against official county and state sources.
New here? Read how Colorado tax sales work, the difference between a lien and a deed, and redemption periods.
How Kiowa County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Kiowa County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- November, at 10:00 a.m. The Treasurer's page states: "The tax lien sale is held in the Kiowa County Courthouse in November. The sale is conducted on site as an open auction to the highest bidder." The Important Dates page lists for November: "Tax Lien sale held in the Courthouse meeting room at 10:00 a.m." and says the October publication is made "in preparation for the annual Tax Lien Sale normally" held in mid-November, running "for three consecutive weeks at least four weeks prior to the sale."
- Next expected
- by the second Monday in December, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Registration and deposit
Registration opens on the day of the sale. The Treasurer's page states: "Registration will be open for the buyers the day of sale up until sale time. We are required to have a W-9 form on file for each buyer before the sale starts." Bidders must attend in person, because the county states that no telephone, fax, or mail bids are accepted.
This is a live, on-site auction at the Kiowa County Courthouse in Eads, and no online bidding platform is used. Each lien is offered in item number order for the amount of the taxes, interest, and fees, and is sold to the bidder who pays the largest amount, with bid increments of at least $1.00. Amounts above the taxes, interest, and fees are premium bids, which earn no interest and are not returned to the buyer if the property is redeemed. The county page states that the Colorado State Banking Commission sets the rate in September and lists the interest rate as 15%, accrued monthly and paid at redemption. Parcels drawing no bid are struck off to the county, and county-held certificates can be assigned to individuals for a $4.00 assignment fee. Under Colorado House Bill 24-1056, effective July 1, 2024, a Treasurer's Deed is no longer issued automatically to the lien holder; instead the option for a Treasurer's Deed is sold at an in-person public auction to the highest bidder, with an application fee of $850.00 for real property or $300.00 for severed minerals. The Treasurer publishes the delinquent list in the Kiowa County Independent and the Kiowa County Press during October and also posts it on the county website. Confirm the exact sale date with the Treasurer's Office before traveling, since the county page gives the month rather than a fixed calendar date. In person at the Kiowa County Courthouse meeting room, Eads
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- County Treasurer
- Frequency
- on application
- Typical timing
- There is no fixed calendar. A public auction is scheduled only when a certificate holder applies for one, at least three years after the tax lien sale, and the treasurer must hold it between 110 and 125 calendar days after the known interested party notice is first published or mailed.
Registration and deposit
What sells is a certificate of option for treasurer's deed, not the parcel outright. The treasurer may only accept bids above the combined amount owed to the lawful holder plus the treasurer's fees and costs. County officials, county employees acting in their individual capacity, and their immediate family members may not bid. Payment is by cash, cashier's check, bank check, or electronic funds transfer subject to the treasurer's bidding rules. Any overbid goes to junior lienors who filed a notice of intent to redeem and then to the property owner. Confirm the notice, the bidding rules, and the auction venue with the county treasurer.
This Article 11.5 process replaced direct deed issuance on July 1, 2024. Colorado does not hold a routine calendar tax deed sale, so treat this as an occasional, application-driven auction rather than a recurring event.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
Liens that draw no bid are struck off to the county and the treasurer issues the county a certificate of purchase. The county may then assign, sell, or transfer those certificates in the manner, at the times, and on the terms set by resolution of the board of county commissioners, which is how county-held liens are sold between annual auctions. A certificate on property owing more than ten thousand dollars in taxes needs the property tax administrator's approval after published notice. Whether a county maintains a published county-held list, and on what terms, varies. Contact the county treasurer.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Notes for Kiowa County
- The sale is in person only. Any third-party auction site implying an online Kiowa County certificate auction should be verified with the Treasurer's Office first, because the county states no telephone, fax, or mail bids are accepted.
- The Treasurer's Office keeps the original tax lien sale certificates on file, which the county says speeds redemption payouts and simplifies the August endorsement of subsequent-year taxes.
- The county page states a certificate holder can apply for a deed three years after the date of sale if the owner has not redeemed.
- County-held certificates for 2016 through 2021, plus an Active Treasurer's Deed List updated monthly, are linked as Google Drive documents from the Tax Lien Sale Information page. County-held certificates are also posted in the Treasurer's office and on the courthouse community bulletin board.
- Buyer-beware language is explicit on the county page: the office removes bankruptcy, FDIC, and RTC properties where it can, but cannot guarantee a parcel is buildable or desirable.
- The Treasurer will mail a copy of the delinquent publication on written request to Kiowa County Treasurer, PO Box 247, Eads, CO 81036-0247, or by email to [email protected].
- Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, open during the noon hour. Treasurer: Diana Flory. Deputy Treasurer: Linda Watts. Fax: 719-438-2083.
- Related but separate: Public Trustee foreclosure sales are held Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. at the west door of the courthouse. That is a different process from the tax lien sale.
Colorado statewide rules
- Redemption
- Redemption may be made at any time before a treasurer's deed is executed, so the practical window runs well past the three-year mark and through the Article 11.5 auction process. The treasurer must hold that public auction between 110 and 125 calendar days after the known interested party notice is first published or mailed, which gives owners and junior lienors a further defined period to pay. A separate rule lets an owner who was under a legal disability when the deed was executed redeem within nine years of the deed being recorded, at 15 percent per year plus the present value of any improvements.
- Deed deposit
- The treasurer may require the applying lawful holder to post a deposit covering the recording fee plus the actual and reasonable cost of administering the auction, and all Article 11.5 fees and costs are chargeable as additional amounts owing under the tax lien. For bidders, the treasurer accepts cash, cashier's check, bank check, or electronic funds transfer subject to the treasurer's bidding rules. The statute sets no fixed bidder deposit percentage, so the deposit terms come from county bidding rules.
- Surplus proceeds
- Any overbid goes first to junior lienors in order of recording priority, measured as of the recording date of the application for public auction, who filed a notice of intent to redeem and whose liens are unredeemed, up to each lien's unpaid amount plus fees and costs. Whatever remains is paid to the property owner. The treasurer must post a public notice about these funds and mail the owner a notice within thirty calendar days of the auction. Unclaimed remaining overbids sit in escrow for six months without interest, then transfer to the state administrator under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. An agreement to pay someone to recover an owner's overbid is unenforceable, and inducing one is a class 2 misdemeanor.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does Kiowa County, Colorado sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Kiowa County follows Colorado's tax lien state system.
When is the Kiowa County tax certificate sale?
- November, at 10:00 a.m. The Treasurer's page states: "The tax lien sale is held in the Kiowa County Courthouse in November. The sale is conducted on site as an open auction to the highest bidder." The Important Dates page lists for November: "Tax Lien sale held in the Courthouse meeting room at 10:00 a.m." and says the October publication is made "in preparation for the annual Tax Lien Sale normally" held in mid-November, running "for three consecutive weeks at least four weeks prior to the sale.". Registration and bidding happen on the county's online platform. Always confirm the exact date with the Tax Collector before the sale.
How often does Kiowa County hold tax deed sales?
- on application. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
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