Logan County, CO tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Logan County, seat of Sterling: 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 Logan County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Logan County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The Treasurer's tax lien sale page lists "Date: November 19, 2026", with "Registration: 8:00 a.m. - Treasurer's Office, Courthouse" and "Sale Begins: 10:00 a.m. - Commissioners Meeting Room, Courthouse". Colorado counties hold the annual certificate sale in the fall, and Logan County has used mid to late November.
- Next expected
- by the second Monday in December, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Registration and deposit
Registration is in person on the morning of the sale, at 8:00 a.m. in the Treasurer's Office at the courthouse. Bidders complete a registration form with legible contact information and submit a W-9 with a Federal Tax ID or Social Security Number, then receive a bidder number. County employees and their immediate families are not eligible to bid. Payment is taken from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on sale day by cash, certified check, cashier's check, same-day wire, or personal check backed by a bank letter of credit.
Logan County runs a live, in-person certificate sale at the courthouse, not an online auction. No online bidding platform is named anywhere on the Treasurer's tax lien sale page, so no platform URL is listed here; confirm the format with the office before travelling. Bidding is premium bidding: the page states premium bids move in dollar increments below $1,000.00 and in $5.00 increments at $1,000.00 and above, and that "PREMIUMS ON BIDS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE NOR DO THEY EARN INTEREST." The page sets the rate for the 2026 sale at 14% per annum, fixed for the life of the certificate. Parcels that draw no bid may be bought over the counter at the Treasurer's Office from 3:00 p.m. on the sale date through close of business on the following business days, after which they are struck off to the county. Third-party aggregator sites republish Logan County sale dates and were showing an older year at the time of this research, so treat the county page as the only current date.
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 Logan County
- The sale itself is held in the Commissioners Meeting Room, Courthouse, 315 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Sterling, CO 80751, while registration happens downstairs in the Treasurer's Office.
- No downloadable delinquent or advertising list is posted on the county site. The Treasurer's page says a complimentary updated listing is handed out on the day of the sale and that a marked-up copy of the newspaper publication is posted near the entrance to the sale room.
- The sale is called in alphabetical order as closely as possible, following the day-of listing.
- The Treasurer's office publishes a Delinquent Interest Chart and hosts property records and online tax payment through a separate records-search portal at loganco-search.gsacorp.io.
- A second county domain, logancounty.colorado.gov, mirrors some Treasurer content but returned an access error during research, so all facts here come from www.logancountyco.gov.
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 Logan County, Colorado sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Logan County follows Colorado's tax lien state system.
When is the Logan County tax certificate sale?
- The Treasurer's tax lien sale page lists "Date: November 19, 2026", with "Registration: 8:00 a.m. - Treasurer's Office, Courthouse" and "Sale Begins: 10:00 a.m. - Commissioners Meeting Room, Courthouse". Colorado counties hold the annual certificate sale in the fall, and Logan County has used mid to late November.. 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 Logan 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.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
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