Colorado Code
Article 11 - Sale of Tax Liens
§ 39-11-151. County Officials and Employees May Not Acquire a Tax Lien or Property by Sale of a Tax Lien








(3) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Any county official, county employee, or member of the immediate family of any such person, or the agent of any such county official or employee, who knowingly purchases any tax lien or receives a conveyance of property in violation of the provisions of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.

Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 1481, § 1, effective June 29. L. 85: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1246, § 32, effective July 1. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 757, § 12, effective April 20. L. 2002: (3) amended, p. 1555, § 346, effective October 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3295, § 691, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
Cross references: (1) For other provisions relating to standards of conduct for public officers and employees, see article 18 of title 24.
(2) For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (3), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 39 - Taxation

Article 11 - Sale of Tax Liens

§ 39-11-100.3. Definitions

§ 39-11-101. Notice to Delinquent Owner

§ 39-11-102. Treasurer to Publish and Post Notice

§ 39-11-103. Treasurer to Make Affidavit of Posting

§ 39-11-104. Publisher's Affidavit - Form

§ 39-11-105. Selection of Newspaper Publishing Notice

§ 39-11-106. Advertising and Auction Fees

§ 39-11-107. Erroneous Assessments - Abatement

§ 39-11-108. Manner of Conducting Public Auction - Definitions

§ 39-11-109. Time of Public Auction

§ 39-11-110. When Public Auction Can Be Held

§ 39-11-111. Method of Payment

§ 39-11-112. Erroneous Name or Assessment in Wrong County - Effect

§ 39-11-113. Abbreviations, Letters, and Figures May Be Used

§ 39-11-114. Record of Sales of Tax Liens on Real Estate and Mobile Homes

§ 39-11-115. To Whom Tax Lien Shall Be Sold

§ 39-11-116. Procedure When Purchaser Fails to Pay

§ 39-11-117. Certificate of Purchase

§ 39-11-118. Certificate of Purchase Assignable

§ 39-11-119. Subsequent Payment by Holder

§ 39-11-120. Presentation of Certificates for Deed

§ 39-11-121. Municipalities, Prior Sales Validated

§ 39-11-122. Transfer of Certificates by Counties

§ 39-11-123. Transfer of Certificates - Irrigation or Drainage District Taxes

§ 39-11-124. Counties, Prior Sales Validated

§ 39-11-125. Disposal of Certificates by Districts

§ 39-11-126. Agreement With County Commissioners

§ 39-11-127. Irrigation or Drainage Districts, Prior Sales Validated

§ 39-11-128. Condition Precedent to Deed - Notice

§ 39-11-129. Tax Deed - Issuance, Execution, Requirements

§ 39-11-130. Fees Included in Redemption Money

§ 39-11-131. Notice of Application for Deed

§ 39-11-133. Suit to Quiet Title

§ 39-11-134. Defects in Tax Deed, Effect

§ 39-11-135. Form of Tax Deed

§ 39-11-136. Treasurer to Execute Deed - Effect

§ 39-11-137. Validation of Acknowledgments of Tax Deeds

§ 39-11-138. When Successor of Treasurer Shall Act

§ 39-11-139. Posting List of Tax Sale Certificates and Tax Deeds

§ 39-11-140. Tax Deed Recorded - Entry

§ 39-11-141. Action to Determine Validity of Certificates

§ 39-11-142. Disposition of Certificates Held by Counties

§ 39-11-143. Appraisal - County May Retain, Lease, or Sell - Definitions

§ 39-11-144. County Lands, Prior Sales Validated

§ 39-11-145. Proceeds of Sales

§ 39-11-146. Lien of Special Assessment Not Affected

§ 39-11-147. Treasurer to Report Payments

§ 39-11-148. Limitations on Tax Certificates - Special Improvement Liens

§ 39-11-149. Sales en Masse Valid

§ 39-11-150. Sales of Tax Liens on Severed Mineral Interests

§ 39-11-151. County Officials and Employees May Not Acquire a Tax Lien or Property by Sale of a Tax Lien

§ 39-11-152. Combined Sale of Delinquent Tax Liens and Special Assessment Liens