This part 11 is intended to provide a summary method for the collection of delinquent assessments and shall be liberally construed in favor of the taxing authority and the grantee in any deed issued pursuant to its provisions. No collateral attack whatsoever shall be permitted by any court or tribunal upon the title thus acquired, […]
As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires: “Costs” means all costs associated with the foreclosure of any lien for special assessments levied upon any property. “Costs” includes, but is not limited to, publication costs; costs of sale; service of process fees; title insurance costs including costs for foreclosure certificates or litigation […]
Whenever any property in this state is in default in the payment of any special assessment levied to pay the cost of any local improvement or any installment thereof or any interest thereon, the taxing authority which has levied said assessment may in its discretion foreclose the lien thereof by an administrative proceeding in the […]
In any case of default as provided in section 31-25-1103, the taxing authority may institute a proceeding in the nature of an action in rem, in the district court of the county in which the property is situate, denominated “in the matter of the foreclosure of special assessments for (here insert the nature of the […]
In any proceeding authorized by section 31-25-1104, upon filing of the petition, the clerk of the district court in which such petition is filed shall issue under the seal of the court a notice which shall be in substantially the following form: “STATE OF COLORADO ) ) ss. County of ……………………………………………………………) In the Matter of […]
The notice required by section 31-25-1105 shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proceeding is instituted. The fact of such publication shall be conclusively established by the publisher’s affidavit of publication. The first publication of such notice shall be more than ten days and the last […]
Any interested person may file written objections to the foreclosure of such assessment lien, setting forth the grounds relied upon to prevent the sale of any specific property subject to the lien of such assessment. Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 1620, § 21, effective July 1.
At the time specified in the notice, the court shall proceed to hear and determine all issues raised. If there are no objections, the petitioner shall only be required to establish that the assessment has been made, certified, and extended and that the payment of the same, or any portion thereof, is in default. Source: […]
With respect to property concerning which there is no appearance or concerning which all objections presented are overruled, the court shall forthwith enter a final order fixing the amount of the delinquency and costs and directing the treasurer of the taxing authority to sell such property at a date not more than ten days after […]
Notice of sale shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in such county, which notice shall be in substantially the following form: “Notice of Sale of Property for Delinquent Special Assessments (here insert nature of assessment). The undersigned, Treasurer of the ………….. of ………….., in the State of Colorado, pursuant […]
At any time prior to the day of sale, any person having any right, title, or interest in or lien upon any delinquent property may pay the amount of all unpaid past-due installments with interest at the rate of one percent per month, or fraction of a month, on the amount delinquent, together with all […]
At the time and place fixed in such notice, the treasurer of the taxing authority shall proceed to sell the property described in the notice and shall sell the same to the person who pays the amount fixed by the court and who further offers to accept the lowest rate of interest upon the amount […]
At any such sale, the purchaser, for the purpose of making settlement or payments for property purchased, shall be entitled to turn in or apply toward the payment of the purchase price any of the bonds or other securities which are made payable out of the proceeds of the assessments for the collection of which […]
If at any such sale a sufficient bid is not made, the treasurer shall strike off the property to the taxing authority at the conclusion of the sale, issuing a single certificate of purchase therefor, describing therein all the property so stricken off. Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 1622, § 21, effective July […]
Any person having any right, title, or interest in or lien upon any property sold has the right to redeem the property within three years after any such sale by paying the amount of the delinquent assessment with interest thereon at the rate of one percent per month or fraction thereof. Upon such redemption the […]
Upon the expiration of the period of redemption, the treasurer shall issue deeds to purchasers or to the taxing authority. Any one deed may convey one or more parcels of land, whether the same are contiguous or not. The deed shall be in form substantially as follows: “KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, […]
All such deeds shall be duly acknowledged and when recorded shall be prima facie evidence in favor of the grantee named therein and of any person claiming by, through, or under him of the regularity of the assessment and the court proceedings, sale, and title of the grantee and after recording shall be prima facie […]
The proceeding authorized by this part 11 shall not be obligatory upon any taxing authority. Such taxing authority, at its election, may pursue any other remedy provided by law for the collection of delinquent assessments. Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 1623, § 21, effective July 1.
No action shall be commenced to foreclose the lien created by any bonds or warrants issued pursuant to the making of any public improvement, including the establishment, widening, grading, paving, or other improvement of any alley, street, or road, special districts for internal improvement, local improvements by cities or towns, streets, sewers, district sanitary sewers, […]
