Dolores County, Colorado: tax lien sale and property records

Tax lien sale

Dolores County’s 2026 tax lien sale

2026 sale	November 4, 2026, in person. Register by November 3, 2026.
Local notes	In person at the courthouse in Dove Creek; liens nobody buys go to the county.
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: Dolores County Treasurer, read October 21, 2026; C.R.S. 39-11-109. Not legal or investment advice.

Parcels

What Dolores County’s parcel records hold

Parcels	3,793 parcels on file.
Tax bill mailed out of state	1,096 of the 3,644 with a mailing address on file (30%).

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

Dolores County’s housing, from the Census

Housing units	1,572, of which 318 (20%) stood vacant; 213 (14%) are seasonal or second homes.
Owner-occupied	81% of occupied homes; the rest are rented.
Median home value	$247,600, as owners reported it.
Median gross rent	$986 a month, utilities included.
Median year built	1980.

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

Questions

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