2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 37 - Water And Irrigation
Article 5. Financial Administration
Section 37-5-111. Manner of collection - tax sale - certificate of purchase - tax deed.
(1) Lands sold for delinquent assessments under articles 1 to 8 of this title shall be struck off to the conservancy district or bid in for the conservancy district, in like manner and effect, including issuance of a deed therefor, as provided by law with respect to lands struck off to, or bid in for, counties, cities, or towns as the case may be; but when a certificate of purchase has been issued to the conservancy district with respect to any lands, no certificate of purchase for subsequent assessments shall be issued with respect to the same lands, except to the conservancy district, until all assessments represented by certificates of purchase held by the conservancy district have been redeemed or paid.
No holder of such certificate of purchase, other than the conservancy district, shall beentitled to a tax deed thereon, except upon payment of all assessments subsequent to such certificate of purchase, which are due and unpaid or unredeemed, at the time of issuance of the tax deed; and the tax deed so issued to such holder shall be subject to future unpaid assessments. Any such holder of a certificate of purchase may at any time after three years from issuance thereof present the same to the county treasurer, together with all subsequent certificates held by him, as evidence of subsequent payment of assessments, and request the county treasurer to issue one tax deed thereon; and one tax deed shall be issued accordingly in the same manner as other tax deeds.
The conservancy district may at any time after three years from issuance of any suchcertificate of purchase held by the district present the same to the county treasurer, together with all subsequent certificates of purchase held by it as evidence of unpaid subsequent assessments, and request the county treasurer to issue one tax deed thereon; and one deed shall be issued accordingly in the same manner as other tax deeds; but such tax deed shall not prejudice the parity of any existing lien for general taxes. Upon the delivery of the tax deed, the conservancy district shall have and enjoy all the rights of an owner in fee simple to the lands described therein; but no sale of such land shall be made by the district except subject to the lien of assessments due and unpaid subsequent to the issuance of the tax deed to the district, as well as future unpaid assessments, nor shall the district convey such property by deed with covenants of warranty, nor shall any sale of such property be made for less than the principal amount of the original assessment thereon, remaining due and unpaid, unless such sale is approved by an order of the district court in which the organization proceeding of the district is pending.
The conservancy district by resolution of its board of directors may sell, assign, anddeliver any such certificates held by the district for such sum as the board of directors may determine and authorize; but no such sale or assignment shall be made which does not include all certificates held by the district with respect to the same land. Upon presentation and surrender of such certificates by the assignee thereof to the county treasurer, such officer shall accept the same in payment of the assessment represented thereby, unless such purchaser requests a tax deed thereon as provided in this section. No such assignment shall be made by the district for less than the principal sum represented by the certificate assigned, except upon order approving the assignment, made by the district court wherein the organization proceedings of the district is pending.
Source: L. 45: p. 541, § 1. CSA: C. 138, § 175(1). CRS 53: § 30-5-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 29-5-11.
