Douglas County, Colorado: tax lien sale and property records

Tax lien sale

Douglas County’s 2026 tax lien sale

2026 sale	November 5, 2026, online on www.zeusauction.com.
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: Douglas County Treasurer, read October 21, 2026; C.R.S. 39-11-109. Not legal or investment advice.

Parcels

What Douglas County’s parcel records hold

Parcels	164,813 parcels on file.
Median assessor value	$656,987, from the 157,160 parcels with a value on file.
Tax bill mailed out of state	6,795 of the 164,195 with a mailing address on file (4%).

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

Douglas County’s housing, from the Census

Housing units	144,432, of which 4,472 (3%) stood vacant; 721 (0%) are seasonal or second homes.
Owner-occupied	77% of occupied homes; the rest are rented.
Median home value	$713,600, as owners reported it.
Median gross rent	$2,193 a month, utilities included.
Median year built	2002.

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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