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Larimer County property data
Where Larimer County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Fort Collins.
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Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Larimer County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, Recording. The Easy Access system indexes recorded documents from 1971 on; anyone can search the index, free registered users can view watermarked images, and clean copies cost $0.25 a page (plus $1 to certify).
Owners and values
Larimer County Assessor. The Assessor's free property search shows property, sales and tax history, and a public data portal offers assessor data downloads.
Tax sales
Larimer County Treasurer. The list of liens to be sold is posted as an Excel file starting the first week of October and updated nightly, but the sale itself is held in person.
Foreclosure sales
Larimer County Public Trustee. Foreclosure files can be looked up in the Public Trustee's online foreclosure search, and sales are held as online auctions at larimer.realforeclose.com.
Parcel maps
Larimer County Land Information Locator (GIS). The county maps page links to the GIS Portal map viewer and the Land Information Locator for parcel lookups, plus zoning maps and a digital GIS data page.
How property is sold here
Larimer County follows Colorado's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the Colorado guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
Colorado sells tax liens, not the property: the buyer pays the unpaid taxes and gets a certificate of purchase that earns interest, 13% a year for liens bought in 2026. Larimer County holds its annual tax lien sale in person in November at the Thomas McKee 4-H Community Building at the Ranch in Loveland; the 2026 sale is November 19, with registration on sale day from 7:30 a.m., premium bidding at 8:30 a.m., and payment by personal or business check only. The advertised list is posted online starting the first week of October, and certificates are canceled if no deed is sought within 15 years.
Foreclosure sales
Most Larimer County foreclosures are public trustee foreclosure sales on deeds of trust, run by the Public Trustee as online auctions on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time at larimer.realforeclose.com. Bidders deposit 10% of their planned high bid for each property and pay the balance in certified funds by 2:00 p.m. on sale day.
Assessed values
Colorado reappraises all real property in odd-numbered years, so the Larimer County Assessor sets new values every two years; the last reappraisal was in 2025.
Transfer tax
Colorado charges a state documentary fee of $0.01 per $100 of the sale price (about $10 per $100,000) when the price is over $500, paid to the Clerk and Recorder when the deed is recorded; no Fort Collins city transfer tax was found.
Worth knowing
The Treasurer also serves as the Public Trustee, so the tax lien sale and foreclosure sales are run out of the same Larimer County office.
Worth knowing
Ahead of the November 2025 sale, 1,804 real property accounts owed nearly $4.74 million in unpaid taxes.
Worth knowing
At the tax lien sale, agents cannot bid on behalf of individual investors, each person gets one bidder number, and premium bids are paid by the investor, earn no interest and are not refunded on redemption.
Every town in Larimer County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Berthoud town
- Estes Park town
- Fort Collins city
- Johnstown town
- Loveland city
- Timnath town
- Wellington town
- Windsor town
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Larimer County?
Deeds are recorded by the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder in Fort Collins. Records from 1971 on are indexed online in Easy Access; older records need an in-person book search at the Fort Collins office.
When is the Larimer County tax lien sale?
The Treasurer holds one in-person tax lien sale each November at the fairgrounds in Loveland. The 2026 sale is November 19, and the list is posted online from the first week of October.
How do I find who owns a property in Larimer County?
Use the Larimer County Assessor's free property search or the Land Information Locator map. Recorded deeds can be searched by name in the Clerk and Recorder's Easy Access system.
Are Larimer County property records online?
Yes. The deed index, Assessor records, parcel maps, tax lien lists and foreclosure files are online. Viewing deed images needs a free Easy Access account, and clean copies cost $0.25 a page.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
- larimer.gov/clerk/recording/easy-access
- larimer.gov/assessor
- larimer.gov/assessor/search
- larimer.gov/treasurer/thirdparty/liens/sale
- larimer.gov/spotlights/2025/10/31/larimer-county-treasurers-annual-tax-lien-sale
- larimer.gov/treasurer/publictrustee
- larimer.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/2024/how_to_bid_at_fc_sale_-_realforeclose.pdf
- larimer.gov/about-larimer-county/maps
Every parcel in Larimer County, on one map
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