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Foreclosures
Legal Definition
Foreclosure is the act of selling, by legal proceedings, real property to satisfy the obligations of the landowner to a third party. It is the procedure whereby property pledged as security, as a deed of trust, is sold to pay the debt in the event of default in payment.
In Colorado, the deed of trust that secures the debt is an agreement between three parties: the Grantor (owner), the Beneficiary (lender) and the Public Trustee (who has the power of sale--right to sell property at public auction in the event of default).
The Public Trustee's Role
The Public Trustee, by law, serves as the neutral, intermediate party between the lender and the borrower to assure that each party can exercise its legal rights in a foreclosure action. The Public Trustee is not an attorney and cannot provide legal advice to any parties involved in the foreclosure action.
The procedure for conducting the foreclosure is set by Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 38, Articles 37 and 38.
Foreclosure Listings, Continuance Listings and the Pre-Sale List are available online.
Contact Us
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Sue Sandstrom, Public Trustee
Arapahoe County
1610 W. Littleton Blvd., Ste. 150
Public Trustee Office
Littleton, CO 80120
Email
Ph: 303-730-0071
Fx: 303-730-0076
Relay Colorado: 711
Hours
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Please note that due to COVID-19 safety precautions, the Arapahoe County Public Trustee office is open to the public BY APPOINTMENT ONLY until further notice. If you need to deliver payments or documents during this time, including couriers with summons documents, please contact our office by phone or email to make arrangements.
Foreclosure Sales
Foreclosure sales are held on Wednesdays at 10am in the East Hearing Room in the Arapahoe County Administration Building, 5334 S. Prince St., Littleton, CO, 80120. PLEASE SEE OUR MAIN PAGE FOR COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. There will be no sales held on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 or Wednesday, December 22, 2021.
Holidays
Arapahoe County offices will be closed in observance of these holidays:
New Year’s Day – Friday, January 1, 2021
Martin Luther King Day – Monday, January 18, 2021
Presidents’ Day – Monday, February 15, 2021
Memorial Day – Monday, May 31, 2021
Independence Day (Observed) – Monday, July 5, 2021
Labor Day – Monday, September 6, 2021
Arapahoe Day – Monday, October 4, 2021 (updated)
Veterans’ Day – Thursday, November 11, 2021
Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 25, 2021
Day after Thanksgiving – Friday, November 26, 2021
Christmas Eve (Observed) – Thursday, December 23, 2021
Christmas Day (Observed) – Friday, December 24, 2021