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A Las Animas foreclosure sale can leave funds to check
A Porch Note from Colorado Porch — plain-English local details for all 64 Colorado counties.
The Las Animas County Treasurer wears a second hat as the Public Trustee, the office in the middle whenever a deed of trust is paid off, released, or foreclosed.
There is one piece of this that owners in foreclosure should not miss. When a property sells at foreclosure auction for more than the total owed to the lender and the other lien holders, that extra money does not vanish. The former owner can contact the Public Trustee’s Office after the sale, because those surplus funds may be due back to them.
None of this makes foreclosure simple, and none of it is legal advice. Think of it as a reason not to disappear from the paperwork. If foreclosure notices arrive, keep every copy, track the trustee sale, and treat the county office as the official place to ask about the trustee process and any leftover funds.
Buyers should read this the other way around. A public trustee record is not a clean title opinion or a full inspection. When a foreclosure-related property catches your eye, fold the county record into your homework, then hand the title and legal questions to a professional who can actually answer them.
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