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Laramie County tax lien sales, Wyoming
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Laramie County ties its calendar to Cheyenne Frontier Days, which it describes as taking place the last full week in July. As a general rule the office publishes the sale notice every Thursday for the three weeks preceding Frontier Days in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and holds the sale on the Thursday following the end of Frontier Days. The county warns that it does not warrant the property and that this is a buyer beware market. Its historical table runs back to the 1985 tax year, and its most recent table entry lists 186 parcels sold on August 4, 2022 for the 2021 tax year, with 123 patrons attending. The county keeps custody of certificates of purchase and sends redemption payment directly to the purchaser when redemption occurs.
Selling office: Laramie County Treasurer, Property Tax, 309 W 20th St, Suite 1300, Cheyenne, WY 82001, Phone: 307-633-4225
Next sale: The county tax sale page does not publish a calendar date for the 2026 sale. It states the standing rule that the sale is held on the Thursday following the end of Cheyenne Frontier Days, and the latest dated entry in its historical table is August 4, 2022.. The date appears as a standing rule on the county Tax Sale page, not as a dated 2026 announcement. The same page carries the historical table of past sale dates.
Watch the Treasurer Tax Sale page in July for the notice Thursdays ahead of Frontier Days and plan to pre-register in person during the two days before the sale, because there is no registration on sale day.
Dates and deadlines
| Next sale | The county tax sale page does not publish a calendar date for the 2026 sale. It states the standing rule that the sale is held on the Thursday following the end of Cheyenne Frontier Days, and the latest dated entry in its historical table is August 4, 2022. |
| Notice published | Every Thursday for three consecutive weeks in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, as a general rule in the three weeks preceding Cheyenne Frontier Days |
| Sale day | The Thursday following the end of Cheyenne Frontier Days |
| Payment due | All liens purchased must be paid upon completion of the tax sale |
| Redemption deadline | Four years from the date of the tax sale |
| Tax deed window | Application from four years after the sale, and no tax deed after six years from the original sale date |
| Format | The treasurer sells the county tax lien, not the property itself, for the taxes, interest and costs due. The treasurer announces each delinquent property by owner name and amount due, then draws a number. The participant whose number matches may purchase the lien or pass, and another number is drawn until the lien is purchased, repeating until the liens are offered.: In person sale conducted by the Laramie County Treasurer. The county tax sale page does not name a separate sale room, and it directs pre-registration to the Treasurer office at 309 W 20th St in Cheyenne. |
| Selling office | Laramie County Treasurer, Property Tax, 309 W 20th St, Suite 1300, Cheyenne, WY 82001, Phone: 307-633-4225 |
Sources: Tax Sale, Laramie County. County Treasurer, Laramie County. Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.
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How Wyoming tax lien sales work
- Taxes fall delinquent in halves. Half the tax is payable November 10 and the rest the following May 10; a balance left unpaid bears interest at 18 percent per annum until paid or collected, and taxes on real property are a perpetual lien against everyone but the United States and the state (W.S. 39-13-108(b) and (d)(i)).
- The treasurer advertises the sale. Notice of the sale runs by publication once a week for three weeks in a legal newspaper in the county, the first publication at least four weeks before the day of sale and before the first week in September; where the county has no legal newspaper, the notice is posted at the courthouse door and in three public places at least 30 days ahead (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(ii)(A)).
- The sale is held at the courthouse. Sales run at the county courthouse or county building between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and continue from day to day, Sundays excepted, until all the land is sold. There is no bidding on price: any person who offers to pay the whole amount of taxes, interest, penalties and costs due on a parcel is the purchaser, and the purchaser pays on the spot or is disqualified and the parcel is offered again (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(A) and (B)).
- A certificate of purchase issues. On payment of the certificate fee the treasurer makes out and delivers a certificate of purchase describing the property and the taxes and costs paid; the certificate may be assigned by endorsement, and the holder takes subject to any special assessments for local or public improvements (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(C) and (E)).
- Redemption runs four years. The owner redeems at the treasurer by paying the amount for which the property sold, a penalty of 3 percent, interest at 15 percent per annum, and a redemption fee; a purchaser who pays later taxes on the parcel earns the same 15 percent on those payments (W.S. 39-13-110).
- The deed window opens at four years and closes at six. A holder applies to the treasurer for a tax deed not less than four nor more than six years from the date of the original sale, proving the statutory notice: personal service at least three months before the application on anyone in actual possession and on the person in whose name the property was taxed, or publication once a week for three weeks on the statutory timing, plus certified or registered mail to the record owner and any mortgagees (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(v)).
- The county path runs beside the private one. Property nobody buys is bid in for the county; the commissioners may sell and assign a county certificate at public or private sale at any time, and four years after the sale the treasurer deeds unredeemed county parcels to the county itself, on at least 60 days notice from the county clerk, after which the commissioners may sell the land at private sale (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(D) and (e)(iv)).
How buying works in Laramie County
You must be pre-registered to participate. There is no online registration and no registration on the day of the tax sale. Pre-registration normally takes place the two days prior to the tax sale, in the office of the Laramie County Treasurer, and the county directs questions to the property tax department at 307-633-4225.
- Where buying happens At the county treasurer sale each summer. The day, the room, and the registration rules are the county's own, and each county page on this site names them from that treasurer's published pages.
- No auction in price The amount due is the price, set by the statute. Where two buyers want the same parcel, the treasurer's published rules decide who pays: several Wyoming counties draw lots or work down a rotation of registered buyers. The registration statement at the top of each county page carries the rule that county publishes, or says plainly that the county does not publish one.
- Payment is immediate A purchaser who does not pay the treasurer all amounts due at once is disqualified, and the parcel is offered again on the spot (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(B)). Accepted payment forms differ by county and are stated on each county page.
Terms: what a bid actually costs
| Deposit, Laramie County | The county does not publish a bidder deposit for this sale on its tax sale page. |
| Payment, Laramie County | All liens purchased must be paid upon completion of the tax sale. Cash, certified funds, personal checks and credit cards including Discover, VISA, MasterCard and AmEx are accepted, a user fee is charged for credit card use, and returned checks may result in the loss of liens purchased. |
| Redemption period | Four years from the date of sale. The owner redeems at the county treasurer at any time before a tax deed issues (W.S. 39-13-110). |
| What redemption pays | The amount for which the property sold, a penalty of 3 percent on that amount, interest at 15 percent per annum, and a redemption fee. Later taxes a purchaser pays on the parcel earn the same 15 percent (W.S. 39-13-110). |
| Interest before the sale | Delinquent taxes themselves bear interest at 18 percent per annum from the day after they were payable until paid or collected (W.S. 39-13-108(b)(ii)). That 18 percent is the county charge on the owner; the 15 percent above is what a certificate pays its holder. |
| The price at the sale | Fixed by law at the whole amount of taxes, interest, penalties and costs due on the parcel. There is no premium and no bid down in Wyoming; the contest, where there is one, is over who gets to pay, under the selection rules each county publishes (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(B)). |
| Deed window | A tax deed may be applied for not less than four nor more than six years from the date of the original sale. Miss the window and the certificate no longer ripens into a deed on that sale (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(v)(A)). |
| Fees | The treasurer collects not more than $20 for issuing a certificate of purchase, $25 for issuing a treasurer deed to a private purchaser, and not more than $20 for issuing a certificate of redemption (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(ix)). Counties add their published advertising charge to the amount due. |
| County certificates and county land | The commissioners may sell and assign any certificate bid in for the county at public or private sale at any time, and may reject bids at a public sale. After the treasurer deeds unredeemed parcels to the county, the commissioners may dispose of the property at private sale (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(D) and (e)(iv)(B)). |
| Certificate of purchase | Issued to the purchaser on the day of the tax sale, with custody kept by Laramie County |
| Assignment | Certificates of purchase may be assigned by endorsement, using forms available in the Treasurer office |
| Subsequent taxes | A certificate holder may pay subsequent year taxes, which attach to the original lien and earn 15 percent interest |
| Buyer warning | Laramie County does not warrant the property when selling the tax lien |
Parcels that receive no bids
The county tax sale page does not publish what happens to a parcel that no participant purchases, and it does not publish a later sale or assignment practice for county held certificates. Under Wyoming law a parcel nobody buys is bid in for the county, the treasurer deeds unredeemed county held certificates to the county four years after the sale, and the commissioners may then sell that land at private sale.
Before you bid
- Recheck the list on sale morning Owners redeem and parcels are pulled right up to the sale. The list in the newspaper notice is the starting list, not the final one; work from the treasurer posted list and expect it to shrink.
- Price the wait, not just the rate The certificate pays 15 percent plus the 3 percent penalty only if the owner redeems. If nobody redeems, the money is out for at least four years before a deed can be applied for, and the application window closes at six years from the sale.
- Know what the deed gives you A treasurer deed is prima facie evidence of title and entitles the grantee to possession, but it is subject to special assessments, and an action to recover property sold for taxes may be brought within six years after the sale. Budget for your own title work on any parcel that matters (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(vii)).
Every Wyoming county in this set
One page per county, each verified against the county's own publications and the current text of W.S. 39-13-108 and 39-13-110. Wyoming treasurers sell liens county by county each summer; this set is the 10 largest counties.
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