Klingsheim v. Cordell

{1 This case principally requires us to determine the scope of a county treasurer's duty of diligent inquiry, pursuant to section 39-11-128(1), C.R.S. (2015), in attempting to notify a taxpayer that his or her land may be sold to satisfy a tax lien. The petitioner, Bradley Klingsheim, ultimately acquired tax lens and later requested and received deeds to properties that the respondents, Carl, A. and Wanda M. Cordell, had owned but on which they had failed to pay taxes,. The Cordells contend that the deeds were void because the La Plata County Treasurer's Office (the "Treagurer") had not…