38-38-108

(1)Whenever property is to be sold following the foreclosure of any deed of trust or other lien by the officer, the initial date of sale shall be:
1. (a)
  In the case of a sale of property by the public trustee that is not agricultural property, no less than one hundred ten calendar days nor more than one hundred twenty-five calendar days after the date of recording of the notice of election and demand;
2. (b)
  In the case of a sale of property by the sheriff that is not agricultural property, no less than one hundred ten calendar days after the date of the recording of the lis pendens;
3. (c)
  In the case of a sale of property by the public trustee, all of which is agricultural property, no less than two hundred fifteen calendar days nor more than two hundred thirty calendar days after the date of recording of the notice of election and demand; or
4. (d)
  In the case of a sale of property by the sheriff, all of which is agricultural property, no less than two hundred fifteen calendar days after the date of the recording of the lis pendens.
(2)[Agricultural property.]
1. (a)[Evidence.]
  
  (I)If it is not evident from the legal description contained in the deed of trust or other lien being foreclosed whether the property described therein is agricultural property, the officer shall make that determination no less than ten calendar days nor more than twenty calendar days after the recording of the notice of election and demand; except that the officer may make the determination at any earlier time upon presentation of acceptable evidence that the property is not agricultural property. The officer shall accept the following as evidence that the property is not agricultural property:
  
  (A)
  A certified copy of the subdivision plat containing the property or any portion thereof recorded in the office of the clerk and recorder of the county where the property or any portion thereof is located; or
  
  (B)
  A written statement by the clerk of the city, town, or city and county, dated no more than six months before the date of filing of the notice of election and demand or lis pendens with the officer, that all or a portion of the property was located within the incorporated limits of the city, town, or city and county as of the date of recording of the deed of trust or other lien or as of the date of the statement.
  
  (C)
  Deleted by Laws 2016, Ch. 346, § 1, eff. Aug. 10, 2016.
  
  (I.5)
  The officer shall accept, as evidence that the property is agricultural property, a written statement by the assessor of the county where the property is located, dated no more than six months before the date of filing of the notice of election and demand or lis pendens with the officer, that all of the property was valued and assessed as agricultural property after the date of the recording of the deed of trust or as of the date of the statement.
  
  (II)
  The officer’s determination of whether the property is agricultural or nonagricultural property shall be binding and may be relied upon by all parties.
2. (b)
  The statements described in sub-subparagraph (B) of subparagraph (I) and subparagraph (I.5) of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) may be obtained and furnished at the expense of the person seeking the determination of whether the property is agricultural or nonagricultural property, which expense may be included as a portion of the fees and costs of the foreclosure.
(3)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to sales following an execution and levy.
(4)Notwithstanding the designation of property valued and assessed as other than agricultural property according to the definition of “agricultural property” in section 38-38-100.3(1)(c), an assessor’s nonintegral classification of two acres or less of land on which a residential improvement is located, as described in section 39-1-102(1.6)(a)(I)(A), C.R.S., is not determinative of whether the property is agricultural for purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) and subparagraph (I.5) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section.