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Assessor's Office - News Snippets

NOTICE

Beginning Monday, November 30, 2009

Certain archived information (like paper records and microfiche), not part of the agency's computerized databases will no longer be available on demand in the Assessor's Office.

Due to limited staffing, a concerted effort to reduce printing as well as travel to and from the Wellington E. Webb Office Building, future agency responses will only be completed via email. Most property tax information is available 24/7 at www.denvergov.org/assessor or through Denver's Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system by dialing 720 913-4162.

For example, originals of or information from Property Record Cards (PRC's) and any property valuation data prior to 1996 will no longer be immediately available at the Division's service counter on the 4th floor of the Webb Building.

If an archived record exists in the Assessor's Office, a request for it will be fulfilled within one to three business days. Email requests are strongly encouraged. Response time will depend on the amount of research and preparation effort necessary.

Records from the Assessor's archives will be delivered electronically as either Portable Document Format (PDF) or Tagged Image File Format (TIFF or TIF) files.

To avoid inconvenience, save time and expense, all inquiries should be emailed to assessor@denvergov.org and include the type of information sought based on pertinent data such as schedule numbers, addresses, owner names, tax years and the like. Please include a daytime phone number in the event Assessment personnel have questions.

In general, electronic response are provided without cost. However, large jobs, those requiring computer programming or one or more hours of research, will continue to carry a charge of $55.00 per hour and will be quoted in advance.

For assistance or questions, please email the address above or call 720 913-1311.

 Privacy Statement
Colorado considers the information maintained by assessor's offices (the names of property owners, the values of properties, etc) to be open records information. However, some citizens still would like to know if it is possible for their information to be removed from the assessor's Internet data. Under current Colorado law, assessors are authorized to remove information from the Internet only for "peace officers". This authorization is found in Colorado Revised Statutes 18-9-313, which states that the personal information for peace officers and their immediate family members can be removed from the Internet.

If you would like to see this Internet information removal option extended to more people, it would be worthwhile to contact your state legislator and let him or her know that you would like to see such a change in the law.

 

TAX GUIDE FOR NEW BUSINESSES
The Assessor's and Treasurer's Offices of the City and County of Denver have created a guide for owners of new businesses (and anyone else who is interested) which provides valuable information on how to comply with local tax requirements (sales tax, business personal property tax, etc). This booklet can be obtained by clicking
here.
New Process for Parcel Splits
Effective January 1, 2006, the Denver Assessor's Office will only be able to process requests for parcel combinations. All parcel splits will need to be created by filing a legal document with the Clerk and Recorder's Office, on the first floor of the Wellington Webb Office Building at 201 West Colfax Ave in Denver.
Parcel combination request forms can be obtained by clicking on the "Forms" category shown in our information options to the left on this screen. Zoning change request forms are also listed in the "Forms" section.
This procedural change is necessary because of how parcel splits can affect other city agencies and their work responsibilities.
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