Colorado law requires the County Treasurer to mail a notice of property taxes to each owner of record even though a mortgage company may be responsible for payment.  If your taxes are paid by a mortgage company, you may wish to mail the bottom portion of the notice to your lender and retain the top portion for your own information. Also, your mortgage company should request payment information directly from this office. Failure to receive a tax notice does not relieve the owner's responsibility or liability for paying taxes on time. Payments from mortgage companies are received in several different ways. Some mortgage companies use a tax service for processing tax payments. The tax service processes multiple mortgage companies and taxes are remitted via magnetic tape. Others send an individual tape, or remit with a payment coupon(s) that you may have forwarded or they requested directly from this office. Any refunds after processing the tax payments are made to the mortgage company.

The annual tax sale publication will be available in October.

"Public utility" means, for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 1987, every sole proprietorship, firm, limited liability company, partnership, association, company, or corporation, and the trustees or receivers thereof, whether elected or appointed, which does business in this state as a railroad company, airline company, electric company, rural electric company, telephone company, telegraph company, gas company, gas pipeline carrier company, domestic water company selling at retail except nonprofit domestic water companies, pipeline company, coal slurry pipeline, or private car line company. CRS 39-4-101(3)

"Personal property " means everything which is the subject of ownership and which is not included within the term "real property". "Personal property" includes machinery, equipment, and other articles related to a commercial or industrial operation which are either affixed or not affixed to the real property for proper utilization of such articles. CRS 39-1-102(11)

Yes, personal checks are accepted for payment of current year taxes through September 30. Certified funds or cash are required for the redemption of tax liens.

The deadline for certification of special assessments is November 1st.  If this date falls on a weekend, the certification becomes due the Friday BEFORE the due date.

You will need to provide your name (you must be an owner), the property address that you wish to change the mailing address for, the new mailing address, and if you do know it, the parcel or schedule number. You will need to send this information to the Assessor's Office in one of the following ways:

• e-mail: assessor@co.arapahoe.co.us
• mail in written request to:
      Arapahoe County Assessor
     5334 S. Prince St.
    Littleton, CO 80120
•  Call the Assessor directly 303-795-4600