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Important Updates for the Colorado Assessors' Community
2025 Mill Levy Information (1302) Application
The Mill Levy Information application (for HB24-1302) has been updated for 2025. It will be available to counties for data input on December 18th.
There have been several improvements to allow easier data entry while retaining the previous formatting requirements to allow backwards compatibility for those that have started data collection based on previous requirements. A new instruction sheet will be sent to those that have requested access to the application.
Please share this information with the department in your county that is responsible for data entry.
If you have questions, please contact Tony Werckman at (303) 864-7767 or tony.werckman@state.co.us.
2026 Media Releases
A sample public notice along with sample media releases for 2026 can be found at the following link: Media Releases 2026
The notice and media releases may be used as written by filling in the blanks with the appropriate information, or they may be customized to meet your needs. Adjustments have been made for the 2026 statutory dates that fall on a weekend or holiday. The dates for real property are set assuming that the Real Property Notices of Valuation will be mailed on Friday, May 1, 2026. If the notices are mailed earlier than May 1, the date real property protests begin must be adjusted accordingly. Section 39-5-122, C.R.S., states that the assessor will sit to hear real property protests beginning on the first working day after Notices of Valuation are mailed.
All counties have the option to use the alternate protest and appeal procedures. The alternate protest and appeal procedures must be requested by the assessor and approved by the governing body of the county on or before May 1 of each year pursuant to § 39-5-122.7(1), C.R.S. The alternate protest and appeal procedures extend the time period assessors have to respond to protests. For real property, the deadline is extended from the last regular working day in June to August 17. For personal property, the deadline is extended from July 10 to August 17. If a county elects to use the alternate protest and appeal procedures, the dates shown in the Real Property Taxpayer Remedies and Personal Property Taxpayer Remedies media releases must be modified accordingly. Additional information concerning alternate protest period NOVs, is available in the ARL, Volume 2, Chapter 9. If your county is adopting the alternate protest period, please ensure that you inform Thomas Young (thomas.young@state.co.us) at the Division of Property Taxation to ensure you are using the correct deadlines for submitting the county’s abstract files.
Electronic copies of the attached documents in Microsoft Word format are available upon request. Please direct questions regarding the public notice and media releases to Colton Wendorf at (303) 864-7797 or colton.wendorf@state.co.us or Brian Kruesi at (303) 864-7794 or brian.kruesi@state.co.us
Senior and Veteran Exemption File Deadline January 10
This is a reminder of the upcoming deadline for data uploads for the senior exemption, senior classification and veteran with a disability property tax exemption programs to the DPT county portal. The deadline for the next round of files is Monday January 12, 2026 (January 10th, the statutory deadline is on a Saturday this year).
The files should only contain accounts for the 2025 tax year that are eligible for reimbursement via the State Treasurer's office. Please keep in mind that files cannot contain any new accounts that were not reported in the September files. They should also not contain any new account from 2026 applicants.
Additionally, the files should not contain any of the denials that were emailed to assessors on 11/26/25.
The portal will be available for files starting on 12/19/25. File format can be found in the ARL at the links at the end of the article.
If you have any questions, please contact us at dola_dpt_senior-veteran@state.co.us
Student Absence/No-Show Policy
Starting this week the Division will begin reaching out to county assessors to inform them when an employee does not contact our education program coordinator to report an absence prior to class.
Per DPT policy, any no-shows or cancellations received less than two business days prior to the start of course, will be charged $25.00, or the cost of the course, whichever is greater.
For registration related matters, please contact dola_dpteducation@state.co.us
If you have any questions, please reach out to Ruth Dane (ruth.dane@state.co.us) or Kyle Hooper (kyle.hooper@state.co.us)
New Board of Assessment Appeals Website
The BAA has a new website, linked at the end of the article. Please update any taxpayer correspondence templates which list the BAA’s web address. Visitors to the old web address will automatically be redirected to the new site. You may also wish to ensure the BAA’s mailing address and phone number are correct, where provided:
Department of Local Affairs
Board of Assessment Appeals
1313 Sherman Street, Room 315
Denver, CO 80203
(303) 864-7710
Thank you, and please reach out to the BAA at baa@state.co.us with any questions.
Division of Property Taxation Education Opportunities
The Division of Property Taxation's education program is designed for county assessors and employees.
Courses and workshops are designed to review and explain current Colorado property tax law, and present generally accepted appraisal and management techniques useful to the assessor and assessor staff.
Take a look at the Property Taxation Courses & Workshops Calendar.
To make sure you're able to attend a class, please sign up at least three weeks in advance. If you have any questions on the Division’s education calendar, please send an email to dola_dpteducation@state.co.us.
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