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Important Updates for the Colorado Assessors' Community
2024 Assessed Values Manual Available
The newest edition of the Colorado Assessed Values Manual for 2024 has been completed and is now available on the Division’s website.
Previous years’ manuals from 2003 and forward are available upon request. Tax years covered by these publications go as far back as 1991.
The Assessed Values Manual displays a history of total assessed values for each class of taxable property within each county, as well as for the whole state. The manual also contains three charts per county that are devoted to personal property values. The original intent of the publication when it was first introduced was to help assessors estimate their county values for the residential assessment rate study under the Gallagher amendment.
However, you may find the information useful for other purposes.
If you have any questions regarding this publication, please contact Thomas Young at thomas.young@state.co.us.
Applications for Exemptions
Members of our Exemptions Section will soon be taking field trips to outlying counties to
inspect properties for which applications for property tax exemption have been submitted.
As we do not visit some of these areas very often, we would like to do as many inspections as possible on each trip. With that in mind, if you have any exemption applications to pass along, please do it soon so we can maximize the efficiency of our upcoming trips.
If you have any questions call the Exemptions section at (303) 864-7780.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Certification of Valuation Form Shareholder Meeting
The Division of Property Taxation is hosting a virtual meeting to discuss the details of the new Certification of Valuation form, based on House Bill 24B-1001. The meeting will be conducted via Zoom on Thursday, June 26, 2025, from 2:00 - 3:00 PM. Registration information is included below.
Please register in advance.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
The new Certification of Valuation and Instructions can be found on the DPT website under Forms Index.
If you have questions contact Wendy Hernandez at wendy.hernandez@state.co.us or (303) 864-7764 or Lori DeCrow at lori.decrow@state.co.us or (970) 248-7308.
Senior and Qualifying Veteran with a Disability Funding
This is a notice that the state legislature has approved funding for the Senior Citizen and Qualifying Veteran with a Disability Property Tax Exemption. For qualifying applicants, 50% of the first $200,000 in actual value is exempted from taxation from their primary residence.
The state reimburses the county for the exempted taxes. Both exemptions will be funded and continue for 2025 with no changes.
If you have any additional questions, please contact Mikel Shaffer at mikel.shaffer@state.co.us or Brian Kruesi at brian.kruesi@state.co.us
2025 CATA Annual Conference & Logo Contest
Conference Info
Mark your calendar! The 2025 CATA Annual Conference will be held August 18–21 at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge. Registration opens June 16 and closes June 30. Course offerings will be published in the DPT Bulletin on Wednesday, June 4 and emailed to our current and past members.
To stay in the loop, please add CATA.Board@outlook.com to your contacts. Payment options include check or credit card. Discounted lodging is available through Wednesday, July 16.
Logo Contest
CATA is getting a fresh look in 2026—and you get to help choose the new logo! Keep an eye on your inbox in June for voting details. The winning design will be revealed at the Conference Banquet on August 19.
Special thanks to Ruth Dane for her logo designs!
We look forward to seeing you in Breckenridge!
— CATA 2025 Executive Board
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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