Teller County Assessor's Office in Cripple Creek Colorado

The Teller County Assessor's Office, located in Cripple Creek, Colorado, determines the value of all taxable property in Teller County, CO. Taxable property includes land and commercial properties, often referred to as real property or real estate, and fixed assets owned by businesses, often referred to as personal property. Property assessments performed by the Assessor are used to determine the Teller County property taxes owed by individual taxpayers.

• Teller County, CO property tax assessments
• Property tax appeals and reassessments
• Paying property tax bills and due dates
• Property tax rates and tax roll
• Teller County GIS maps, property maps, and plat maps
• Property records and deeds in Teller County

The Teller County Department of Assessment maintains public property records on the physical characteristics for all the real property in Teller County, including building, or parcel size, land area, location, and building type. The office also maintains property maps: Teller County GIS maps, parcel, plot, block and lot maps, and tax maps.

In order to make adjustments to Teller County property valuations and tax rates, the Assessor tracks real estate market conditions and sales data. The Tax Assessor also works closely with the Teller County Building Department and licensing officials to monitor changes to the property list because of new zoning requirements, construction, building expansions, renovations, or demolitions.

At set intervals, the Property Assessor's office reassesses all the real property in Teller County. In addition to updating real property values based on changes in market conditions, the revaluation process helps to identify previously unrecorded additions or deletions to the property list, as well as abandoned properties.

Personal property owned by businesses in Teller County is often self-reported on established forms or declarations used by the Assessor's Office. The Office also performs site inspections, reviews property transfer documents and bills of sale, and searches public documents in order to identify taxable personal property for the assessment roll.

You may contact the Assessor's Office by calling 719-689-2941, or by addressing inquiries to the office mailing address: Teller County Assessor's Office, PO Box 1008, Cripple Creek, Colorado, 80813