Calendar & Deadlines

January 1                      Property taxes due in full by April 30 or in two equal installments (last day in February and June 15)
                                   
                                   
Personal property schedules are mailed shortly after January 1

                                   
Subdivision land valuation questionnaires mailed to land developers

March 1                        Colorado Forest Service provides Assessor a list of owners whose parcels qualify for or are disqualified from
                                    agricultural classification

March 20                       Subdivision land valuation questionnaires are due to Assessor

April 1                           State assessed owners (utilities, railroads, etc.) file annual statement with State

April 15                         Assessor may require additional information from owners of taxable property

                                    Due date for return of personal property schedules

                                    Requests for 10 or 20 day extension for filing personal property schedule due

                                    Previously exempt personal property owners must file report & pay filing fee

                                    Producing mines statement due from owners or operators to Assessor

May 1                           Special districts must record orders of inclusion to levy a tax against included property in current year,
                                    unless election will be held

                                    Deadline for special districts to record court orders of exclusion for exclusion to be effective in current year

                                    Assessor mails NOVs & protest form to property owners

                                    Assessor commences hearing protests on real & personal property

                                    Senior citizen & disabled veterans exemption notices are mailed to residential property owners

                                    State Land Board provides a list of equities owned or acquired in state lands

June 1                           Deadline for real property valuation protest (must be postmarked or hand-delivered by this date)

                                    Protest hearings are concluded

                                    Assessor is provided a list of pending property tax exemption applications        

June 15                         Assessor mails NOVs & protest form to owners of personal property, drilling rigs & producing natural
                                    resources property & commences hearings for objections

June 30                         Assessor mails two copies of NOD to property owners

                                    Protests for owners of personal property, drilling rigs & producing natural resources property must be         
                                    received or postmarked by this date

July 1                           CBOE publishes notice that it will review assessment roll & hear appeals on real & personal property
                                    valuations

                                    Notice of organization of a political subdivision is given to Assessor and BOCC

                                    Special districts must record court orders for inclusion by election to levy tax against included property in
                                    current year

                                    Date for assessment of construction occurring after January 1 for growth valuation for assessment in
                                    counties declaring severe residential growth impact conditions

                                    Disabled veteran exemption applications submitted to Division of Veterans Affairs must be received or
                                    postmarked by this date. May be extended to September 1 for good cause. Approved applications forwarded
                                    to Assessor for property requirements.

                                    Administrator sends NOVs to state assessed companies & Assessor and Assessor commences hearing
                                    protests for state assessed values

                                    CBOE commences hearing appeals on real & personal property valuations

July 5                           Assessor concludes personal property hearings

July 10                         Assessor mails two copies of personal property & producing natural resources Property NODs to property
                                   owner

July (2nd Mon)               Assessor reports total value of assessed real property and a list of protests and the status/outcome of each

July 15                          Assessor reports total value of assessed personal property and a list of protests and the status/outcome of
                                    each, a list of movable equipment apportionments, and a list of owners who failed to return a Personal
                                    Property Declaration Schedule

                                    Protesting property owners who wish to appeal must deliver or postmark one copy of Assessor’s real
                                    property NOD to CBOE by this date

                                    Protesting state assessed owners must deliver or postmark a petition to State Administrator by this date

                                    Residential real property owners mail or deliver senior citizen exemption applications to Assessor by this
                                    date. Late applications may be accepted up to September 15 for good cause.

 July 20                         Protesting personal property owners deliver or postmark one copy of Assessor’s real property NOD to CBOE
                                    by this date

July 27                          State Administrator concludes hearings concerning state assessed properties

August 1                       State Administrator renders decisions on state assessed complaints & issues final determinations of value

August 5                       CBOE concludes hearings & renders decisions on real & personal property appeals & mails decisions on
                                    real & personal property appeals within five business days

                                    30 days after CBOE decision mailed, appeals must be filed with BAA, district court, or BOCC for binding arbitration

August 15                     Deadline for filing appeal of CBOE decision with BAA or district Court

                                    Assessor mails denial notice to residential real property owners returning incomplete or non-qualifying senior
                                    citizen or disabled veteran exemption application

August 25                     Assessor files two copies of Abstract of Assessment with State Administrator

September 1                 CBOE hears appeals through October 1 for denials for senior citizen & disabled veteran exemptions

                                    CBOE publishes notice of reviewing assessment roll & hearing appeals on real & personal property
                                    valuations

                                    CBOE commences hearings for denials for senior citizen & disabled veteran exemptions and for real
                                    property appeals

                                    Deadline for disabled veteran exemption applications by Disabled Veteran Administration, if good cause was
                                    shown

September 15               Deadline for senior citizen exemption applications, if good cause was shown

                                    Deadline for hearing requests to contest Assessor’s denial of senior citizen or disabled veteran exemptions

September 25               Division of Veterans Affairs may accept late application for disabled veteran exemptions, if good cause. 
                                  
Determination mailed

October 1                     CBOE concludes hearing appeals for denial of senior citizens or disable veterans exemption

October 10                    Assessor submits report of approved senior citizen & disabled veteran exemptions to the State Administrator

November 1                  State Administrator provides denial notice to applicants that claimed more than one senior citizen or disabled
                                   veteran exemption, or both

November 15                Applicants denied senior citizen or disabled veteran exemptions may file written protest with Administrator

                                   State Board delivers decision in writing on State Administrator’s petition for reappraisal

                                   State Administrator certifies to State Board the assessed value of all taxable property

November 21                Assessor transmits abstract to State Administrator, reporting assessed value in county, municipalities, and
                                   school districts by class & subclass.

December 1                  Administrator provides notice to assessor of denied senior citizen or disabled veteran exemptions due to
                                    applicant filing multiple applications

December 10                Assessor transmits notification to BOCC, taxing entities, Division of Local Government & Department of
                                   Education if value changes were made after August 25 certification of values

December 15                Statutory deadline for certification of all mill levies

                                    Inactive special districts file notice of inactive status

December 20                State Board completes review of abstracts

December 22                County commissioners levy taxes

December 31                Date on which State assessed values determined

 

If the CBOE denies the abatement, you may appeal the CBOE’s decision to the Board of Assessment Appeals (BAA). If the BAA denies the abatement, you may appeal the BAA’s decision to the Court of Appeals.

If the Court of Appeals denies the abatement, you may appeal the Court’s decision to the Colorado Supreme Court.

If you have filed a protest and the Assessor issued a Notice of Determination, a request for abatement will not be considered.