1. Which Colorado office holds the record?
Colorado records are divided among state agencies, courts and 64 counties. The Colorado Judicial Branch provides trial-court directories, hearing calendars, appellate decisions and records-request instructions. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation maintains the state criminal-history repository. Public health offices issue birth and death certificates, while the Secretary of State maintains business filings and election services.
County offices handle much of the information that identifies a particular event or property. The clerk and recorder maintains recorded deeds and marriage licenses. The assessor maintains property descriptions and valuations. The treasurer keeps tax accounts, and the sheriff maintains jail and local law-enforcement records. These offices may share a county website without sharing a single searchable database.
Start with the event, its date and the office responsible for it. Someone's current residence does not necessarily identify the county that issued a marriage license, heard a lawsuit or recorded a deed.
Save the identifiers returned by an initial search: a case number, DOC number, parcel number, recording reception number, business ID or license number. They make the next request more precise. Check available dates and other identifying details before treating a name match as the same person. An empty result can mean limited online coverage, a sealed record, an incomplete spelling or the wrong jurisdiction.
2. Colorado's records law: three working days and published fees
The Colorado Open Records Act, C.R.S. § 24-72-201 and following, allows any person to inspect nonexempt public records. Access is not restricted to Colorado residents. CORA covers records made, maintained or kept for public business, including electronic material, but it does not override specific confidentiality laws or require an agency to create a new report answering a question.
Under § 24-72-203, if a record is not immediately available, the custodian must set a reasonable inspection time. Three working days is the ordinary statutory limit. Extenuating circumstances can justify up to seven additional working days, with written notice explaining the circumstances during the initial period. A large request is a reason to discuss scope and delivery, not to assume an unlimited extension.
The Department of Revenue's CORA instructions illustrate how an agency applies the law through its designated custodian, receipt rules and written fee policy. Send the request to the responsible office and retain the delivery confirmation. Protected tax and driver information does not become public simply because Revenue received a CORA request.
Section 24-72-205 generally limits standard copies to $0.25 a page unless actual costs exceed that amount. Electronic transmission itself cannot carry a transmission charge, although authorized research, retrieval and other applicable charges may remain. The first hour of research and retrieval is free. The current maximum hourly research and retrieval rate is $41.37, effective July 1, 2024, and a custodian must have the required published policy to charge it. Ask for an estimate before authorizing a lengthy search.
Criminal-justice records also require attention to the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, § 24-72-301 and following. Records of official action and investigative material do not have identical disclosure rules. Judicial case files follow court access rules, including Chief Justice Directive 05-01, rather than a blanket assumption that ordinary agency CORA procedures govern every court record.
If access is denied, request the legal basis in writing and ask for any reasonably separable public portions. A court challenge under § 24-72-204 has notice and dispute-resolution requirements; preserve the correspondence and check those requirements before filing. A fee dispute, a missing record and a statutory exemption are different issues and should be identified separately.
3. Court records: calendars, case histories and document copies
The free Colorado docket search is useful for locating scheduled hearings by court, party or case information. It is a calendar tool, not a complete document archive or a guarantee that every old case will appear. Use the trial courts by county directory to identify the court clerk, then follow the Judicial Branch's public-records access guide when you need a register of actions or the documents themselves.
The access guide links approved commercial services for case information. Those vendors have their own fees and coverage. A result may show filing events, parties and dispositions without supplying the actual pleading, order or exhibit. The Judicial Branch directs document-copy requests to the court; paying a commercial search provider does not automatically purchase a certified copy from the clerk.
Denver County Court is separately administered. Distinguish it from Denver District Court when locating a misdemeanor, traffic, civil or domestic-relations matter. Municipal courts also maintain their own records. The court name on a notice or citation is often more useful than the broad description "Denver court records."
The Judicial Branch fee list includes $0.25 for a single-sided copy, $0.50 for a double-sided copy and $20 for certifying a copy of a record. Search and retrieval charges can vary. Tell the clerk whether you need an ordinary electronic copy, a certified order or the entire file, and request an estimate for a large file.
Colorado Courts E-Filing has a separate fee structure. Beginning October 1, 2026, its nonparty case-history access fee is $18 for 14 days of access. That charge does not mean the public hearing-calendar search now costs $18. Other e-filing and service transactions also changed, so use the current chart for the transaction you intend to buy.
Appellate research starts with Court of Appeals case announcements and opinions or Supreme Court opinions. These decisions explain legal outcomes but do not reproduce the full trial record. Federal matters belong in PACER, including the U.S. District Court for Colorado and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Colorado. PACER generally charges $0.10 a page and waives charges when the quarterly total is $30 or less; it is not a universal first-$30 credit.
Use the Colorado court records directory to compare access routes. Sealed cases, protected juvenile matters and confidential documents may be unavailable even when other information about a proceeding is public.
4. Criminal-history checks through CBI
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation's Internet Criminal History Check is a public name-based service for Colorado criminal-history information. The search requires a name and exact date of birth. The official ICHC service charges $6 for each result or report viewed. Read the payment explanation before opening multiple possible matches.
The repository is based on fingerprint-supported information submitted by Colorado law-enforcement agencies. A name-based inquiry searches that repository; it does not take the requester's fingerprints or independently prove that a similarly named result belongs to the person being researched. Juvenile records, except matters handled as adult cases, certain traffic arrests involving children under 16 and sealed records are among the exclusions described by CBI.
For a staff-processed record, CBI lists a $13 manual request option and can provide the applicable official or notarized documentation. Its criminal-history FAQ explains the request, payment and processing requirements. Allow for processing and mailing rather than treating the manual service as an instant download. Use the current form when a recipient requires an authenticated result.
Employment, licensing and other legally authorized fingerprint checks follow a separate process described in CBI's records and background-check instructions, often through the Colorado Applicant Background Services program. The requesting organization should supply the correct purpose and instructions. A public $6 name search is not automatically an acceptable substitute for a required fingerprint check, and a Colorado report does not cover every other state or an FBI nationwide record.
Review dispositions as carefully as arrests. An arrest entry alone does not establish a conviction, and an incomplete disposition may need to be resolved through the reporting agency or court. CBI's service is also not a current warrant database. The Colorado criminal records directory provides additional agency routes when the question concerns a local incident, court outcome or correction to a record.
A missing court outcome can be corrected through CBI's disposition-update procedure. Obtain the reporting court's disposition rather than describing the result from memory. When an agency says no case was filed or records were purged, CBI specifies the official letters it needs. A clerk's inability to retrieve an old file does not automatically remove the associated repository entry.
Sealing follows a different process. CBI's court-order sealing instructions explain where to petition and how the signed order reaches the repository. CBI stopped charging its own sealing fee on July 1, 2024, but that does not eliminate other applicable court charges. Someone requesting their own full history, including sealed material, must follow CBI's identity-verification process; an ordinary public ICHC purchase does not unlock restricted records.
5. Jail bookings, prison custody, parole and warrants
For someone recently arrested, begin with the arresting jurisdiction's jail rather than the state prison locator. Arapahoe County's inmate charges and bonds service, Boulder County's inmate and booking reports, the Jefferson County inmate lookup and the Mesa County inmate locator serve local detention searches. A booking record reflects custody at a particular time; release, transfer or an update delay can change what appears.
For state prison information, use the Colorado Department of Corrections offender search. Search by DOC number when known, or use the available name fields. Confirm the facility and identifying details before arranging a visit, sending correspondence or making a deposit. Current facility instructions govern approved services and delivery methods, so a remembered payment vendor or mailing address may be unreliable.
The DOC's parole-board calendar can help identify a scheduled hearing. A hearing date is not a release promise, a complete sentence calculation or a determination that someone will be granted parole. Likewise, absence from a prison search does not prove that someone is not in a county jail, federal custody or another state.
Some local pages are reports rather than searchable custody databases. San Miguel County's sheriff activity logs describe reported activity, while Montezuma County sheriff news provides announcements. Use those pages for the information they actually publish, then contact the agency for a specific incident or custody inquiry.
For a warrant question, identify the issuing court or law-enforcement agency. The Weld County Sheriff's warrant search accepts names and additional fields such as warrant date or charge. Its disclaimer expressly warns that other agencies' warrants and records outside its automated system may not appear. The Colorado wants and warrants directory helps locate more specific resources. A historical booking, a CBI arrest entry and an active warrant are different records; none should be substituted for another.
6. Birth, death, marriage, divorce and historical records
Colorado's vital-records office administers state birth and death records, with eligible applicants also able to use county vital-records offices. The CDC's Colorado holdings reference identifies state birth records from 1910, including some earlier county records, and state death records from 1900. Its old fee figures are not the current Colorado charges; use the issuing office's 2026 schedule below. A historical index entry does not necessarily establish that a modern certified certificate is available for the same event.
The 2026 certificate fee is $25 for the first copy and $20 for additional copies of the same record ordered together. The Arapahoe County certificate instructions confirm the January 1, 2026 increase and explain that its office can issue certificates for events in other Colorado counties. Vendor service charges, delivery charges or a different service can change the total.
Birth and death certificates are restricted records. Applicants must establish eligibility and provide the identification and supporting documentation required for the record and relationship involved. A person's name and date of death alone do not establish entitlement to a certified death certificate. Follow the current application rather than assuming that all relatives, researchers or members of the public qualify under the same rule.
Use the state certificate-ordering page for approved ordering routes. The Denver state office operates by appointment rather than walk-in service. VitalChek and GoCertificates are the approved third-party ordering companies identified in current Colorado instructions. Ordering through another website can add an intermediary without changing the state's eligibility requirements. Allow for the office's processing estimate as well as shipping time.
Marriage licenses and recorded marriage documents belong with the county clerk and recorder that issued or recorded them. Useful local searches include Boulder County recorded documents, Douglas County's Landmark search, Jefferson County land records and Pitkin County marriage and civil-union copy instructions. Check the document category and date coverage; not every older marriage image is available online.
A certified divorce decree comes from the court that granted the divorce. State marriage, civil-union or divorce verification services are not substitutes for the county marriage document or the complete court decree. The state vital-records instructions help distinguish those services, while the Colorado vital records directory provides county and historical routes.
For family history, search the Colorado State Archives catalog and its marriage-record collections. Coverage depends on the county and collection; an archival index is not a comprehensive modern statewide marriage database. Evans cemetery burial records can supply a burial location or related clue, but a burial entry is not a certified death record. Record the collection title, date range and reference number before requesting an archival copy.
7. Property: separate deeds, assessments, maps and taxes
Colorado property research usually requires three offices. The clerk and recorder maintains deeds, deeds of trust, releases and other recorded instruments. The assessor describes and values parcels for taxation. The treasurer maintains tax balances and payments. A parcel's assessed owner is a useful starting point, but the recorded instruments establish the documentary chain that a property inquiry may require.
For recorded documents, search the owner's name, document type, date range or reception number. Arapahoe County's recorded-document search, Delta County's Acclaim search, Eagle County's recording search and Grand County's recording system provide separate county indexes. Additional routes include Larimer County Easy Access, Mesa County's recorded-document instructions, Rio Blanco County's recorder, Weld County recording, Denver's recorded documents and Routt County's recording system. Search coverage and image access vary by county.
Colorado's standard recording fee changed to a flat $43 per document on July 1, 2025 under HB 24-1269. The Larimer County fee notice explains the change. Recording a new instrument is different from purchasing a copy of an existing one, and document-specific charges or exceptions can apply. Use the county's current calculation before mailing a document and payment.
For assessments, Clear Creek County's property search, the Costilla County assessor, Delta County's assessment database and Logan County's assessor provide valuation or parcel routes. The Montezuma County property system is an assessor search, not a recorded-deed index. Similarly, Moffat County's ownership database and the Saguache County assessor concern assessment records rather than proof that a tax bill has been paid.
On the Western Slope, compare the Mesa County assessor lookup with the Mesa County treasurer search, and the Routt County assessor with the Routt County treasurer. Grand County assessments, the Rio Blanco County assessor and the Rio Grande County assessor provide additional parcel research. The Garfield County property-search instructions explain its replacement of older applications with qPublic. Teller County's address search accepts a street number, street name or subdivision. Teller's property-record display specifically cautions that delinquent taxes are not shown; contact the treasurer before treating that screen as a full tax clearance.
Maps help locate a parcel and relate it to surrounding property. Use Eagle County GIS, Grand County's parcel viewer, Pueblo County GIS, Routt County maps or Summit County GIS for that purpose. Grand County surveyor records are a separate source for survey documents. The San Miguel County assessor and San Miguel map launch likewise answer related but different questions. An online parcel outline should not be treated as a boundary survey.
For eastern and rural counties, start with Sedgwick County's property search or the Washington County assessor for parcel information, and the Lincoln County treasurer or Park County tax search for tax accounts. In Elbert County, use the assessor search for valuation and the treasurer search for taxes. Eagle County's property-tax payment page is the appropriate payment route after identifying the account.
Use the Colorado property records directory for assessment and tax resources, and the recorded documents directory for instruments. Keep the assessment year, tax year and recording date separate. A recent sale may appear in one system before another, and an online balance may not reflect a payment made moments earlier.
Historical indexing can determine whether a search succeeds. Pitkin County's recording office links its current public-records search and distinguishes modern name-indexed documents from early images. Its 1880-1949 images are searchable by reception number, while older grantor/grantee research may require the office's research room. An empty online name search is therefore not a definitive answer about an early Aspen-area conveyance. Denver's record-search instructions likewise invite researchers missing an image to supply the reception number so staff can locate it.
Useful search adjustments are county-specific. Grand County's parcel viewer says to use "COUNTY RD" rather than "GCR" in an address. Mesa's assessor lookup accepts partial values and warns against adding an asterisk wildcard. San Miguel's mapping page says a road drawn on its map does not establish public access or ownership. Read these instructions before assuming that an address, missing parcel result or apparent road connection establishes the underlying legal position.
For rural property, investigate water separately from the surface parcel. The Division of Water Resources' CDSS data-and-tools dashboard separates water-right decrees, diversion records, groundwater information and well permits. Its well-permit search accepts a permit number or geographic criteria and can identify permitted uses, status and associated case numbers. Carry the permit and water-right identifiers into any follow-up request. Finding a well on a parcel does not by itself establish which uses the permit authorizes or which water rights a deed conveys.
Environmental due diligence has its own official records. CDPHE's environmental-records directory separates air, hazardous-materials and water-quality sources. The Air Pollution Control Division's records instructions explain the public viewer and the facility AIRS identifier, which can locate documents more reliably than a business's current trading name. Search the relevant facility, document type and period rather than treating a property assessment as an environmental report.
8. Businesses, professional licenses and regulatory records
The Colorado Secretary of State's business services provides entity searches and filed documents. Search by entity ID when available, then compare the legal name, status, registered agent and filing history. A business registration establishes the entity's filing record; it does not establish that every person working for it holds a required professional license.
Colorado makes certificates of good standing, certificates of fact and certified copies available free online from the business record. The Secretary of State's document instructions explain how to obtain them. A solicitation offering to sell one does not create an obligation to buy it. Separately, the business fee schedule lists a $25 periodic report and a $50 late-filing penalty. Those are filing charges, not search fees.
For a regulated profession, begin with the Division of Professions and Occupations and its license lookup. The lookup covers multiple professions, including accountancy; it is not limited to CPAs. Review status, expiration and the particular license type. Use the disciplinary-document search when you need the underlying public order rather than relying solely on a status label.
Real-estate professionals and appraisers have a separate Division of Real Estate license lookup. The state appraiser program explains Colorado regulation, while the federal Appraisal Subcommittee registry supplies another credential check. DORA's check-a-license directory routes other regulated activities to the right division, including the bank and trust-company search. A federal registration, state license and business entity filing are different credentials.
The Secretary of State also maintains charity and fundraiser searches and notary verification. For investment advisers, use the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure service to inspect the relevant firm or individual record. The Division of Insurance's bail-bond information explains the regulatory route for bail services.
Some programs need more specific interpretation. The Nursing Home Administrators program concerns the licensed administrator, not a comprehensive facility-inspection database. The workers' compensation safety and loss-control program concerns workplace safety and related programs. Public Utilities Commission resources include transportation permit searches, energy and water regulation and telecommunications regulation. Use the Colorado licenses directory to locate the regulator that matches the activity rather than searching every license database by name.
DPO's primary-source verification instructions distinguish a current individual license lookup from downloadable rosters and nightly-updated bulk data. A list downloaded earlier is not necessarily the same as a live verification today. For a healthcare professional, the Healthcare Professions Profiling Program explains additional disclosures and how to open the supporting public documents. Those disclosures supplement the credential's current status rather than replacing it.
The Medical Board's action page distinguishes monthly summaries from the underlying orders and describes online document coverage. If the question concerns a nursing home or another facility rather than its licensed administrator, use CDPHE's program-specific records instructions for health-facility licensing, complaints and occurrence reports. Give the facility name and location; a practitioner's license number and an establishment's regulatory file are not interchangeable.
9. Sex-offender information and local coverage
The CBI sex-offender registry provides the state's public online search. Its published coverage does not include every person required to register: adult felony registrants and other specified public categories appear, while misdemeanor-only registrations and juvenile adjudications are generally excluded from the statewide public website. A missing online result is therefore not proof that no registration obligation exists.
Read CBI's registry information and limitations and compare the identifying details on a result. Local law-enforcement agencies may provide additional registration information under the applicable rules. An address reflects reported registration information and can change; use the responsible agency for questions about an apparent error or update.
The Colorado Sex Offender Registration Act, C.R.S. § 16-22-101 and following, governs registration requirements. A designation such as sexually violent predator has a specific legal meaning; it should not be inferred merely because someone appears in a search. Registry information serves a different purpose from a complete criminal-history report or a court's final disposition. Use each source for the question it can actually answer.
10. Unclaimed property through the Great Colorado Payback
The Great Colorado Payback, operated by the State Treasurer, is the official route for searching and claiming unclaimed property. Searches and ordinary owner claims are free. Search former names, business names and old addresses as well as a current name, because the holder's original identifying information may be the best match.
The ordinary unclaimed-property program does not impose a deadline for an owner or eligible heir to claim. Colorado also sends automatic payments when it can establish the owner and satisfy the program's requirements. An unexpected notice should be checked through the official program rather than through contact details supplied by an unrelated solicitation.
A potential match is the beginning of a claim, not proof of ownership. The Treasurer may request identity documents, evidence connecting the claimant to the reported address, name-change records or estate authority. Follow the instructions for the particular property and claimant. An heir's documentation differs from an owner's, and a business claim may require proof of authority to act for the entity. Save the claim number for later status checks.
The program's claimant FAQ distinguishes ordinary unclaimed property from estates handled under Colorado probate law. Do not transfer the ordinary program's no-deadline rule to every court-controlled estate or other escheat situation. For an inherited account, identify the owner and claim category before buying death certificates or requesting probate papers; the documentation depends on the right being asserted, not simply the presence of a matching surname.
11. Driving records and voter registration
Colorado motor-vehicle records are governed by specific access restrictions, including the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act. The DMV motor-vehicle-record page explains requests for one's own record and requests made with consent or another authorized basis. These records are not an unrestricted public address-search service.
Current DMV fees are $9.25 for a noncertified motor-vehicle record and $10.25 for a certified record. The DMV offers a seven-year record or full history. Noncertified online orders are ordinarily emailed within 24 hours, while certified records are mailed. Processing estimates are separate from postal delivery time, and special request types may take longer.
For mail requests, use the current DR 2559 form and required payment and documentation. Do not use an old fee printed on a saved form without checking the current schedule. If another organization needs the record, ask whether it requires certification and a particular history period before ordering.
For voting, the Secretary of State's voter-services homepage and GoVoteColorado information explain registration services. Use the official voter-registration lookup to check your own registration. Boulder County's registration instructions offer local assistance. These self-service functions should not be confused with unrestricted access to every field maintained in election records. The Colorado voter records directory provides additional official routes.
A vehicle-title history is another record, not the driver's traffic history. DMV's vehicle-record instructions distinguish a current-owner search from a title history and explain permissible-use documentation. A claim that you intend to apply for a bonded title does not make an existing owner's record your own. The record type and authority to receive protected information must both match the request.
For registration procedures, the Secretary of State's voter-registration FAQ supplies the current options. A voter-service lookup, an election-results report and an application for a voter list are different functions. Use the appropriate elections office for records beyond the personal lookup, and distinguish participation in an election from the confidential choices marked on a ballot.
12. How to request a record that is not online
Identify the custodian before composing the request. A police report goes to the agency that created it, a court document to the court, a deed to the county recorder and a birth certificate through the vital-records process. Sending the same broad request to every office can produce avoidable fees and incomplete answers.
Describe existing records with enough detail to locate them: subject, date range, case or incident number, property identifier and document type. For email, specify likely custodians and a reasonable time period. Request electronic copies when suitable and ask for an estimate before charges exceed a stated amount. If certification matters, say so at the beginning.
A practical request can read: "Please provide an electronic copy of the final contract and amendments for [project], approved between [dates]. Please advise me before costs exceed $25. If any portion is withheld, please identify the legal basis and provide the remaining public portions." Adapt the description to the record rather than using the same wording for a restricted certificate or court file.
Keep the submission, acknowledgment, estimate and response together. If the office cannot locate the record, ask about its date coverage, retention schedule and possible transfer to archives. If the request was sent to the wrong custodian, ask which office is responsible. A statement that no responsive records were located is different from a decision to withhold located records under an exemption.
13. Detailed Colorado search guides
For incident and custody research, the Colorado arrest records guide distinguishes local arrest information from repository results, while the background-check guide compares public name inquiries with formal screening routes. The inmate-search guide helps connect a custody result with the relevant facility, and the people-search guide explains how to compare identifying details across different public systems.
For certificates and family records, use the birth-certificate guide to prepare the applicant documents and the death-records guide to select the appropriate order and supporting evidence. The business-search guide covers entity filings and the documents available from a business record.
The Colorado public-records-law guide develops the request and response process in more detail. Use the sex-offender-registry guide for registration-search context and the unclaimed-property guide for the steps between finding a potential match and documenting a claim.
14. County records: choose the office as well as the county
The El Paso County directory and Denver directory provide local starting points for courts, property and other records. In Denver, take particular care to distinguish County Court, District Court and city-and-county administrative offices. The institution named on the document determines the next request.
For Arapahoe County, compare the assessor's property search with the treasurer's tax search. The first describes the assessed property; the second addresses the tax account. In Jefferson County, the property search and tax-payment instructions serve the same distinct roles. In Adams County, the county GIS maps cover county geography rather than only Commerce City.
The Larimer County directory connects local resources, including separate assessor and treasurer searches. In Douglas County, use the assessor for valuation and the treasurer search for taxes. The Boulder County directory brings together the county's recording, jail and other local resources, which use different systems and identifiers.
For Weld County, the assessor property cards, property map portal and assessor's department page provide complementary property information. A property card or map can lead to the parcel identifier needed for a tax or recorded-document search; it does not replace either record.
Smaller-county research benefits from the same approach. The Alamosa County directory, Archuleta County directory and Archuleta assessor maps help identify the local office and parcel. Use the Baca County, Bent County and Broomfield directories for their respective local resources. Where an index is limited, a focused request with a name, date and record type is more useful than assuming no record exists.
15. Changes that affect Colorado searches in 2026
Birth and death certificate fees increased January 1, 2026 to $25 for the first copy and $20 for additional copies of the same record ordered together. Older federal reference pages and saved application forms can still display earlier amounts. Use the issuing office's current instructions when preparing payment, and distinguish the certificate price from vendor or delivery charges.
Colorado Courts E-Filing changed its core-service fees effective October 1, 2026. Nonparty case-history access is now $18 for 14 days. This is a particular electronic-access product, separate from the free public hearing-calendar search, clerk copy charges and commercial case-information services.
The flat standard recording fee introduced July 1, 2025 also affects documents submitted in 2026. Confirm the document category, any applicable additional charge and the current county instructions. Paying to record a new deed is a different transaction from viewing an index or buying a certified copy of a deed already recorded.
Proposed legislation is not necessarily an effective change. Senate Bill 26-107, which proposed changes to CORA procedures and timing, was postponed indefinitely in March 2026. Its proposed deadlines should not replace the current three-working-day rule and conditional seven-working-day extension in an ordinary CORA request.
16. Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can anyone search Colorado criminal history online? A: CBI provides a public name-based service using a name and exact date of birth. It charges $6 for each result or report viewed. Coverage is limited to eligible Colorado repository records, and a name match requires careful identity checking.
Q: Is Colorado court information free? A: Public hearing calendars and appellate opinions are free online. Full case information, document copies, certified records and particular electronic-access services can carry charges. Start by identifying whether you need a hearing date, register of actions or the actual filed document.
Q: How long does an agency have to answer a CORA request? A: Three working days is the ordinary statutory period when records are not immediately available. Written notice of qualifying extenuating circumstances can allow up to seven additional working days. Court and criminal-justice records may follow different access rules.
Q: Where do I get a certified marriage or divorce record? A: Request the marriage document from the county clerk and recorder that issued or recorded it. The decree itself comes from the court that granted the divorce. A state verification is a different service and does not replace either complete record.
Q: Does an assessor's property record prove the taxes are paid? A: No. The assessor maintains valuation and parcel information. Check the treasurer's account for taxes and payment status, and use the recorder's instruments for the documentary ownership history. Dates and updates can differ across those systems.
Q: Do I have to pay for a Colorado business certificate or unclaimed-property search? A: Online good-standing certificates, certificates of fact and certified business-record copies are free through the Secretary of State. The Great Colorado Payback also provides free searches and ordinary owner claims. Filing a business report or paying an optional intermediary is a separate transaction.