Park County Property Records Parcels, Taxes, Deeds, Maps

How to Look Up Land in Park County

Park County has many vacant lots in large mountain subdivisions around Hartsel, Jefferson, Como, Fairplay and Bailey. Records for each lot are split across four offices in Fairplay. The Assessor values the land. The Treasurer bills and collects taxes. The Clerk and Recorder records deeds. The GIS team runs the parcel and zoning map.

The official links are below, followed by a step by step guide: find your schedule number, read the Assessor record and the tax statement, check for unpaid taxes and tax liens, find the deed, and use the maps. The last part explains how Colorado's actual value and assessed value differ.

Step 1: Find your schedule number

Park County calls the parcel number a schedule number. Open the Assessor's property search and search by owner name. Most mountain lots have no street address. Your tax statement also shows the schedule number.

If you know the subdivision and lot but not the owner name on file, open the county parcel and zoning map, zoom in and click the lot.

• Search by last name only if the full name fails.
• Large subdivisions have many filings and units. Make sure the filing number matches your deed.
• The GIS team answers mapping questions at 719-836-4294.

Step 2: Read the Assessor record

The record shows the owner and mailing address, the schedule number, the legal description, the land size, the property class (usually vacant land) and the actual and assessed values. It may also list the reception number or book and page of the last deed.

Check the mailing address first. Tax statements and treasurer's deed notices go there. If it is wrong, ask the Assessor how to update it. Then compare the legal description with your deed, including the filing and lot.

Step 3: Read the tax statement and check for unpaid taxes

Colorado taxes are paid a year behind. Statements go out after January 1 for the prior year. You can pay half by the last day of February and half by June 15, or the full amount by April 30. Late payments add 1 percent interest a month.

Search the Treasurer property search for your schedule number and check each year. If taxes stay unpaid, the Treasurer sells a tax lien at the yearly tax lien sale. You still own the land and can redeem by paying taxes, interest and costs. Ask the Treasurer for the exact redemption amount.

• Redemptions and payments to avoid the sale may need certified funds. Check with the Treasurer.
• If a lien goes unredeemed for about three years, the holder can apply for a treasurer's deed.
• Our Park County back taxes guide covers the sale dates and the 2026 law change.

Step 4: Find the deed and confirm ownership

Deeds are recorded by the Clerk and Recorder in Fairplay. The county's online document search covers recordings from 1968 on. It is a paid service: $25 a day plus 25 cents a copy. Plat maps are not online, so ask the Clerk and Recorder for those.

The grantee on the most recent deed owns the land. If the owner died, the heirs usually need a probate or another legal step before they can sell. Look also for liens, judgments or a treasurer's deed recorded against the lot.

Step 5: Use the maps for zoning, flood zones and wetlands

The county parcel and zoning map shows lot lines and zoning. Building and camping rules depend on zoning and lot size, so check with Planning and Zoning at 719-836-4292 before you plan any use.

For flood zones, use the FEMA Flood Map Service Center. For wetlands, the National Wetlands Inventory mapper gives a first look. It is a planning map, not a legal wetland line. Lots near creeks and in valley bottoms are the ones to check.

Actual value, assessed value and market value

In Colorado the Assessor sets an actual value, which is the market value estimate. Assessed value is that actual value times an assessment rate set under state law, so assessed value is only a fraction of actual value. Taxes are figured from the assessed value and the mill levy for your tax area.

Real property is revalued every odd-numbered year, based on sales from an earlier data period. Notices of valuation go out by May 1, and on the standard schedule you can protest to the Assessor by June 8. The actual value is a mass appraisal estimate. A sale price can be quite different, because buyers weigh access, water, power and recent sales in your subdivision.

Selling your Park County land

Our Park County land guide covers prices, access and building rules. Our back taxes guide covers selling when taxes are owed or a lien was sold.

EasyLotBuyer makes a cash offer within 24 hours, charges no fees or commissions, pays the closing costs and can close in as few as 7 days. We buy lots with back taxes, liens, title problems or no road access, and from heirs. Back taxes are paid at closing from the sale. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice. Confirm dates, amounts and rules with the county office.