The Pitkin County Assessor's Office is responsible for discovering, listing, classifying, and valuing all taxable real and personal property within the jurisdiction of Pitkin County for tax purposes according to the provisions of the Colorado Revised Statutes. It is the responsibility of the Assessor's Office to determine the "actual value" of all real and personal property on the assessment date of January 1st of each year. All property, except that specifically exempt by law, is subject to taxation and it is the duty of the owner to see that it is listed with the Assessor.

The Assessor's Office determines a fair and equitable value, this is the only function of this office in the taxing process and does not set the amount of your taxes. The tax levies which determine your property tax bill are set by the tax levying boards of the college, the school, the county, the city and the fire, metropolitan, water and sanitation districts. The time to discuss the budgets and levies requested is during the fall of the year, at their budget hearings.

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