Search the Right Teller County Parcel Record
Use Teller County’s property-record database when you need an owner name, physical address, account number, legal description, assessment data or parcel research. Use the Treasurer instead when the question is the current tax balance, delinquency, interest or payment history.
This guide shows the exact owner/address search format, mining-claim and legal-description options, qualified-sales research, 2025–2026 valuation cycle, June 8 protest deadline, abatement route, current senior/veteran deadlines, tax-statement changes, deeds, Treasurer fees and fixes for the searches that most often fail.
Choose the Correct Teller County Property Record
Several county systems contain property information, but they answer different questions.
Assessor / Property Records
Use for owner display, physical address, legal description, actual value, property characteristics, transfers, assessment research and protest preparation.
Parcel Map
Use for parcel location, nearby parcels and geographic context. Do not treat mapped parcel lines as a survey.
Treasurer
Use for current and delinquent charges, payment history, interest, abatements, special assessments, tax statements and tax liens.
Clerk & Recorder
Use for deeds, mortgages, liens and other recorded real-estate instruments when you need the document itself.
How to Search Teller County Property Records
Use this sequence to avoid duplicate names, rural-address problems and the wrong county identifier.
Open Teller County’s property-record search
Use the county database rather than a private property report. It provides owner, legal-description, advanced-legal, physical-address and account-number routes.
Choose the field you know best
Start with owner name, physical address or legal description. If you already know the exact county account number, use that instead.
Use the county’s expected format
Owner search uses Last name, First name. Address search requires at least one field. Legal search can use lot, block or subdivision.
Open the record and verify the parcel
Confirm owner display, location, legal description, account number, land/building details and transfer information before relying on the result.
Use the right follow-up tool
Open qualified sales for valuation research, the parcel map for geography, Treasurer EagleWeb for tax balances or Recorder EagleWeb for the recorded instrument.
Save the Teller account number
Keep the exact account number with your notes. It reduces same-name confusion and makes future assessment and tax research easier.
Search Teller County Property by Owner or Name
The direct owner page tells users to enter the owner as Last name, First name. The county’s search description also says the first few characters can be used to retrieve matching owners.
Best sequence for a person
- Start with the last name.
- Add the first name only when the list is too broad.
- Compare physical address and legal description.
- Open the record only after confirming the likely parcel.
Trust, LLC or recent sale
- Try the distinctive entity or trust wording.
- Use fewer characters if punctuation differs.
- Search the property address if the owner changed recently.
- Try the previous owner before assuming the parcel is missing.
Search Teller County Property by Address
The physical-address screen supports street number, street name and subdivision. At least one box must be filled.
What you know |
First search |
If nothing appears |
|---|---|---|
Full street address |
Street number + street name |
Remove unit or extra formatting and search the street more broadly. |
Street only |
Begin typing the street in the county dropdown. |
Search without a house number, then review the returned parcels. |
Subdivision |
Subdivision by itself or with street information. |
Remove other criteria that may conflict with county formatting. |
Rural location |
Street/subdivision first. |
Switch to legal description or the parcel map. |
Recent purchase |
Physical address. |
Try the previous owner if the assessor ownership field has not updated. |
Legal Description and Mining-Claim Search
Teller County’s standard legal-description screen supports lot, block and subdivision. The county also provides an Advanced Legal Description search specifically to help find mining claims and unusual legal descriptions.
Standard legal-description search
- Enter lot number when known.
- Add block only when helpful.
- Begin typing the subdivision name to locate it faster.
- At least one field is required.
Advanced legal / mining claims
The county describes this search as particularly useful for mining claims. It is highly specific: spelling must match, and if several boxes are filled, all entered criteria must match.
Search by Teller County Account Number
The county’s account-number search is the most precise route when you have the correct Assessor account.
- Copy the account number directly from an existing Teller County property or tax record.
- Do not enter a Recorder reception number in the Assessor account field.
- Do not assume a parcel number and Assessor account number are interchangeable.
- If it fails, return to owner or address search and copy the account from the resulting record.
What the Teller County Property Record Actually Contains
The county record combines information contributed by multiple departments. Understand the source before treating a field as definitive.
Record section |
Useful for |
Do not assume |
|---|---|---|
Map |
Finding and orienting the parcel. |
That a mapped line is a surveyed legal boundary. |
Ownership |
Current assessor ownership display. |
That it replaces a recorded deed or title examination. |
Location |
Physical property location. |
That it equals the owner’s mailing address. |
Zoning |
Initial property research. |
That it is authoritative; the county warns zoning designations may be inaccurate. |
Land attributes |
Land type, abstract coding and acreage clues. |
That assessor acreage replaces deed or survey verification. |
Building information |
Checking appraisal characteristics. |
That it is a building inspection or guarantee of current condition. |
Transfers |
Sale date, reception number, deed type and price history when available. |
That the summary replaces the recorded instrument. |
Building permits |
Permit number, date and description clues. |
That an assessor display proves current permit status. |
Property-tax history |
Historical mill levy and tax-amount context. |
That it includes delinquent taxes—it does not. |
Teller County Assessor Parcel Map
Use the county-linked ArcGIS viewer when an address is confusing, you need nearby-parcel context or you want to understand a mountain, mining or rural property’s location.
Good uses
- Locate a parcel visually.
- Compare surrounding parcels.
- Understand roads and geographic context.
- Use map context alongside the written legal description.
Do not use the map alone for
- Fence-line disputes.
- Easement locations.
- Encroachments.
- Surveyed acreage.
- Legal boundary determinations.
Use Teller County Qualified Sales to Research Value
Qualified sales are more useful for an assessment review than simply comparing your assessed value with a neighbor’s. Teller County says qualified sales are arm’s-length transactions used for valuation, depreciation, market-condition and ratio analysis.
Residential qualified-sales search
The current residential tool can filter by:
- Account number.
- Above-grade square footage.
- Quality.
- Acreage.
- Year built.
- Subdivision.
- Economic area.
- Style.
Vacant-land qualified sales
The vacant-land tool can filter by account number, acreage, subdivision and economic area.
This is especially useful in Teller County where acreage, access, terrain, location and utility context can make superficially similar vacant parcels poor comparables.
Official Teller qualified vacant-land sales Research Vacant-Land SalesQualified vs non-qualified sales
Sale type |
What Teller County explains |
|---|---|
Qualified |
Generally an arm’s-length transaction between independent parties and potentially usable in valuation analysis. |
Related-party sale |
Can be excluded because buyer and seller were not independent. |
Incomplete contract sale |
A contract that has not been completed can be non-qualified. |
No documentary fee |
Teller County lists this as a potential reason for non-qualification. |
Deed in lieu of foreclosure |
Listed by the county as a non-qualified transaction type. |
How Teller County 2025 Values Carry Into 2026
Colorado’s current reappraisal cycle means the 2025 real-property valuation remains highly relevant during 2026.
Appraisal date
The 2025 Teller reappraisal reflects market conditions as of June 30, 2024.
Sales period
Teller’s 2025 residential and vacant-land qualified-sales tools use sales from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2024.
Current sale price is not automatically the value
A 2025 or 2026 sale occurs after the statutory valuation date. Assessment research must be tied to the legally relevant valuation period.
Actual value, assessed value and tax are different
Term |
What it means |
|---|---|
Actual value |
The Assessor’s property value under Colorado appraisal rules. |
Assessment rate |
A statutory percentage used to convert actual value into assessed value. |
Assessed value |
The tax base produced after applying the relevant assessment rate. |
Mill levy |
Tax rate imposed by the applicable taxing authority. |
Property-tax bill |
The amount produced from applicable assessed values, mill levies and other lawful adjustments. |
2026 Teller County Property Protest
The county’s dedicated 2026 online protest portal says the last day to file a 2026 real-property protest was June 8, 2026.
What Teller told owners to review before protesting
- Review every characteristic on the online property record.
- Identify factual errors that can affect value.
- Review comparable sales used by the Assessor.
- Explain relevant differences in physical characteristics.
- Include a relevant appraisal when available.
- Include a broker market analysis tied to the valuation period.
- State the value or classification correction requested.
- Keep a copy of every submitted item.
Missed the 2026 Protest Deadline? Check the Abatement Route
The current 2026 protest portal tells an owner who did not timely object to valuation that an abatement request may be available after taxes are levied the following January.
Problems an abatement can address
- Erroneous valuation for assessment.
- Irregularity in levying.
- Clerical error.
- Overvaluation.
What it cannot automatically do
Abatement is not automatic and is not simply a late protest with a new label. Teller County requires evidence supporting the requested correction.
Abatement preparation checklist
- Exact property account number.
- Assessment/tax year involved.
- Notice and prior correspondence.
- Clear explanation of the claimed error.
- Comparable sales or factual property evidence.
- Complete appraisal if an appraisal is submitted.
- Requested corrected value or tax treatment.
After the Assessor: CBOE, BAA, Arbitration or Court
A protest becomes an appeal after the Assessor issues the final determination and the owner continues the challenge.
County Board of Equalization
If the Assessor denies the protest, the owner can appeal under the deadline shown on the Notice of Determination.
Request the county’s valuation data
Teller says an owner preparing for the CBOE may request in writing the available data used to support the value; the county says it must be provided at least two days before the hearing.
After CBOE
Possible routes include binding arbitration, Colorado Board of Assessment Appeals or District Court. Teller states that a BAA filing is generally due within 30 days of the CBOE decision.
2026 Senior, Veteran and Gold Star Property Tax Exemptions
Teller County publishes separate current application routes for seniors, veterans with qualifying disabilities, surviving spouses and Gold Star spouses. The programs do not all use the same 2026 deadline.
2026 program |
Timely deadline |
Late deadline |
Status on Aug. 17, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Senior Property Tax Exemption |
July 15, 2026 |
August 17, 2026 |
Final 2026 late-filing date. |
Veteran with a Disability Exemption |
July 1, 2026 |
August 3, 2026 |
Late deadline passed. |
Qualified Senior Primary Residence Classification |
March 15, 2026 |
July 15, 2026 |
2026 filing period passed. |
Standard Teller senior exemption
Core eligibility
- Age 65 or older as of the assessment date.
- Owned the qualifying residential property for the preceding 10 years.
- Occupied it as the primary residence for the preceding 10 years.
- Only one qualifying property exemption for legally married individuals together.
Possible exceptions
Teller describes limited exceptions involving qualifying estate-planning entities, confinement in a hospital/nursing/assisted-living facility and certain condemnation situations.
What the exemption can reduce
When funded and all requirements are met, Teller describes the senior exemption as excluding 50% of the first $200,000 of actual value of the qualifying primary residence.
Veteran with a disability
Teller publishes separate 2026 veteran applications and instructions. The county describes ownership/occupancy requirements and qualifying service-connected disability rules, including qualifying surviving-spouse routes.
Gold Star surviving spouse
Teller says the qualifying surviving spouse must meet the applicable state/federal requirements and provide the required military or VA documentation showing that the service member’s death meets the program criteria. The surviving spouse must not have remarried.
Official Teller County 2026 exemption forms and instructions Open 2026 Exemption FormsTeller County Tax Assessor Property Search vs Treasurer Search
Colorado separates valuation from collection. The Assessor values the property; the Treasurer controls the live tax account.
Assessor property record
- Owner and location.
- Land and building characteristics.
- Transfers and permit clues.
- Assessment research.
- Historical tax rows.
Treasurer EagleWeb
- Previous assessed property values.
- Payment history.
- Current tax charges.
- Delinquent tax charges.
- Interest and abatement charges.
- Miscellaneous charges.
- Special assessments.
- Statements and reports.
Treasurer search fields
Search field |
Micro-level tip |
|---|---|
Account Number |
Best when copied directly from the Teller property or tax record. |
Parcel Number |
The Treasurer search specifically instructs users to enter the parcel number without dashes. |
Owner Name |
Useful when no account or parcel identifier is available. |
Situs Address |
The Treasurer form provides separate house-number, direction, street, designation, suffix and unit fields. |
Why the 2026 Teller County Tax Statement Looks Different
For the 2025 property-tax year payable in 2026, Colorado created separate residential assessment rates for school and non-school local-government taxes.
School-district portion
7.05% residential assessment rate.
Other local-government portion
6.25% residential assessment rate.
Teller County Property Tax Payment Rules
Payment choice |
Normal deadline |
Important note |
|---|---|---|
First half |
February 28 |
Used when choosing two equal installments. |
Full payment |
April 30 |
Used instead of the two-installment option. |
Second half |
June 15 |
Final half of the two-installment option. |
Payment methods and practical rules
- Personal checks are accepted unless an existing tax lien changes the accepted-payment rule.
- Post-dated checks are not accepted.
- Checks should be payable to Teller County Treasurer and include the account number.
- Payments can be mailed, made by phone or made online.
- A mailed receipt can be requested by including a stamped self-addressed envelope.
- An online payment produces an immediate email confirmation.
- Treasurer Detail can take up to three business days to show a completed online payment.
Current online-payment fees
Credit card
2.4% convenience fee under the current Treasurer FAQ.
eCheck
$1.50 convenience fee under the current Treasurer FAQ.
Rejected check / eCheck
The current county FAQ lists a $20 bad-check fee.
Official Teller County Treasurer Fee Schedule
The county links a Colorado Treasurer fee schedule effective July 1, 2024. It places Teller County in the fourth county class and lists several transaction-specific fees that are easy to miss during property research.
Service |
Published fee or rule |
When it matters |
|---|---|---|
Certificate of taxes due |
$10 per certificate |
Title, closing or tax-status research requiring a formal certificate. |
Delinquent real-estate advertising |
Estimated advertising cost, not less than $10 |
Tax-sale related delinquency. |
Certificate of purchase |
$4 |
Tax-lien certificate transaction. |
Subsequent-tax endorsement |
$5 per certificate |
When later taxes are added to an existing tax certificate. |
Treasurer’s deed application |
Deposit set by Treasurer; includes $300 Treasurer fee to open the file |
Advanced tax-lien/deed process. |
Tax-lien redemption certificate |
$7 |
Redemption from a tax-lien certificate. |
Tax-deed-auction redemption certificate |
$60 |
Applicable redemption-document process. |
Very small real-property tax payment |
Possible $5 administrative fee when the tax-statement payment is under $10 |
Very low-balance accounts. |
2026 Teller County Tax Lien Sale
The Treasurer currently schedules the 2026 online tax-lien sale for Monday, November 9, 2026.
October 1
The Treasurer says updated 2026 tax-lien-sale rules will be posted.
October 8
The county says the available-parcel list will be posted by this date.
November 9
The current Treasurer page identifies this as the one-day online sale date, using GovEase.
Search Teller County Deeds and Recorded Property Documents
The Clerk & Recorder’s EagleWeb system is the correct route for the recorded document itself. Its online index covers documents recorded since January 1, 1899.
Use the Assessor record to collect clues
Save owner name, account number, legal description, transfer date and reception number when shown.
Open Teller Recorder EagleWeb
Acknowledge the Recorder disclaimer and enter the document-search system.
Choose grantor, grantee or both
Use the party role that matches the transaction when known. Grantor is generally the conveying party; grantee is the receiving party.
Use the correct name-search mode
For the Recorder’s Basic search, enter the person’s name last-name first. Advanced searching is more flexible about word order.
Narrow by date or reception number
If the exact document date is known, Teller’s Recorder help says the same date can be entered as both the start and end date. A known reception number is even more precise.
Review the underlying instrument
The Recorder warns that the index functions like a library catalogue: it points to documents but should not replace review of the actual instrument for legal decisions.
Real Property Transfer Declaration After a Sale
Teller County’s property-transfer guidance contains a step that buyers and sellers can easily miss because the declaration itself is not recorded as a public deed document.
TD-1000 / Real Property Transfer Declaration
Teller explains that a Real Property Transfer Declaration generally accompanies a conveyance subject to the documentary fee when the deed is recorded.
Confidential document
The county says the transfer declaration is confidential by law and is not itself recorded as a public instrument.
The transfer declaration is also one source Teller says it uses when confirming and verifying qualified sales.
Official Teller County property-transfer guidance Review Transfer RequirementsRemoving Personal Information From Teller County’s Website
Colorado provides a limited statutory process for certain protected people and potentially qualifying survivors or victims—not a general public-record opt-out for every owner.
Protected-person route
Teller publishes a Request for Removal of Online Information process for qualifying protected people when statutory safety requirements are met.
Survivor/victim route
The county also provides eligibility information for some survivors or victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
Teller County Property Search Troubleshooting
Problem |
Likely cause |
Best next action |
|---|---|---|
Owner search finds nothing |
Wrong name order, too much detail or recent sale. |
Use Last name, First name; shorten it; then try the address or prior owner. |
Too many owners appear |
Common surname or short partial search. |
Compare address/legal description or add first-name characters. |
Address finds nothing |
Address is formatted differently in the county database. |
Use fewer fields, street only or subdivision. |
Rural parcel lacks useful street address |
Legal-description or map search is more appropriate. |
Switch to lot/block/subdivision, Advanced Legal or parcel map. |
Mining claim returns nothing |
Advanced Legal search requires exact spelling and all filled criteria to match. |
Use one distinctive term first. |
Account search fails |
The Assessor account search requires an exact match. |
Find the parcel by owner/address and copy the account number directly. |
Tax history appears paid but you suspect delinquency |
General property records exclude delinquent taxes. |
Open Treasurer EagleWeb. |
Treasurer parcel search fails |
Parcel was entered with dashes. |
Re-enter the Treasurer parcel number without dashes. |
Tax statement has no assessed value |
Two residential assessment rates apply for taxes payable in 2026. |
Review Assessor value and Treasurer’s school/non-school tax calculations separately. |
Senior/veteran exemption is not printed |
Teller says the exemption is not visible on the current tax notice. |
Verify with Treasurer or Assessor instead of submitting a duplicate application. |
Zoning appears wrong |
County database warns zoning designations may be inaccurate. |
Confirm with Teller County Planning at 719-687-3048. |
Map line conflicts with fence |
GIS parcel data is being treated as a survey. |
Use recorded documents and a surveyor where legal boundary certainty is required. |
Recorder name search misses document |
Name order, spelling variation or wrong grantor/grantee field. |
Try last-name-first Basic search, Advanced search and spelling variants. |
2026 protest link is closed |
June 8 filing deadline passed. |
Ask the Assessor whether the later abatement route applies to your issue. |
Online payment not in Treasurer Detail |
Posting delay. |
Keep the email confirmation and allow up to three business days before escalating. |
Teller County Property Offices and Call Scripts
Have the account number ready whenever possible. For a deed question, also have the party name and approximate recording date.
Office |
Use it for |
Current details |
|---|---|---|
Teller County Assessor |
Property records, values, characteristics, protests, abatements and local exemption filing. |
Kurt Schoenberger, Assessor 101 W Bennett Avenue, Teller County Courthouse, Cripple Creek, CO 80813 Mail: P.O. Box 1008 719-689-2941 Mon–Fri, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. |
Teller County Treasurer |
Current/delinquent taxes, payment posting, interest, special assessments, tax liens and Treasurer’s deed matters. |
Krystal Brown, Treasurer / Public Trustee 101 W Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, CO 80813 Mail: P.O. Box 367 719-689-2985 Mon–Fri, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. |
Clerk & Recorder |
Deeds, mortgages, liens and other recorded legal documents. |
Stephanie Kees, Clerk & Recorder 101 W Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, CO 80813 Mail: P.O. Box 1010 719-689-2951 Cripple Creek office: 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., except holidays. |
Woodland Park Clerk branch |
Supported walk-in Clerk/Recorder services. |
800 Research Drive, Suite 200, Woodland Park, CO 80863 719-689-2951 Mon–Fri, 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Closed 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. for lunch Walk-in only; no mail or deliveries. |
Teller County Planning |
Verify zoning when the property database is uncertain. |
719-687-3048 |
Assessor script
Treasurer script
Recorder script
Official Teller County Property Action Links
Use these after determining which record or action you need. They are for the final live lookup, payment, filing or document research—not a substitute for the explanations above.
Property records
Choose owner, legal, address or exact account-number search.
Property RecordsOwner search
Direct Last name, First name property lookup.
Search OwnerAddress search
Street-number, street-name and subdivision lookup.
Search AddressParcel map
County-linked ArcGIS parcel research.
Open Parcel MapTax account
Current/delinquent taxes, payments, interest and statements.
Treasurer EagleWebRecorded documents
Deeds, mortgages, liens and recorded-document index.
Recorder EagleWebTeller County Assessor Property Search FAQs
What is the official Teller County assessor property search?
Use Teller County’s Property Records Database Search. It provides owner-name, legal-description, advanced-legal, physical-address and exact account-number search routes, plus links to county parcel and qualified-sales resources.
How do I search Teller County property records by owner name?
Use the direct owner search and enter the owner as Last name, First name. Teller County also says you can begin with the first few characters of the owner name, then narrow the returned list by address and legal description.
How do I search Teller County property by address?
Use the physical-address screen and enter at least one field. Start with street number and street name. If no parcel appears, remove extra criteria and try street name or subdivision alone.
Where is the Teller County assessor parcel map?
Teller County links to an ArcGIS parcel viewer from its online maps resources. Use the map for parcel orientation and nearby-property research, but do not treat GIS parcel lines as a legal survey.
Does Teller County’s assessor property record show delinquent taxes?
No. Teller County expressly says delinquent taxes are not shown in the general property-record database. Use Treasurer EagleWeb for current and delinquent charges, interest, payment history and special assessments.
What was the Teller County 2026 real-property protest deadline?
The dedicated Teller County 2026 online protest portal says the last day to file the 2026 real-property protest was June 8, 2026. That specific 2026 portal is more current than conflicting generic deadline wording still visible on some county pages.
What can I do after missing the June 8, 2026 protest deadline?
Teller County says an owner who did not timely object may be able to request an abatement after taxes are levied the following January. An abatement is not automatic, and a prior protest followed by a Notice of Determination affects whether that route is available.
What is the 2026 Teller County senior exemption deadline?
Colorado DPT identifies July 15, 2026 as the timely Senior Property Tax Exemption deadline and August 17, 2026 as the late deadline. Veteran and temporary senior-classification programs use different 2026 deadlines.
Why is there no single assessed value on my Teller County 2026 tax statement?
For the 2025 tax year payable in 2026, Colorado uses a 7.05% residential assessment rate for school-district taxes and 6.25% for other local-government taxes. Teller County says a single assessed value was removed because it would not accurately represent both calculations.
Where do I search for a Teller County deed?
Use Teller County Clerk and Recorder EagleWeb when you need the recorded deed itself. The Recorder recommends searching spelling variations and supports grantor, grantee, reception-number and date-based document research.
Search the Parcel First, Then Verify the Final Record
For owner, address, legal description or appraisal research, begin with Teller County’s property-record database and save the exact account number. Move to qualified sales when researching value, the parcel map for location context, Treasurer EagleWeb for live taxes and Recorder EagleWeb for the underlying deed.
When the task involves a deadline, exemption, delinquency, tax lien, abatement or legal document, use the official action page beside that section before filing, paying or relying on the result.
Find the Right Property Record, Tax Bill, Deed or Assessor Search Route
Use this helper before searching county property records. It helps you choose the right office, prepare the right details, avoid wrong-office mistakes, and review property records safely.
Property Search Route Finder
Choose what you have and what you want to find. The tool will suggest the best search route and common mistake to avoid.
Parcel / APN / PIN Format Helper
Parcel numbers are formatted differently by county. Try these variations if your official search does not return results.
Assessor, Tax Collector, Recorder or GIS?
Select your issue and this tool will show the office that usually handles it.
Simple Property Tax Estimate Helper
This is a general estimate only. State and county tax rules differ, so always verify final bills with the official tax collector, treasurer or county tax office.
Exemption / Appeal Readiness Checklist
Use this before applying for an exemption or challenging a value. Missing proof is one of the biggest reasons users waste time or miss deadlines.
Property Record Review Checklist
Review these fields before relying on any assessor, appraiser, auditor, property appraiser, tax or deed record.