Counter staff, librarians, fire districts
For the people who answer the counter questions
Residents ask the same questions every season: why the notice of valuation looks high, how the senior exemption works, what wildfire does to an insurance quote, what a new Coloradan files first. Colorado Porch keeps sourced, dated answers to those questions — and turns the most-asked ones into one-page sheets you can print for the counter.
The handouts
Free to print, copy, and rack
Every sheet on the handouts page is one printed page, carries its official sources, and says what it cannot know. No login, no watermark beyond a one-line credit. Print them, photocopy them, and hand them out — that is what they are for.
If you post one on a website or a resource list, please link the sheet's page rather than a saved PDF. The online version updates when a rate, form, or deadline changes; a saved copy quietly goes stale.
The standards
What you are vouching for
- Every load-bearing claim links to an official Colorado source — a state agency, a county office, a statute — on the page that states it. The methodology page explains the process.
- Pages carry a last-reviewed date, so you can see how fresh the answer is.
- The site is a signpost, not the authority. It gets people oriented and points them back to the county assessor, the clerk, the fire district, and the state agency for the final say — never away from you.
- Corrections are welcome and land fast: the feedback page reaches us directly.
The ask
Link it where residents look
If a sheet or a guide answers a question your office hears weekly, a link on your resources page saves the counter time — and it always lands residents on the current version. Anything here may be linked directly; nothing requires permission. A question, a correction, or a request for a sheet that does not exist yet all go through the feedback page.
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