Colorado County Texas

Important Notices/Announcements

• COLORADO COUNTY IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER A BURN BAN. Colorado County Emergency Management requests that prior to starting any controlled burning (woodpiles, fields or large refuse piles), please call the Colorado County Communications Center at 979-732-2388, option 2.  They will ask you for the location and a contact number.  By doing this you will help prevent the needless dispatching of volunteer fire departments and will also receive information if a Burn Ban or Red Flag Warning is in place.  For more information on the burn ban status please click here
  
  
• The Colorado County Hazard Mitigation Plan is under going review and needed changes as required every 5 years.  Due to COVID and grant funding issues, we are a little behind, but moving forward.  Part of the review process is getting public input concerning the plan and information that folks my have that need to be included.
  Click the link below to participate in completing a survey which is a critical part of the plan’s renewal process. 
  Hazard Mitigation Plan 2023 Update Survey

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COLORADO COUNTY ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE. 
THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 7.496 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $33.63.


Notice About 2023 Tax Rates

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Photo provided courtesy of Ken Sparks

County Attorney (979) 732-8203
County Judge (979) 732-2604
District Clerk (979) 732-2536
Public Defender (979) 732-9425

Photo provided courtesy of Ken Sparks

Colorado County Courthouse Annex
318 Spring Street
Columbus, Texas 78934

County Auditor (979) 732-2791
County Clerk (979) 732-2155
County Treasurer (979) 732-2865
Tax Assessor-Coll. (979) 732-2710 
Elections (979) 732-6860