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Montezuma County commissioners deny two property tax abatement requests

5822331 · September 23, 2025
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At their Sept. 23 meeting the Montezuma County Board of Commissioners denied abatement petitions for two properties after hearing disputes about purge/unpurge timelines and whether reclassifications should be applied retroactively to tax year 2024.

The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 23 denied two property tax abatement petitions, concluding the county’s tax roll and timelines governing purges and reclassifications precluded retroactive refunds for tax year 2024.

Petitioners including a property owner identified as Miss Cavalier asked the board to retroactively reclassify a parcel that had been “purged” (separating a manufactured home from a real-property account) so taxes payable in 2025 would reflect the property’s unpurged status for 2024. She told the board the county received unpurge…

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