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Pueblo County treasurer outlines state unclaimed-property program and property tax deferral option
Summary
Treasurer Archuleta briefed commissioners on the state-run Great Colorado Payback program for reclaiming unclaimed funds and summarized Colorado's property tax deferral option for eligible homeowners, urging residents and businesses to check for recoverable money and to be proactive on taxes.
Treasurer Archuleta told the Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners that residents, businesses and the county itself may be owed money through a state program called the Great Colorado Payback and described how people can search and file claims.
The treasurer said the Great Colorado Payback is administered by the Colorado State Treasury, not the county, and called it "an awesome, awesome thing" that returns unclaimed or abandoned intangible property — items such as checking and savings accounts, CD balances, overpayments on bills, insurance checks, escrow, payroll checks and utility refunds — to their rightful owners. "The Great Colorado Payback is not through the treasurer's office. This is through the state treasury department," Archuleta said.
Archuleta said the state's online search lets users look up individuals or businesses and that some matches will show dollar bands (for example, "less than $5" or "over $100").…
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