PUBLIC RECORDS AND INFORMATION SERVICES
OPEN DATA, TRANSPARENT PROCESSES
VEHICLE TITLES & LICENSING
SERVICES • Birth and Death Certificates • Elections and Voter Registration • Marriage Licenses • Property Value Assessment and Tax Collection • Public Records • Vehicle Registration
The Vehicle Licensing Division of the Clerk and Recorder’s office handles everything from titling motor vehicles, manufactured homes and ATVs, to issuing Persons With Disabilities Placards, completing title changes/updates and license plate replacements and renewals. Nearly every adult citizen in the county will interact with this department at least once if not multiple times each year. With population growth and an improving economy comes an increase in transactions. Compared to 2011, Motor Vehicles assisted approximately 130 more people each day in 2014.
TOTAL TRANSACTIONS:
500,742
461,539
459,456
446,205
2011
2012
2013
2014
CIVIL UNIONS & MARRIAGE LICENSES
PROPERTY APPRAISALS
Larimer County began issuing Civil Union licenses on May 1, 2013, and issued 143 that year. The County began issuing same- sex marriage licenses on October 6, 2014.
112 SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LICENSES
Property in Larimer County is assessed every two years based on changes in the real estate market, and new valuations were released in 2015. While values didn’t change much during the 2013 assessment, this time property values increased noticeably for payments in 2016.
2,934 TRADITIONAL
The most used County communication source by participants in the 2015 citizen survey is larimer.org ; over 75% had used the site and 90% found it useful.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
49 CIVIL UNION LICENSES
2014
2014
2014
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
ENGAGED SERVICE, EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT
CONFIDENCE IN LARIMER COUNTY GOVERNMENT Any county resident can take the Larimer County 101 program to learn about county services and their benefits. Participants are asked to rate their level of confidence in Larimer County government at the beginning and end of the LC 101 series of classes. On average, confidence levels increase by .90 points.
CONFIDENCE LEVEL
SERVICES • Budgeting • Human Resources • Finance • County Attorney • Performance Measurement • Strategic Planning
3.5 4.0 3.8 BEFORE
4.9 4.6 4.5 AFTER
(.60 INCREASE) (.70 INCREASE)
(1.40 INCREASE)
1=LOW CONFIDENCE, 5=HIGH CONFIDENCE (.90 INCREASE) 4.7 3.8
EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING The County’s annual financial report has won a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 31 consecutive years and counting! The certificate goes to local governments who publish comprehensive, easily readable, and efficiently organized annual reports. The annual report includes an audit of the County’s financial statements by a private firm of Certified Public Accountants. See these reports at larimer.org/finance.
NEW COUNTY BUILDING The County is collaborating to consolidate its Loveland offices into a new building that will bring together human services, health, motor vehicle, and the workforce center with the potential for including court related offices. The new County building in Loveland is expected to be open in 2017.
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