Where Fort Collins's records are kept. Fort Collins has its own city government, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Fort Collins's own offices, along with State of Colorado offices; the Larimer County offices are on our Larimer County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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City of Fort Collins
City of Fort Collins, Colorado, official site covering municipal utilities, recreation and open spaces, arts and culture, careers, council meetings, sales tax, building services and police services.
Fort Collins Police Services at 2221 S. Timberline Road, with 236 sworn officers, takes nonemergency crime reports, handles police record requests, bike registration and drug take back, and runs the Blue Envelope Program.
Fort Collins Municipal Court at 215 N. Mason St. processes traffic violations, misdemeanors, petty offenses and civil infractions, with citation, payment, motion, appearance, warrant and specialized program information.
Fort Collins public records can be requested in writing in person at 300 Laporte Ave., by email or through the Public Records Portal, with self service records and research fees set under Colorado law.
Fort Collins Building Services at 281 N. College Ave. reviews plans, issues permits, performs inspections, licenses contractors and enforces building standards, with rental housing and short term rental information.
Colorado Courts and Probation online: a docket search for court dates, self help and forms by topic, a county court locator, online payment of fines and fees, and a virtual courtroom directory.
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
The Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology runs this statewide map, layering parcels, boundaries, education, elevation, political, emergency service, recreation, transportation and water data from state and federal sources.
Colorado State Archives Genealogy and Vital Records
The Denver state archives, under the Department of Personnel and Administration, points family historians to its birth, death, marriage, divorce, census, naturalization, military, probate and corrections records.
Official Government Resourcesarchives.colorado.gov
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado
Colorado's federal bankruptcy court at 721 19th Street in Denver; intake and records are open weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and visitors need government ID and security screening to enter.
Fort Collins, a place of 169,810 people, is the seat of Larimer County. Court and property records sit with Larimer County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Colorado. Fort Collins's own offices are in the cards above, and our Larimer County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Fort Collins
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Fort Collins
Old mine sites
3
Past producers, now closed
1
Prospects and occurrences, never worked
2
Producing when recorded
8
Processing plants, not workings
6
Worked underground, in the mine records
1
Main minerals
Gypsum-Anhydrite; Fire Clay (Refractory); construction sand and gravel
The mine records hold 17 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed, 2 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 8 sites producing when the record was made, 6 processing plants, which are not workings; the old survey maps add 5 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Gypsum-Anhydrite; Fire Clay (Refractory); construction sand and gravel.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Colorado's cover is a protection program run by DRMS, not an insurance policy sold by insurers.
Fort Collins: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The pale shapes with a name around it are the neighbouring places, from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.Colorado mine map and abandoned mine records
Colorado abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
Wage and hour cases in Fort Collins, Colorado
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 136 investigations with a Fort Collins address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $1,451,179 in back wages agreed for 2,409 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 119 whose address on the record is in Fort Collins; 33 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 94 more with smaller records are on the Colorado wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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How do I register to vote in Fort Collins, Colorado?
Voter registration in Colorado is run by the Colorado Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Fort Collins.
How do I look up property records in Fort Collins, Colorado?
Deeds for property in Fort Collins are recorded by the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Larimer County page lists the county offices.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Fort Collins, Colorado?
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Colorado come from the state vital records office, Colorado Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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