Douglas County finished a multi-year effort to make historic land records searchable online, the Clerk and Recorder’s office announced June 16. The collection reaches back to 1866.
The county said 3,877,662 unique public records had been scanned and indexed. Staff began digitizing historical materials in 2009, working around regular customer transactions. By 2024, 375,717 pages of land records remained, and the county obtained $440,000 from Colorado’s Electronic Recording Technology Board to finish the work through an outside provider.
Residents can reach the search through the Recording section of DouglasCOClerk.gov. The announcement concerns preservation and public access to recorded documents; it does not change the ownership or legal effect of a deed simply because the image is now available online.
