Treasurer/Public Trustee

Duties & Responsibilities of the Treasurer/Public Trustee

• The County Treasurer is responsible for the receipt, custody, and disbursement of county funds.
• The Treasurer is the Public Trustee, except in first and second-class counties.
• The Treasurer collects some state taxes and all property taxes – including those for other units of local government.
• The Treasurer collects and disburses school funds belonging to school districts located within the county.
• The Treasurer sends notices of and collects all property taxes for all local governments and disburses receipts for each after charging a statutory collection fee.
• The Treasurer conducts sales of property for delinquent taxes.

Otero County Treasurer Sharon Jones

Otero County Courthouse
13 W 3rd St., Room 213
La Junta, CO 81050

Phone: (719) 383-3030

Fax: (719) 383-0109

sjones@oterogov.org

First Elected: November 2023

Current Term Expires: January 2028