Electronic Recording Technology Board Awards Up To $200,000 in Emergency Grants To Help Colorado Counties Record Remotely

Denver, March 27, 2020 – The Electronic Recording Technology Board (ERTB), housed in the Secretary of State's office, has awarded up to $200,000 in emergency grants to Colorado counties that will enable them to purchase laptops that will facilitate remote recording. The emergency grants are designed to help stop the spread of COVID-19 while enabling Coloradans to continue to get the important services they need from their County Clerks.

“It’s important that county clerks have the resources to transition staff to remote work,” said Secretary of State Jena Griswold.  “Emergency ERTB grants will help clerks purchase up to three laptops per county in order to continue their important work.”  

The grant requests are pre-approved and funding is distributed on a rolling basis as counties submit applications.  In just the first day, five counties have received grants for laptops totaling $15,389.     

In addition to the emergency grant, the ERTB awarded the following grants at their board meeting on March 20. 

• Cheyenne – approved $38,993 for the digital preservation of historic index & record books including indexing and creation of a historical Cheyenne County searchable site.
• Las Animas - approved $126,989 for digitization and indexing of records currently held in aperture cards and microfiche records, and the addition of these images to the Las Animas County Historical Research site.

The ERTB was created in 2016 with the mission of developing, maintaining, improving, replacing, or preserving land records systems in our state. The grants help counties -- especially in rural Colorado -- invest in technological upgrades. Since its creation, the board has awarded more than $5 million dollars to ensure county clerks are able to improve and maintain property records and other important documents.

For more information on the ERTB, please click here.