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Sales tax in Montezuma County, Colorado

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated

There is no single sales tax rate in Montezuma County. It runs from 3.3% to 7.69% depending on the exact address, because cities and special districts inside the county levy their own on top of the 2.9% state rate. The 2.9% state rate applies everywhere in the county; everything above that depends on where you are standing. These rates were read from Colorado's own published schedule and checked on September 9, 2026. The rate in each of the 3 cities is in the table below.

What is the sales tax rate in Montezuma County?

Sales tax rate components in Montezuma County, Colorado
Colorado state rate2.9%
Lowest combined rate in the county3.3%
Highest combined rate in the county7.69%

The combined figures are the lowest and highest totals anywhere in Montezuma County, so the rows above do not add up to them.

What is the sales tax rate in each city in Montezuma County?

Colorado publishes the rate for every city it taxes. These are the combined rates, state and local together, as listed in Colorado's own rate file. Where a city shows a range, a special district covers only part of it, so the rate depends on the exact address.

Sales tax rate by city in Montezuma County, Colorado
CityJuly 1 to December 31, 2026
Cortez7.69%
Dolores7.3%
Mancos7.3%
Unincorporated Montezuma CountyThe rate depends on the address, from 3.3% to 3.84%: 3.3% with Health Services District sales tax (0.4%); 3.84% with Health Services District sales tax (0.4%) and Fire Protection District (0.54%).3.3% to 3.84%

Source: Colorado rate file for July 1 to December 31, 2026, from Colorado's official rate page.

How much sales tax is that on a purchase in Montezuma County?

At 3.3%, a $100 purchase carries $3.30 in sales tax and a $1,000 purchase $33.00, at the lowest rate in the county. At the highest, 7.69%, the same purchases carry $7.69 and $76.90. That is general merchandise; Colorado taxes some categories, often groceries, differently, as the note below explains.

Among Colorado's 64 counties, Montezuma County's lowest rate ranks 54th highest. See every Colorado county.

Sales tax in counties next to Montezuma County

Montezuma County borders 6 counties, 3 of them in another state. The lowest rate next door is 2.9% in Dolores County, CO, which is $4.00 less on a $1,000 purchase than the lowest rate in Montezuma County.

Montezuma County and its neighbors, highest rate first
CountyCombined sales tax
San Juan County, CO9.4% to 10.4%
San Juan County, NM6.5% to 8.1875%
San Juan County, UT6.35% to 7.45%
Apache County, AZ6.1% to 9.1%
La Plata County, CO5.9% to 9.9%
Montezuma County, CO (this county)3.3% to 7.69%
Dolores County, CO2.9% to 8.97%

Why the rate here is not the whole story

Colorado charges 2.9 percent statewide and then stacks a county rate, city rates and special district rates whose boundaries do not follow county lines, so a single rate for the whole county does not exist. The county itself levies no sales tax. The floor of 3.3 percent is unincorporated county where a health services district also applies. The ceiling of 7.69 percent is at Cortez, on top of a fire protection district and a health services district. That ceiling is set by a self collected home rule jurisdiction, which administers its own sales tax and can change it on a date the state file does not carry, so confirm it with the jurisdiction or the state lookup before charging it.

How do I find the exact rate for an address in Montezuma County?

Use Colorado's own address lookup. In Montezuma County the rate depends on the address, anywhere from 3.3% to 7.69%.

Who has to collect sales tax in Montezuma County?

Any seller with a physical presence in Colorado collects at the rate for the address of the sale; a remote seller does once it passes Colorado's economic nexus threshold. Colorado sales tax covers the statewide rules and what is exempt.

Work out your own numbers

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