A nearly $500,000 grant will help Mesa County enhance and update imaging of recorded documents and make the documents available to the public.

The $448,080 grant was the largest of 10 grants the Colorado Secretary of State‘s Electronic Recording Technology Board awarded to counties to maintain and update recording technologies to allow for digital access to records.

“The more than $1.6 million in grants will help counties across the state modernize their recording practices, and I’m so glad my office can make that possible,” said Jena Griswold, Colorado secretary of state.

“My office’s Electronic Recording Technology Board is dedicated to helping Colorado counties small and large better serve their constituents,” Griswold said.

Under the terms of the grant agreement, Mesa County will improve the images of recorded documents from 1883 to 1967 and make those documents available to the public using a digital vault.

Garfield County received a grant for nearly $10,400 to purchase new scanners to record documents and replace label printers used by the recording office.

The Electronic Recording Technology Board was created in 2016 to develop, improve, maintain and preserve land record systems in Colorado. Since it’s creation, the board has awarded more than $10 million to ensure county clerks can maintain and improve property records and other documents.