Clerk and Recorder
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Clerk and Recorder

Garfield County courthouse

2026 Garfield County unofficial results

2026 results from ballots cast in Garfield County are published on our Primary Election page.

Unofficial Garfield County results


Colorado Secretary of State voter statistics

Vital Records –
Effective January 1, 2026


New fees for birth and death certificates

  • First certificate: $25.00
  • Additional certificates (ordered at the same time as the 1st): $20.00 each
As a part of the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the 150th anniversary of Colorado’s statehood, the Vital Records Department is offering the Colorado 150-Year logo on birth certificates issued in 2026. This is available upon request only.

2026 Election Information


Primary Election – Election Day – June 30

  • Ballots mailed: June 9
  • Early Voting / Voter Service & Polling Centers:
    June 22 – June 30 (excluding Sunday, June 28)

General Election – Election Day November 3

  • Ballots mailed: October 9
  • Early Voting / Voter Service & Polling Centers:
    October 19 – November 3
    (excluding Saturday, October 24, and Sundays, October 25 and November 1)
Additional election information will be posted on the Clerk & Recorder’s website.

2026 is shaping up to be a busy year for the Clerk & Recorder’s Office.

I encourage you to visit the Clerk & Recorder website for the most current information at the Clerk’s office

In service,
Jackie Harmon,
Garfield County Clerk & Recorder

Clerk and Recorder’s office duties

The Clerk & Recorder’s office is responsible for voter registration, the conducting of all primary, general, and November coordinated elections, motor vehicle titling and registration, real estate and other recordings, marriage licenses, birth and death records, liquor licenses and recording the proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners.

  • Elections
  • Marriage licenses
  • Motor vehicle
  • Recording
  • Vital records

Open Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1:30 – 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays. Please call 970-384-3700 for assistance.

A stack of folders filled with correspondence letters from 1923 to 1976 at the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder's Office in Glenwood Springs, CO.

Garfield County Clerk & Recorder time capsule of correspondence letters

In early 2023, Garfield County Clerk & Recorder Jackie Harmon upon a time capsule of correspondence letters addressed to and from former Garfield County Clerks Mr. Walter J. Frost, Mr. Charles S. Keegan, and Ms. Ella Stephens, dated as far back as 1923.
Time capsule

Garfield County Clerk & Recorder

Jackie Harmon
970-384-3700