Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in Baca County
Just Got Married
Recently tied the knot and want both names on the deed? A quitclaim deed gets your spouse added to the title without touching your mortgage or triggering a sale.
Going Through a Divorce
Once a divorce settlement decides who keeps the house, a quitclaim deed is the document that makes the title match the agreement.
Inherited Property
When an estate names you as the new owner, a quitclaim deed is typically what puts your name on the title where a relative's used to be.
Gifting to Family
Handing property down to the next generation while you're still around? A quitclaim deed is the usual way families make that transfer official.
About the Baca County Clerk and Recorder
Baca County was created in 1889 and named for Don Felipe Baca, a prominent Trinidad businessman; Springfield was founded in 1887 by settlers from Springfield, Missouri, and became the county seat the same year. Ranching and farming have anchored the county's economy since its founding, but Baca County is perhaps best known as the hardest-hit county in Colorado during the 1930s Dust Bowl — its population fell from over 10,500 in 1930 to about 6,200 by 1940, and the federal government's response included buying up cultivated farmland to return it to grassland.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Baca County, this is the Baca County Clerk and Recorder that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Springfield (county seat), Campo, Pritchett, Two Buttes, Vilas, Walsh.
Unincorporated communities: Lycan.
Office Details
Address: 741 Main St., Suite 3, Springfield, CO 81073
Phone: 719-523-4372
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Recording Fee: a flat, statewide per-document recording fee set by state statute (which includes a small technology/records-modernization surcharge), plus a separate documentary fee calculated as a small percentage of the property's sale price on deeds transferring real estate for value
E-recording: Yes — Baca County accepts e-recording through Simplifile and CSC.
Good to know before you go: County offices, including recording, typically close over the lunch hour from noon to 1:00 PM in addition to standing weekday hours, so plan a visit around that midday closure.
How to File a Document
- Sign in Front of a Notary: Colorado requires the grantor's signature to be acknowledged before a notary public before the Baca County Clerk and Recorder will accept a deed for recording. No witnesses are required beyond the notary, and the grantee doesn't need to sign at all -- just the person giving up their interest in the property.
- Attach a Full Legal Description, Not Just an Address: A street address alone won't satisfy Colorado's requirements -- the deed needs the property's actual legal description (a metes-and-bounds description, a government survey reference, or a platted lot and block, depending on how the parcel was originally surveyed). You can usually copy this directly from the deed that transferred the property to you.
- Complete a Real Property Transfer Declaration (TD-1000): Colorado requires a separate Real Property Transfer Declaration (TD-1000) to accompany most deeds when they're filed, signed by the buyer or seller. It's a distinct form with its own signature, not a box you check on the deed -- the Baca County Clerk and Recorder can provide the current version and confirm whether your situation qualifies for an exemption.
- Consider Online Notarization if an In-Person Visit Is Hard: Colorado has permitted remote online notarization since Senate Bill 20-096 took effect on December 31, 2020 (C.R.S. § 24-21-514.5) -- so if getting to a notary's office in person is inconvenient, a signer may be able to complete the acknowledgment over live video with a Colorado-commissioned online notary instead.
- Record with the County Clerk and Recorder: Bring, mail, or (where the county supports it) e-file the signed, notarized deed and its Transfer Declaration with the Baca County Clerk and Recorder for the county where the property sits. Colorado's recording fee is set by state statute -- a flat rate per document -- and on top of that, Colorado charges a documentary fee calculated as a small percentage of the sale price, separate from the flat recording fee.
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Other Counties in Colorado
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