Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in Conejos County
Just Got Married
Getting married often prompts a quick title update — a quitclaim deed lets you add your spouse without reopening the whole purchase process.
Going Through a Divorce
Whether the divorce was amicable or not, once the property split is decided, a quitclaim deed is what updates the public record to match.
Inherited Property
After an estate names its heirs, a quitclaim deed is typically the document that finally moves the property title to them.
Gifting to Family
Transferring property to a relative at no cost is exactly the kind of transaction a quitclaim deed is built for.
About the Conejos County Clerk and Recorder
Conejos County's roots reach back to a 1742 petition by Spanish settlers for a land grant in the San Luis Valley, though permanent settlement didn't take hold until 1851, when the towns of Guadalupe and San Luis were founded — placing Conejos County at the center of the debate over Colorado's oldest town. The county seat, Conejos itself, is unique in the state as the only county seat that has never incorporated. The narrow-gauge Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, a surviving stretch of the old Denver & Rio Grande line to Chama, New Mexico, still runs through the county today as a tourist draw alongside its agricultural base of potatoes, barley, and alfalfa.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Conejos County, this is the Conejos County Clerk and Recorder that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Antonito, La Jara, Manassa, Romeo, Sanford.
Unincorporated communities: Conejos (the unincorporated county seat).
Conejos is the only county seat in Colorado that is itself unincorporated — the courthouse sits in a community with no municipal government of its own.
Office Details
Address: 6683 County Rd. 13, Conejos, CO 81129
Phone: 719-376-5422
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, by appointment only
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 — Conejos County is a live jurisdiction for Simplifile e-recording.
Good to know before you go: As of April 2024, the Clerk and Recorder's office is open to the public strictly by appointment for motor vehicle, recording, and marriage-license services — visitors must call ahead, since courthouse security will not admit anyone without a scheduled appointment.
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 Conejos 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 Conejos 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 Conejos 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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