Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in Crowley County
Just Got Married
Married and ready to put the home in both names? A quitclaim deed does exactly that, without the complexity of a new purchase or refinance.
Going Through a Divorce
If you're the spouse keeping the house, a quitclaim deed is how your ex's name comes off the title once the settlement is signed.
Inherited Property
If you've recently become the rightful owner of a family property, a quitclaim deed is how that gets made official with the county.
Gifting to Family
Adding a family member's name to a title as a gift is one of the more routine reasons a quitclaim deed gets filed.
About the Crowley County Clerk and Recorder
Crowley County was formed in 1911, split off from Otero County to give residents living north of the Arkansas River their own administrative center. Ordway, the county seat, grew into a commercial hub on the strength of irrigated farmland and incorporated in 1900. In the early 1900s the county was one of Colorado's prime agricultural areas, known for orchards, canning factories, and even ice houses that shipped cantaloupes by rail across the country; today its economy centers on large-scale cattle feeding and grain elevators that supply livestock feed across the southwestern United States.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Crowley County, this is the Crowley County Clerk and Recorder that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Ordway (county seat), Crowley, Olney Springs, Sugar City.
Office Details
Address: 631 Main Street, Suite 102, Ordway, CO 81063
Phone: 719-267-5225
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 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 — Crowley County is a live jurisdiction for Simplifile e-recording.
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 Crowley 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 Crowley 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 Crowley 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
Filing somewhere else in the state? Here are a few other county pages:
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