Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in El Paso County
Just Got Married
If your name was the only one on the deed before you got married, a quitclaim deed is the ordinary way to fix that.
Going Through a Divorce
Getting an ex-spouse's name off a shared title is usually one deed away, once the divorce settlement is signed.
Inherited Property
If the will or probate court named you the new owner, a quitclaim deed is how that gets reflected on the actual property title.
Gifting to Family
Grandparents gifting property directly to grandchildren often use a quitclaim deed to make that transfer without a sale.
About the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder
El Paso County was organized as a territorial county in 1861, and its seat, Colorado Springs, was founded in 1871 by railroad magnate William Jackson Palmer as a planned resort community near Pikes Peak (first climbed for the U.S. Army by Zebulon Pike in 1806, though he never reached the summit). The county's economy, once driven by the Cripple Creek gold boom and a health-tourism trade, is now anchored by a major military presence -- including the U.S. Air Force Academy, Fort Carson, Peterson and Schriever Space Force Bases, and NORAD -- alongside a growing high-tech sector.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within El Paso County, this is the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Colorado Springs (county seat), Manitou Springs, Fountain, Monument, Palmer Lake, Green Mountain Falls, Calhan, Ramah.
Unincorporated communities: Black Forest, Falcon, Peyton, Rush, Security-Widefield.
Office Details
Address: 1675 Garden of the Gods Rd, Unit 2201, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Phone: (719) 520-6202
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Recording Fee: A flat, statewide per-document recording fee set by Colorado statute (the same amount applies in every county), plus small state technology surcharges. A separate state documentary fee applies to real estate transfers above a small statutory consideration threshold, calculated as a percentage of the sale price rather than a flat charge.
E-recording: El Paso County accepts e-recording through CSC, ePN (eRecording Partners Network), Indecomm Global Services, and Simplifile.
Good to know before you go: Recording services are offered at only two of the Clerk and Recorder's public-facing locations -- the main Citizens Service Center on Garden of the Gods Road and the North/Union Town Center branch, which also has Saturday hours -- while the Powers, Fort Carson, and Centennial Hall locations handle motor-vehicle and driver's-license services only and cannot record documents.
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 El Paso 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 El Paso 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. ยง 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 El Paso 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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