Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in Logan County
Just Got Married
Some couples add a spouse to the title right after the wedding; others wait years — a quitclaim deed works the same either way.
Going Through a Divorce
If the court ordered your ex to sign over their interest, a quitclaim deed is typically the document used to do that.
Inherited Property
Families who inherit property jointly sometimes use a quitclaim deed to shift full ownership to just one sibling, with the others' consent.
Gifting to Family
If no money is changing hands and the transfer is simply a family gift, a quitclaim deed is almost always the right document.
About the Logan County Clerk and Recorder
Sterling was settled along the South Platte River in 1868 and became the seat of newly formed Logan County in 1887, growing into a commercial hub for Colorado's northeastern plains. Irrigation ditches dug from the South Platte in the 1870s made the area suitable for intensive farming, and in 1890 Logan County became the first place in Colorado outside the state's agricultural college to grow sugar beets commercially -- a crop that, after a processing factory opened in Sterling in 1905, nearly tripled the town's population within a decade. Agriculture, anchored by the South Platte's irrigated farmland, remains central to the county's economy today.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Logan County, this is the Logan County Clerk and Recorder that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Sterling (county seat), Crook, Fleming, Iliff, Merino, Peetz.
Unincorporated communities: Padroni, Proctor, Willard.
Office Details
Address: 315 Main Street, Suite 3, Sterling, CO 80751
Phone: 970-522-1544
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (closed all legal holidays)
Recording Fee: Under Colorado statute, the recorder's office charges a flat, per-document fee (not tied to page count) for recording, and real estate transfers also carry a separate state documentary fee figured as a small percentage of the sale price.
E-recording: Logan County accepts e-recording through Simplifile, CSC, and eRecording Partners Network (ePN).
Good to know before you go: Logan County's Recording Department processes documents in the order received; anything -- physical or electronic -- that comes in after 4:00 PM on a business day is queued and recorded the next business day rather than the same day.
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 Logan 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 Logan 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 Logan 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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