Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in Mineral County
Just Got Married
If you're wondering how to actually get your spouse's name added to the deed, rather than just the mortgage, a quitclaim deed is the answer.
Going Through a Divorce
Once a divorce is behind you, updating the deed to remove a former spouse is usually one of the shorter items left on the list.
Inherited Property
If you're not sure whether the title on an inherited property has ever been updated, a quitclaim deed is how that gets fixed.
Gifting to Family
A parent handing over the family home to an adult child, while stepping off the title themselves, is a common quitclaim deed filing.
About the Mineral County Clerk and Recorder
Mineral County's history begins in 1889, when prospector Nicholas Creede discovered silver along Willow Creek, touching off the last of Colorado's great silver booms and drawing an estimated 10,000 people into the narrow canyon before the Panic of 1893 sent the boomtown into decline. The Creede Mining District went on to produce tens of millions of ounces of silver over nearly a century, with underground mining continuing until the last mine closed in 1985. Today the county's economy centers on tourism and outdoor recreation, with the town of Creede -- now home to only a few hundred year-round residents -- built almost entirely within a steep-walled volcanic canyon and surrounded by the Rio Grande National Forest.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Mineral County, this is the Mineral County Clerk and Recorder that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated city: Creede (county seat, only incorporated municipality).
Unincorporated communities: Wason, South Fork (partial).
Mineral County is Colorado's least populous county; Creede is its only incorporated town, and roughly 90 percent of the county's land lies within Rio Grande National Forest and surrounding wilderness areas.
Office Details
Address: 1201 N. Main Street, Creede, CO 81130
Phone: 719-658-2440
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (closed for lunch)
Recording Fee: Colorado sets recording fees by statute: the county charges a flat per-document fee regardless of page count, and the state adds a separate documentary fee calculated as a small percentage of the property's sale price whenever a deed transfers real estate.
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 Mineral 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 Mineral 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 Mineral 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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