Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in Park County
Just Got Married
It's not unusual to marry, settle in, and only later decide to add a spouse's name to the title — a quitclaim deed works just as well on that timeline.
Going Through a Divorce
Property division in a divorce isn't complete, from the county's point of view, until a quitclaim deed updates the recorded title.
Inherited Property
Sorting out who owns a family property after a death can take time, but the quitclaim deed that finalizes it is usually straightforward.
Gifting to Family
If a family member asked you to "just add my name to the deed," a quitclaim deed is almost certainly the document they meant.
About the Park County Clerk and Recorder
Park County sits within South Park, a vast high-mountain basin where the Colorado Gold Rush drew roughly 10,000 prospectors after gold turned up along Tarryall Creek in 1859. Fairplay, founded that same year and the county seat ever since, grew into the basin's commercial center, while nearby Alma -- built at over ten thousand feet to serve area mines and smelters -- holds the distinction of the highest incorporated town in North America. Congress designated South Park a National Heritage Area in 2009 in recognition of its mining-era landscapes and structures, and the county's economy today mixes ranching, tourism, and second-home development along the US 285 corridor connecting it to the Front Range.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Park County, this is the Park County Clerk and Recorder that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Fairplay (county seat), Alma.
Unincorporated communities: Como, Jefferson, Guffey, Hartsel, Lake George, Shawnee, Grant, Bailey.
Fairplay and Alma are Park County's only incorporated towns; most residents live in unincorporated mountain communities along the US 285 corridor.
Office Details
Address: 856 Castello Avenue, Fairplay, CO 80440
Phone: 719-836-4333
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Recording Fee: The fee structure is set statewide by Colorado law: a flat per-document recording fee, plus -- for deeds conveying real property -- an additional documentary fee calculated as a small percentage of the sale price.
E-recording: Park County accepts e-recording through three vendors: Simplifile, CSC (Corporation Service Company), and eRecording Partners Network (ePN).
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 Park 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 Park 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 Park 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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