Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in Teller County
Just Got Married
If you and your spouse decided together that the title should list both of you, a quitclaim deed is what turns that decision into a public record.
Going Through a Divorce
If there's still a former spouse's name on your title from before the divorce, a quitclaim deed is how that finally gets resolved.
Inherited Property
Some heirs wait a long time before dealing with the deed — a quitclaim deed works just as well years later as it does right after probate.
Gifting to Family
Some gifts of property happen all at once; others happen a percentage at a time — a quitclaim deed works for either approach.
About the Teller County Clerk & Recorder
Teller County was carved out of El Paso and Fremont counties in 1899, at the height of the Cripple Creek gold rush, and named for Colorado senator Henry M. Teller. Bob Womack's 1891 gold discovery near Cripple Creek touched off a rush that turned a sparsely populated cattle range into a district of more than fifty thousand people and a dozen mining towns within a decade. Woodland Park grew up as the district's timber and supply town, running sawmills that shipped lumber and railroad ties up to the mines, while Cripple Creek and Victor became the mining centers that remain the county's historic core. Today the county's economy still leans on that mining-era legacy through limited-stakes casino gaming in Cripple Creek, alongside tourism tied to its high-elevation setting on the western slope of Pikes Peak.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Teller County, this is the Teller County Clerk & Recorder that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Cripple Creek (county seat), Victor, Woodland Park, Green Mountain Falls.
Unincorporated communities: Divide, Florissant, Lake George.
Teller County also has a walk-in-only branch office in Woodland Park (no mail or deliveries accepted there); documents for recording should be sent or brought to the Cripple Creek courthouse office.
Office Details
Address: 101 W Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek, CO 80813 (mailing: P.O. Box 1010, Cripple Creek, CO 80813)
Phone: 719-689-2951
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (main office, Teller County Courthouse, Cripple Creek)
Recording Fee: Colorado uses a flat, statewide per-document recording fee set by state statute (the same charge no matter how many pages the document runs), plus a separate state documentary fee on real estate transfers that is calculated as a small percentage of the sale price once the price exceeds a statutory minimum.
E-recording: Teller County accepts e-recording through multiple vendors, including CSC, Simplifile, ePN (eRecording Partners Network), and ERX Alliance.
Good to know before you go: Teller County's Woodland Park office is walk-in only and does not accept mail or deliveries; if you're recording a deed by mail, send it to the Cripple Creek courthouse address (or the P.O. Box), not the Woodland Park branch.
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 Teller County Clerk & 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 Teller County Clerk & 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 Teller County Clerk & 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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