Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in Weld County
Just Got Married
A quitclaim deed is often the very last piece of wedding-related paperwork people get around to — and the simplest one to finish.
Going Through a Divorce
If the divorce is done but the deed isn't, a quitclaim deed is usually the single filing that closes that gap.
Inherited Property
Some heirs split an inherited property's title evenly at first, then use a later quitclaim deed to consolidate it under one name.
Gifting to Family
Some families gift property to a child specifically to keep it out of probate down the line — a quitclaim deed makes the transfer now.
About the Weld County Clerk and Recorder
Weld County was one of the original seventeen counties created by the Colorado Territorial legislature in 1861 and is named for Lewis Ledyard Weld, the territory's first secretary. Its county seat, Greeley, began in 1870 as Union Colony, a planned cooperative farming settlement organized by Nathan Meeker with backing from newspaperman Horace Greeley, and that agricultural mission stuck: Weld is consistently ranked as one of the top farm-producing counties in the country, leading Colorado in cattle, grain, and sugar-beet output. At more than four thousand square miles, it is also Colorado's largest county by area, spanning the South Platte River valley and the Denver-Julesburg Basin. Since the shale boom of the 2010s, Weld has become the state's dominant oil-and-gas county, producing the large majority of Colorado's crude oil and a majority of its natural gas from tens of thousands of wells.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Weld County, this is the Weld County Clerk and Recorder that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Greeley (county seat), Evans, Fort Lupton, Dacono, Ault, Eaton, Firestone, Frederick, Garden City, Gilcrest, Grover, Hudson, Kersey, LaSalle, Mead, Milliken, Nunn, Pierce, Platteville, Severance, Brighton, Longmont, Northglenn, Thornton, Berthoud, Erie, Johnstown, Lochbuie, Windsor.
Unincorporated communities: Roggen, Galeton, Hereford.
Several listed cities and towns (including Brighton, Longmont, Northglenn, Thornton, Berthoud, Erie, Johnstown, Lochbuie, and Windsor) straddle Weld County's border and extend into one or more neighboring counties as well.
Office Details
Address: Recording Department, 1402 N. 17th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631 (mailing: P.O. Box 459, Greeley, CO 80632)
Phone: 970-304-6530
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Recording Fee: Weld County follows Colorado's uniform statewide recording-fee system: a single flat fee per document set by state statute, unrelated to the page count, plus a state documentary fee on real property transfers that works out to a small percentage of the sale price once it clears a statutory minimum.
E-recording: Weld County accepts e-recording through Simplifile, CSC, and eRecording Partners Network (ePN).
Good to know before you go: Weld County's Clerk and Recorder runs several separate branch offices for different services -- Recording, Elections, and Motor Vehicle are in different buildings in Greeley (Recording is at 1402 N. 17th Ave, while Motor Vehicle is at 1250 H St), plus Southeast and Southwest Weld branch offices elsewhere in the county -- so confirm you have the Recording Department address before mailing or dropping off a deed.
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 Weld 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 Weld 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 Weld 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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