Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in Yuma County
Just Got Married
If your name alone is on a title and your spouse's should be too, a quitclaim deed is the one-time filing that fixes it.
Going Through a Divorce
Some exes sign the quitclaim deed the same day as the settlement; others take longer — either way, it's the document that finishes the property split.
Inherited Property
A relative stepping aside from an inherited share, in favor of another heir, typically does so with a quitclaim deed.
Gifting to Family
A relative adding you to a title purely as a gift, with no purchase involved, will typically do it with a quitclaim deed.
About the Yuma County Clerk and Recorder
Yuma County was created in 1889 from parts of Weld and Washington counties and named for the Yuma tribe; after a long political fight, voters moved the county seat from the city of Yuma to Wray in 1902. Wray itself grew out of a cattle-trading stop that became a station on the Burlington & Colorado Railroad in the 1880s, and the area's frontier history runs deeper still -- the 1868 Battle of Beecher Island, one of the notable clashes of the Indian Wars era, was fought along the Arikaree River just outside town. Modern Yuma County draws on the Ogallala Aquifer to irrigate one of Colorado's most productive farm belts, supporting several hundred farms and a large cattle herd, with corn, wheat, cattle, and hogs anchoring an agricultural economy that ranks among the state's top counties for farm production.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Yuma County, this is the Yuma County Clerk and Recorder that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Wray (county seat), Yuma, Eckley.
Unincorporated communities: Vernon, Idalia, Joes, Kirk.
Office Details
Address: 310 Ash Street, Suite F, Wray, CO 80758
Phone: 970-332-5809
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Recording Fee: Yuma County collects Colorado's standard flat, statute-set recording fee per document (the amount doesn't change with the number of pages), along with a state documentary fee on property transfers that is calculated as a small percentage of the sale price once it exceeds a statutory minimum.
E-recording: Yuma County accepts e-recording; its official site lists eRecording.com as an available vendor, and the county is also listed in the CSC eRecording network.
Good to know before you go: If you're mailing a document to Yuma County for recording, include a self-addressed stamped envelope so the recorded original can be mailed back to you, unless you've made prior arrangements to pick it up in person.
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 Yuma 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 Yuma 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 Yuma 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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