Warranty Deed in Colorado

A warranty deed transfers real estate with the seller's promise that the title is good. Before you record it, check your state's signing and recording rules below and your county recorder's formatting rules (margins, preparer and return-address blocks, transfer-tax forms) — recorders reject deeds that miss them.

What Colorado law says

Signing and recording a deed	A deed acknowledged before a notary or other proper official substantially in the statutory form is prima facie evidence that it was properly signed, and an unacknowledged or defectively acknowledged deed that has been recorded for ten years is treated as properly acknowledged. Deeds are recorded with the county clerk and recorder where the property is located, and an unrecorded deed is not valid against a later buyer who records first (a race-notice rule). Deeds must include the property's street address, if one is displayed, next to the legal description. Text from the Colorado Revised Statutes 2024 edition; later session laws may have changed it. Source: C.R.S. §§ 38-35-101, 38-35-106, 38-35-109(1), 38-35-122
Signing and recording a deed	Deeds are recorded with the county clerk and recorder of the county where the property is located; an unrecorded deed is not valid against a later buyer who records first. A deed acknowledged before a notary or other proper officer in the statutory form is prima facie evidence of proper signing. Each deed must be accompanied by a Real Property Transfer Declaration signed by the grantor or grantee. A state documentary fee of one cent per $100 of consideration applies when the consideration is over $500 (none if $500 or less). Source: C.R.S. §§ 38-35-101, 38-35-109, 39-13-102, 39-14-102

Signing and recording a deed

A deed acknowledged before a notary or other proper official substantially in the statutory form is prima facie evidence that it was properly signed, and an unacknowledged or defectively acknowledged deed that has been recorded for ten years is treated as properly acknowledged. Deeds are recorded with the county clerk and recorder where the property is located, and an unrecorded deed is not valid against a later buyer who records first (a race-notice rule). Deeds must include the property's street address, if one is displayed, next to the legal description.

Text from the Colorado Revised Statutes 2024 edition; later session laws may have changed it.

Source: C.R.S. §§ 38-35-101, 38-35-106, 38-35-109(1), 38-35-122

Signing and recording a deed

Deeds are recorded with the county clerk and recorder of the county where the property is located; an unrecorded deed is not valid against a later buyer who records first. A deed acknowledged before a notary or other proper officer in the statutory form is prima facie evidence of proper signing. Each deed must be accompanied by a Real Property Transfer Declaration signed by the grantor or grantee. A state documentary fee of one cent per $100 of consideration applies when the consideration is over $500 (none if $500 or less).

Source: C.R.S. §§ 38-35-101, 38-35-109, 39-13-102, 39-14-102

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Recording requested by and return to: [name and mailing address]

WARRANTY DEED

For [consideration], [grantor name(s)], of [grantor address] ("Grantor"), grants and conveys to [grantee name(s)], of [grantee address] ("Grantee"), [how grantees take title], the following real property in [county] County, [state]:

Legal description: [full legal description copied from the current deed]

Commonly known as: [street address] Parcel / tax ID: [parcel number]

Grantor warrants the title to the property, as provided by [state] law, subject only to: [exceptions, e.g. easements and restrictions of record, current taxes].

Signed on [date signed]. Grantor signature(s): ____________________

[Acknowledgment before a notary public, in the form your state requires, and any witness signatures your state requires]

Send tax statements to: [name and address for tax bills]

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General legal information, not legal advice. Laws change and local rules can differ; check the linked official source or talk to a lawyer about your situation.