Custer County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
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Custer County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Form
Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) form formatted to comply with all Colorado recording and content requirements.

Custer County Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) Guide
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Example of a properly completed Colorado Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Custer County Clerk and Recorder
Westcliffe, Colorado 81252
Hours: 8:00 to 4:00 M-F
Phone: (719) 783-2441 or 783-0441
Recording Tips for Custer County:
- Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
- Check margin requirements - usually 1-2 inches at top
- Make copies of your documents before recording - keep originals safe
Cities and Jurisdictions in Custer County
Properties in any of these areas use Custer County forms:
- Westcliffe
- Wetmore
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Custer County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Custer County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.
Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Custer County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Custer County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.
Can I reuse these forms?
Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Custer County you only need to order once.
What do I need to use these forms?
The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.
Are there any recurring fees?
No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.
How much does it cost to record in Custer County?
Recording fees in Custer County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (719) 783-2441 or 783-0441 for current fees.
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One Colorado deed can move ownership and keep the right to live on the land, and this fillable form does both at once. An individual grantor releases the described property to one grantee and, in the same instrument, reserves a life estate: the grantor stays in possession for life, and the grantee holds a remainder interest that becomes possessory when that life estate ends.
Two estates out of one conveyance
Section 8 is where the ownership divides. The grantor reserves, for the term of the grantor's natural life, a life estate carrying the exclusive right of possession, use, control, rents, and income; what reaches the grantee is the remainder. C.R.S. 38-30-107 deems the estate granted a fee simple unless a lesser estate is limited by express words, and those words of reservation are what hold the grantee's estate to a remainder. No Colorado statute prescribes a form for this deed, so the arrangement rests on that section, on the possession rule below, and on common law about life tenants and remaindermen. Colorado Bar Association committee forms include a deed reserving a life estate, showing the pattern in practice.
Why a possession statute does real work here
C.R.S. 38-30-120 provides that a duly executed and delivered conveyance carries the right to immediate possession of the interest conveyed unless a future day for possession is specified in the instrument. This one specifies that future time on its face: at the termination of the reserved life estate and not before. What completes the record is C.R.S. 38-31-102, under which a certificate of death or a verification of death document, recorded with the supplementary affidavit that section describes, stands as prima facie proof of the death of a life tenant. Those documents are prepared separately and are not part of this package.
A release, with nothing promised about it
The conveyance is Colorado's statutory quitclaim under C.R.S. 38-30-113(1)(d), reached by dropping the words of warranty and putting quitclaim where convey would otherwise stand. It carries no covenant of title and picks up no interest the grantor acquires later, and the deed prints that character in capital letters beside the statement that the grantee takes the remainder interest only. Section 7 holds an informational listing of encumbrances, with a printed sentence keeping it from reading as a warranty.
One grantor, one grantee, one certificate
The form recites exactly one grantor, a natural person conveying in an individual capacity who is also the life tenant the reservation names, and exactly one grantee taking the remainder, whose legal address the grantee entry collects because C.R.S. 38-35-109(2) has a deed lacking it returned instead of recorded. One signature line and one acknowledgment certificate follow, on the individual short form at C.R.S. 24-21-516(1)(a). An owner passing the family home to an adult child while keeping the right to occupy it for life, an owner conveying a cabin to a relative while retaining seasonal use and rental income, and an owner placing a remainder of record so that possession consolidates in one grantee at the end of the term present the pattern this deed recites. The form is not set up for a life estate reserved in someone other than the signing grantor, for a deed granting the life estate to one person and the remainder to another, for two grantors or two grantees, or for an entity, trustee, or attorney-in-fact signature. Section 9 takes any terms stated about the life estate itself, such as who carries taxes, insurance, and upkeep, which Colorado leaves to common law and to the parties.
Fees and paperwork at the clerk and recorder
Recording happens in the county holding the land, at the flat statutory charge quoted as 43 dollars on county fee schedules; Colorado's statewide charge on a conveyance is the documentary fee, not a transfer tax. Section 6 carries the figure or the exemption, which C.R.S. 39-13-104(2) has claimed when the deed is offered for recording; that exemption list reaches a document granting or conveying a future interest in real property, while the example instead records that no fee is due on nominal consideration. A Real Property Transfer Declaration travels in with the deed under C.R.S. 39-14-102.
The purchase delivers this deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example filled in for a Montrose County conveyance reserving a life estate to one remainder grantee, and a guide covering every numbered section, the reservation, the notarization, and the recording steps. The materials are informational and are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Custer County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Quitclaim Deed (Reserving Life Estate) meets all recording requirements specific to Custer County.
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