Boulder County Recorder Information

About Boulder County Recorder

The Office of the Clerk and Recorder is responsible for maintaining land records for real property located in Boulder County. All documents are recorded at the main office, but will be accepted and forwarded at the two branch locations.

Recording Fees

Colorado implemented a significant change to recording fees effective July 1, 2025. Beginning July 1, Colorado will implement a uniform flat recording fee of $40 per document, plus a combined $3 surcharge that includes $2 for the Electronic Recording Technology Board and $1 for the Clerk & Recorder technology fee. This brings the total to $43 per recorded document, regardless of page count.

Documentary fee: $.05 per $500 dollars of applicable sales consideration

Checks should be made payable to Boulder County Clerk & Recorder. If checks are made out to the wrong party or if they are not signed, the checks, along with all documents submitted, will be rejected and returned.

Document Formatting Requirements

* Any deed evidencing transfer of property with consideration higher than $500 will be assessed a State documentary fee of $.01 per $100.

* Deeds need to contain a valid grantee name and address so that tax statements can be mailed to the correct place after the property is sold.

* All documents should have a top margin of at least 1 inch. The left, right, and bottom margins should be at least .5 of an inch.

* Any deed executed and recorded on or after July 1, 1992 which contains a newly created legal description shall include the name and address of the person who created such legal description.

* When mailing documents in to be recorded, make sure they are in the order you want them recorded.

* A complete return address must be included with the deed. A self-addressed stamped envelope is not required, but is appreciated.

* Documents need to be able to reproduce digitally, and to serve this purpose should be written or typed legibly with dark ink.

Any conveyance document presented for recording shall be accompanied by the Colorado Real Property Transfer Declaration (TD-1000).