Yuma County Recorder

The Recording Department in the Clerk and Recorder's office handles real property documents such as warranty deeds, quit claim deeds, and other instruments of conveyance pertaining to real property in Yuma County.

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
The consideration amount must be clearly marked on the deed and the transfer declaration. Some documents may be exempt from this fee.

A self-addressed stamped envelope should accompany documents, unless prior arrangements have been made to pick up the document in person after it has been recorded.

* A real estate deed should not be larger than 8.5 x 14 inches.

* In order to be recorded, the document must be legible and able to be digitally imaged. To serve this purpose, the document should be on white paper of a standard weight. The ink should be black and the font size should be at least 12 point.

* The grantor must sign the document and must have his/her signature acknowledged.

* The grantee's address is needed for instruments that transfer title to property.

* A top margin of at least 1 inch is needed. Bottom and side margins should be at least an inch.

* A deed that contains a newly created legal description of real property should include the name and address of the person who created the legal description. A legal description should be included in a document of conveyance.

* After the legal description, the street address or comparable identifying numbers should be given as an aid to identification. A comparable identifying number would be the assessor's schedule number or parcel number attached to the real property.

* All instruments wherein the parcels of the property affected are not separately enumerated or listed but are described as being from one numbered, lettered, or designated parcel to another shall be construed as including the first, last, and intervening designated parcels unless a contrary intention is set forth in the instrument.

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