Colorado · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Conejos County, CO
Conejos County (population 7,461) records real-property documents through the Conejos County Clerk and Recorder. Below is what it costs and how to submit. Filing a memorandum of contract? We record it with the county for $199, notary included — no trip to the courthouse.
Conejos County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Conejos County Clerk and Recorder
- Mailing address
- Conejos County Clerk & Recorder, 6683 County Road 13, Conejos, CO 81129
- Phone
- (719) 376-5422
- Checks payable to
- Conejos County Clerk and Recorder
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile
Conejos County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $40 flat state-mandated fee + $3 surcharge ($2 Electronic Recording Technology Board fee + $1 Clerk & Recorder technology fee) = $43 total per document, regardless of page count (effective statewide 7/1/2025 per HB24-1269)
- Additional pages
- None — flat $43 covers unlimited pages per document
- Other fees
- Documentary fee of $0.01 per $100 of sale consideration on conveyance deeds (per C.R.S. 39-13-102), separate from recording fee
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Conejos County Clerk and Recorder before you mail a check.
What Conejos County requires
- Page formatting
- Colorado statewide margin requirement: 1 inch top margin, 0.5 inch other margins (C.R.S. 30-10-406); no county-specific cover sheet found
- Cover sheet
- No state-mandated cover sheet, but Colorado requires TD-1000 Real Property Transfer Declaration to accompany most deeds; margins per C.R.S. 30-10-406 (1 in. top, 0.5 in. other margins), legible font, standard letter/legal size paper
- Submission & return
- Mail with self-addressed stamped envelope, or eRecording return
- Hours & turnaround
- Mailed documents typically take days to weeks, eRecording near-instant
Can you e-record in Conejos County?
Yes. Conejos County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Conejos County, Colorado
- Prepare the document so it meets Conejos County's formatting rules (above): legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
- Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
- Submit electronically through Simplifile, or by mail to Conejos County Clerk and Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Conejos County Clerk and Recorder.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Conejos County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Conejos County property are searchable at Conejos County Assessor. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Conejos County
Jurably isn’t a deed-filing desk. It’s how real-estate investors get the important paperwork done. If you’re under contract on a Conejos County property, we file a memorandum of contract to put your equitable interest on the public record, where every title search will find it. The online notary session is included: you sign it alone, and the seller is notified by certified mail. Then we record it (electronically through the county’s approved network) and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.
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Under contract in Conejos County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.