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Recording a Deed or Document in Routt County, CO
Routt County (population 24,829) records real-property documents through the Routt 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.
Routt County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Routt County Clerk and Recorder
- Mailing address
- Routt County Clerk & Recorder, 522 Lincoln Ave., Suite 21, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
- Phone
- 970-870-5556
- Checks payable to
- Routt County Clerk and Recorder
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm
Routt County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $43.00 flat (statewide flat fee effective 7/1/2025), regardless of page count
- Additional pages
- $0 (flat fee covers unlimited pages per document)
- Other fees
- UCC 1-2 pages $13, 3-4 pages $18; documentary fee per C.R.S. 39-13-102 on transfers with consideration; copies $0.25/page in-office, $2.00/document online; certified copy $1.00 + copy cost; death certificates exempt
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Routt County Clerk and Recorder before you mail a check.
What Routt County requires
- Page formatting
- 1-inch margin at top of all documents for recording label; original documents preferred for optimal scanning quality
- Cover sheet
- Not required; 1-inch top margin required for recording label (per office guidance) and C.R.S. 30-10-406(3)(a) statutory margins
- Submission & return
- Mail (original returned after recording)
- Hours & turnaround
- Not specifically published on site
Can you e-record in Routt County?
Yes. Routt County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Routt County, Colorado
- Prepare the document so it meets Routt 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, CSC, ePN, Indecomm, or by mail to Routt County Clerk and Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Routt County Clerk and Recorder.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Routt County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Routt County property are searchable at Routt County Assessor (Property Search - Spatialest). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Routt 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 Routt 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 Routt County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.