Colorado · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Summit County, CO
Summit County (population 31,055) records real-property documents through the Summit 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.
Summit County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Summit County Clerk and Recorder
- Mailing address
- Summit County Clerk & Recorder, Attn: Recording, P.O. Box 1538, Breckenridge, CO 80424 (FedEx/UPS/in-person: 208 East Lincoln Avenue, Breckenridge, CO 80424)
- Phone
- 970-453-3480 (Assessor); Clerk & Recorder main line via county website
- Checks payable to
- Summit County Clerk
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC
Summit County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $43.00 flat per document (statewide flat fee effective 7/1/2025), regardless of page count
- Additional pages
- $0 (flat fee covers unlimited pages per document)
- Other fees
- State documentary fee $0.10 per $1,000 of consideration over $500 (C.R.S. 39-13-102); TD-1000 transfer declaration required with applicable documents (forwarded to Assessor); UCC fees per statutory schedule
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Summit County Clerk and Recorder before you mail a check.
What Summit County requires
- Page formatting
- Top margin at least 1 inch, all other margins at least 1/2 inch (C.R.S. 30-10-406(3)(a)); grantee mailing address required on deeds per C.R.S. 38-35-109(2)
- Submission & return
- Mail (SASE appreciated) or in person
- Hours & turnaround
- Not specifically published; daily e-recording cutoff 3PM MST
Can you e-record in Summit County?
Yes. Summit County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Summit County, Colorado
- Prepare the document so it meets Summit 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, or by mail to Summit County Clerk and Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Summit County Clerk.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Summit County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Summit County property are searchable at Summit County Assessor (Interactive Property Search and Mapping Tool). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Summit 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 Summit 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 Summit County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.