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Clerk and Recorder database
Documents dating back to Feb. 21, 1883, are in the Clerk and Recorder database.
This database includes information on all documents, including reception numbers, recording dates, and fees, but not images.
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Recording fee change July 1
Effective July 1, 2025, All Colorado recording fees will change to a set fee of $43 per document (deposited plats are $40). To accommodate this fee change in the recording system, the Garfield County Recording Department will not accept any recordings or e-recordings after 2:30 p.m. on June 30, 2025. If you have any questions, please email the recording department.
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Garfield County Recording
Record a document
Documents such as warranty deeds, deeds of trust, quit claim deeds, subdivision plats, etc., may be recorded as public records. These documents must be submitted at the office of the Clerk and Recorder at the County Courthouse at 109 8th Street, Suite 200, Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601. If you have questions call 970-384-3700.
On July 1, 2025, Colorado House Bill 24-1269 sets recording fees at $43 (flat fee) for documents other than UCCs.
All recorded documents back to 1883 may be viewed at the Clerk & Recorder office at the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs, and at the Rifle Administration Building D.
Please include a contact phone number with your documents. All documents recorded are scanned, and the original documents are mailed in approximately one week.
Note: Garfield County is not an abstract county and does not perform searches on recorded documents.
General fees for services starting July 1, 2025
Any document that transfers title with consideration that exceeds $500 will be assessed a state documentary fee of 1 percent of total consideration ($.01 per $100). (CRS 39-13-102)
Recording fees
| Service | Fee |
| Total due for filing or recording | |
| Flat rate | $43 |
| Filing or recording – flat fee no page count | $40 |
| ERTB surcharge | $2 |
| County surcharge | $1 |
| Approved plats | |
| Total due for filing or recording | $43 |
| Plat | $40 |
| ERTB surcharge | $2 |
| County surcharge | $1 |
| *plat maps must be printed on 24″x36″ Mylar | |
| Exceptions to general recording fees (CRS 34-43-114) | |
| UCC financing statements | |
| 1-2 pages | $13 |
| 3 or more pages | $18 |
| All e-recorded unlimited pages | $8 |
| Deposited survey | |
| Must be on 24″ X 36″ Mylar | $40 |
| Death certificates | |
| All death certificates | $1 |
Copy fees
| Service | Fee |
| Emailed documents | |
| Convenience fee | $3 per document |
| Copies (in office) | |
| Legal or smaller | $0.25 per page |
| Copies up to tabloid size (11″x17″) | $3 per page |
| Copies larger than tabloid size (11″ x 17″) | $6 per page |
| Certification | $1 |
Contact
Please call the recording department at 970-384-3700, ext. 1840, for any questions.