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Colorado deed packet
A Colorado warranty deed transfers real estate with the grantor's title warranties. Download the editable Word deed and step-by-step completion and recording checklist.
Is this the right deed type? A warranty deed includes the grantor's full title warranties — the broadest title protection of the standard deed types.
This download includes 2 documents in editable Word format. Complete them on your own computer, then print, sign, and record.
Packet is delivered in Word format; no blank PDF of the deed is included.
A simple three-step workflow; the packet guides you through each one.
Gather the current deed or title record and the exact legal description of the property before you start.
Complete the blank deed and follow the included state guidance for signing, acknowledgment, and related requirements.
Confirm your county recorder's cover sheets, transfer forms, fees, and local practices, then submit the executed deed.
See page 1 of the actual blank form and review a plain-language outline of what appears on page 1. The complete formatted packet is delivered after checkout.
COLORADO WARRANTY DEED.
Recording and return information: a house recording-stamp band, plus return-to / prepared-by fields, assessor parcel, street-address aid, and TD-1000 / documentary-fee status.
Party information: grantor and grantee names, mailing addresses, marital / civil-union status, and vesting, including the grantee legal mailing address (C.R.S. § 38-35-109(2)).
Consideration: a replaceable consideration prompt (nominal $10 recital or the actual consideration), plus the statewide documentary-fee / local-transfer-tax note (C.R.S. § 39-13-102).
General warranty conveyance: the grantor “sells and conveys … and warrants the title to the same” under C.R.S. § 38-30-113(1)(a), subject to statutory exceptions. This is not a special warranty.
About this Colorado form
A Colorado warranty deed transfers Colorado real estate with general warranty protection when the deed uses the statutory warranty language. Colorado warranty covenants should be read from the completed deed itself. For a general warranty deed, the grantor warrants title broadly, including defense of title against claims of all persons, except for matters stated in the deed.
A Colorado warranty deed provides deed-warranty protection based on the actual statutory warranty wording in the instrument. A quitclaim deed transfers only the grantor's current interest, if any, without deed warranties. Colorado also recognizes special warranty deeds and bargain-and-sale deeds, but a separate “grant deed” label should not be treated as a Colorado deed category.
PublicLegal-authored self-help deed form. Provided for customers to complete with their own transaction information and submit to the proper local recording office. Recorder offices and state agencies may require separate supplemental forms, taxes, fees, or cover sheets, and requirements vary by jurisdiction and transaction. Review the product notes and confirm local recording requirements before relying on any completed deed.
ILRG provides self-help deed forms and download support. Attorney-reviewed PublicLegal-authored deed forms are provided for you to complete with your own transaction information. Deed recording requirements, supplemental forms, transfer taxes, title-company practices, and legal suitability vary by jurisdiction and transaction. If you are not 100 percent satisfied after purchasing from us, contact us for a refund.
No. A warranty deed contains covenants from the grantor. Title insurance is a separate policy from a title insurer. In an arm's-length transaction, buyers commonly use both deed covenants and title insurance rather than relying on either one alone.
No. Colorado deeds are typically signed by the grantor and acknowledged before a notary or other authorized officer. Separate deed witnesses are not required for ordinary acknowledged deeds.
Colorado is not a community-property state. A non-owner spouse does not automatically have to sign every deed for an owner-occupied residence. However, if a homestead declaration or statement has been recorded for the property, both spouses or civil-union partners generally must sign to convey or encumber the declared homestead.
Colorado has no statewide real estate transfer tax in the usual sense, but a statewide documentary fee can apply to conveyances over $500, and a TD-1000 transfer declaration is commonly used. Some home-rule municipalities or resort communities may impose local transfer taxes.
PublicLegal provides this self-help deed form template for customers to complete with their own transaction information. For transaction-specific legal, title, tax, or recording guidance, consult an attorney, title company, tax professional, or the County Clerk and Recorder.
No. A deed transfers title to real property. It does not release a borrower from an existing mortgage or deed of trust, remove liens, or replace lender consent, payoff, refinance, or assumption requirements.
A warranty deed includes the grantor's warranty covenants — generally a promise that the grantor owns the property and will defend the title against claims, subject to any exceptions stated in the deed. It offers the grantee broader title protection than a quitclaim deed.
Warranty deeds are commonly used in arm's-length sales and other transfers where the grantee wants full title warranties from the grantor. Lenders and title insurers generally expect them for ordinary purchases.
The packet includes the blank state-specific deed in editable Word format plus a separate completion instructions and checklist document. A completed sample PDF may be offered as an optional add-on.
Recording offices review formatting, execution requirements such as notarization, and any required supplemental forms or fees, which vary by county. The included instructions cover the general process; confirm your county's current requirements before you record.