SEARCH PUBLIC RECORDS
The San Juan Clerk and Recorder’s Office does not search public records on request, including the search of real estate records (§ 30-10-101(2.5)(c)) , except through formal Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests in accordance to CRS 24-72 Part 2. To pay for the cost of processing a CORA requests, including staff time gathering, preparing, reviewing, redacting to excise confidential or privileged material, and copying available documents, San Juan County charges a rate of $41.37 per hour. In accordance with state law, there is no charge for the first hour. You will be required to pay a full deposit of the estimated charges before staff works on your request. Please CLICK HERE to view San Juan County's open records policy.
Public records and documents may be inspected or searched in our office or online. Did you know that our online databases contain records dating back to the 1860s? Documents with machine-readable text are searchable. Access to the databases are free in our office. Subscriptions and one-time access fees are available for remote home & business access.
- For documents and records from 1974-Current CLICK HERE (TheCountyRecorder)
- For documents older than 1974, CLICK HERE (ArcaSearch).
CLERK AND RECORDER FEES
The following fees are charged by San Juan County for recording documents and for copies of records. Payment is accepted in cash, check or money order payable to San Juan County Clerk. Returned checks will be subject to a service charge and processing fee. If mailing the document to us, please include your return mailing address on the front of the document in the upper left-hand corner.
For more information, please call the Recording Division at 970-387-5671.
| Document Copies | Fee |
|---|---|
| Non-Certified Copy | $0.25 per page |
| Certified Copy | $3 |
| Voter Lists | $25 |
| Plat Maps | Please contact us at 970-387-5671 for pricing on plat copies. |
| Document recording/other | Fee |
|---|---|
| Local Resident Document Notarization (must provide ID with San Juan County address) | |
| First page | No Charge |
| Each additional page | No Charge |
| Non-Resident Document Notarization | |
| First page | $15 |
| Each additional page | $5 |
| Letter or Legal-Size Document (up to 8.5 x 14) | |
| First page | $13 |
| Each additional page | $5 |
| Plats, Maps and Documents Larger than 8.5 x 14 | |
| First page | $23 |
| Each additional page | $20 |
| We accept only 24 x 36" plats on Mylar. | |
| Documentary Fees | |
| On all documents granting or conveying title to real property | $0.05 per $500 consideration |
| Federal Tax Liens | |
| First page | $8 |
| Each additional page | $5 |
| UCC Filings (Real Estate Fixture Filings Only) | |
| 1-2 Pages | $13 Flat Fee |
| 3 or more pages | $18 Flat Fee |
| All e-recorded UCC Statements | $8 Flat Fee |
| All other UCC Filings should be sent to: Colorado Secretary of State, 1700 Broadway, Ste. 200, Denver, CO 80290 | |
| Military Discharge | |
| DD214 and 2 Certified Copies | No Charge |
| Marriage or Civil Union License | |
| Application and Recording of Certificate | $30 |