Recording

Important Notice 

Adams County Recording Department will be open by appointment only until further notice. Please check the website regularly for updated information.

The Recording Department will continue to accept recordings by:

• Mail/Fed Ex/UPS* see instructions below
• e-Recording through our vendors
• in person appointment online.

*Please mail your document(s) along with a check or money order (fee schedule is listed below) to:

By Mail
Adams County Clerk & Recorder
P.O. Box 5012
Brighton, CO 80601

By FedEx, UPS, or Certified Mail
4430 S. Adams County Pkwy.
Suite E2400, Recording Department
Brighton, CO 80601

Passport Services and appointments will not be available at this time. We will update our website as soon as they are available.

Responsibilities & Services

The Recording Department is responsible for recording, and preserving public documents; primarily real estate records, Maps, PUDs, and any other documents where there is a need for a public record.

Recording Department

• Provides a grantor/grantee index for all recorded documents; we do not provide Tract indexing.
• Provides copies of recorded documents per request
• Issues and records Marriage and Civil Union Licenses

Please Note: While the Recording Department will record any document presented by a customer, customers should understand that the Recording Department does not confer legality or authenticity on the document.

The Clerk and Recorder's Office does not supply any blank forms.

Notice

Effective Jan. 1, 2017, in accordance to SB-16-115. our recording fees will increase to $13.00 for the first page and $5.00 for each additional page.

Additional Resources

• Recording Department Fees
• Map Requirements

Please use the following addresses when mailing copy requests or recording packages: 

By Mail
Adams County Clerk & Recorder
P.O. Box 5012
Brighton, CO 80601

By FedEx, UPS, Certified Mail, OR in person
4430 S. Adams County Pkwy.
Suite E2400
Brighton, CO 80601

Larger Volume Submitter
Please contact our e-Recording Partners: adcogov.org/e-recording.