Colorado § 30-10-421 - Filing surcharge.

§ 30-10-421. Filing surcharge.

(1) (a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2014.)

(b) Beginning July 1, 2004, and through December 31, 2029, the county clerk and recorder shall collect a surcharge of one dollar for each document received for recording or filing in the clerk and recorder's office. The surcharge is in addition to any other fees permitted by statute.

(c) Beginning January 1, 2017, and through April 30, 2029, the county clerk and recorder shall collect the surcharge imposed by the electronic recording technology board under section 24-21-403 (2) for each document received for recording or filing in the clerk and recorder's office. The surcharge is in addition to any other fees permitted by statute.

(1.5) The surcharge described in subsection (1) of this section shall not be collected on any filing received by the county clerk and recorder as an authorized agent of the executive director of the department of revenue pursuant to section 38-29-128 or 42-6-121, C.R.S.

(1.6) The surcharge described in subsection (1) of this section is not applicable on any document filed or recorded by the county clerk and recorder if the document is exempted from fees pursuant to section 30-1-103 (1).

(2) Repealed.

(3) (a) A county clerk and recorder shall transmit monthly each surcharge collected in accordance with paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the electronic recording technology fund created in section 24-21-404, C.R.S. Any money transmitted to the state treasurer is collected on behalf of the electronic recording technology board and is excluded from the county's fiscal year spending.

(b) The county clerk and recorder shall retain the proceeds of the surcharge collected pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section. Such proceeds shall be utilized to defray the costs of establishing, maintaining, improving, or replacing an electronic filing system.

(c) The county clerk and recorder shall place all surcharges that he or she retains pursuant to this subsection (3) in a separate, segregated account.

(4) County governments shall be exempt from all fees authorized to be collected under the provisions of this section if the county or any agency thereof is the grantor or grantee of the document being recorded or if a delegate child support enforcement unit files or records documents for the purpose of collecting child support, child support arrears, maintenance, maintenance when combined with child support, retroactive support, or child support debt.

(5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 748, § 1, effective May 12, 2004.)

(6) Repealed.

Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 791, § 5, effective August 7. L. 2003: (1.5) added, p. 966, § 1, effective April 17. L. 2004: (1), (2), (3), and (5) amended, p. 748, § 1, effective May 12; (1)(b), (2), and (3) amended and (6) added, p. 1157, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2006: (1)(b) and (3)(b)(II) amended, p. 298, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2011: (1)(b) amended, (HB 11-1313), ch. 226, p. 971, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2014: (1) and IP(3)(b) amended and (2) and (3)(a) repealed, (HB 14-1363), ch. 302, p. 1271, § 36, effective May 31. L. 2016: (1)(b), (3)(b), and (6) amended, (1)(c) added, and (3)(a) RC&RE, (SB 16-115), ch. 356, p. 1482, § 5, effective June 10. L. 2021: (1)(c) amended, (HB 21-1225), ch. 289, p. 1711, § 6, effective September 7. L. 2024: (1)(b) and (1)(c) amended, (HB 24-1269), ch. 394, p. 2717, § 2, effective July 1, 2025. L. 2025: (6)(b) repealed, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2109, § 336, effective August 6. L. 2026: (1.6) added, (SB 26-144), ch. 135, p. 602, § 5, effective June 1; (6) repealed, (SB 26-169), ch. 311, p. 1813, § 57, effective August 12.

Editor's note: (1) Subsection (6)(b) was relocated to § 30-10-400.3 in 2025.

(2) Section 55(1) of chapter 135 (SB 26-144), Session Laws of Colorado 2026, provides that the act changing this section applies to any fee imposed, assessed, or collected by a county treasurer on or after June 1, 2026.