By City Charter, the Denver Clerk & Recorder administers foreclosures and performs other Public Trustee functions. In many other Colorado counties, this is a function of the County Treasurer office.
The Recording Division oversees three separate units:
City Clerk – This unit oversees City functions, including oversight of campaign finance, lobbying and ethics reporting, management of the Fair Elections Fund, maintaining Citywide legislative and legal records (such as city codes, ordinances and contracts), managing publication of notices for the city, acting as DCR’s records custodian.
Public Trustee – This unit holds property titles in trust when a borrower uses that property as collateral for a loan. The Public Trustee’s two primary responsibilities are to 1) administer foreclosures according to law, selling homes at auction when necessary, and 2) executing the release of deeds of trust to remove mortgage liens from a property.
Visit the Public Trustee and Foreclosures page
Recording Unit – This unit provides two primary services: recording and maintaining real estate transactions that provide proof of land ownership (including title transfers, deeds, etc.), and issuing and recording marriage and civil union licenses and certificates. Both services operate under the authority of Colorado law and the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Visit the Recording page