Built from the statute and cross-checked against what the revenue department currently applies.
Verified September 21, 2026 · statute and revenue department cross-checked
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Who pays
Buyer.
What to know about Colorado
Colorado’s statewide documentary fee is tiny, one cent per $100. The 1992 TABOR amendment banned any new or increased transfer tax, so only a handful of mountain towns that already had one in 1992 still charge it. Those rates can never be raised.
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Sources
Statute: C.R.S. § 39-13-102
C.R.S. § 39-13-102 “the documentary fee payable shall be computed at the rate of one cent for each one hundred dollars, or major fraction thereof, of such consideration.”
City of Aspen, Real Estate Transfer Taxes “0.5% RETT ... 1.0% RETT ... allowing for the first $100,000 to be excluded from taxation ... Transfer taxes are the responsibility of the purchasing party.”
Last verified: September 21, 2026.
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