Chapter 2 - § 2.2 • INVESTIGATION

• Jurisdiction: Colorado

§ 2.2 • INVESTIGATION

Before filing a quiet title action, the plaintiff's lawyer must investigate the situation, including the title to the client's property.⁹ One good place to start is with the vesting deed. If the client cannot supply a copy, the lawyer has some alternatives. Most counties in Colorado now have websites that allow free or inexpensive searches of real property records. Links to county websites can be found at http://ccionline.org/links, and from there it is usually fairly easy to locate the property records area or clerk and recorder's page. Many of these websites will allow you to view and print recorded deeds. Unfortunately for the title researcher, privacy interests have caused some clerks and recorders to reduce the amount of information...