Colorado Code
Part 5 - Filing
§ 4-9-525. Fees








(1) Five dollars if the request is communicated in writing; and
(2) Three dollars if the request is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.


Source: L. 2001: Entire article R&RE, p. 1393, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2008: (a) amended, p. 267, § 3, effective August 5.
Editor's note - Colorado legislative change: This section contains numerous alterations from the uniform act.


The costs of processing electronic records are less than those with respect to written records. Accordingly, this section mandates a lower fee as an incentive to file electronically and imposes the additional charge (if any) for multiple debtors only with respect to written records. When written records are used, this Article encourages the use of the uniform forms in Section 9-521. The fee for filing these forms should be no greater than the fee for other written records.
To make the relevant information included in a filed record more accessible once the record is found, this section mandates a higher fee for longer written records than for shorter ones. Finally, recognizing that financing statements naming more than one debtor are most often filed against a husband and wife, any additional charge for multiple debtors applies to records filed with respect to more than two debtors, rather than with respect to more than one.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 4 - Uniform Commercial Code

Article 9 - Secured Transactions

Part 5 - Filing

§ 4-9-501. Filing Office

§ 4-9-502. Contents of Financing Statement - Record of Mortgage as Financing Statement - Time of Filing Financing Statement

§ 4-9-503. Name of Debtor and Secured Party

§ 4-9-504. Indication of Collateral

§ 4-9-505. Filing and Compliance With Other Statutes and Treaties for Consignments, Leases, Other Bailments, and Other Transactions

§ 4-9-506. Effect of Errors or Omissions

§ 4-9-507. Effect of Certain Events on Effectiveness of Financing Statement

§ 4-9-508. Effectiveness of Financing Statement if New Debtor Becomes Bound by Security Agreement

§ 4-9-509. Persons Entitled to File a Record

§ 4-9-510. Effectiveness of Filed Record

§ 4-9-511. Secured Party of Record

§ 4-9-512. Amendment of Financing Statement

§ 4-9-513. Termination Statement

§ 4-9-514. Assignment of Powers of Secured Party of Record

§ 4-9-515. Duration and Effectiveness of Financing Statement - Effect of Lapsed Financing Statement

§ 4-9-516. What Constitutes Filing - Effectiveness of Filing

§ 4-9-517. Effect of Indexing Errors

§ 4-9-518. Claim Concerning Inaccurate or Wrongfully Filed Record

§ 4-9-519. Numbering, Maintaining, and Indexing Records - Communicating Information Provided in Records

§ 4-9-520. Acceptance and Refusal to Accept Record

§ 4-9-521. Uniform Form of Written Financing Statement and Amendment

§ 4-9-522. Maintenance and Destruction of Records

§ 4-9-523. Information From Filing Office - Sale or License of Records

§ 4-9-524. Delay by Filing Office

§ 4-9-525. Fees

§ 4-9-526. Filing-Office Rules

§ 4-9-528. Refiling Required

§ 4-9-529. Electronic and Other Filings

§ 4-9-531. Removal of Social Security Numbers From Financing Statements in the Custody of the Secretary of State