Colorado real estate transfer tax
Colorado's transfer tax is 0.01%, customarily buyer-paid. Here's how it works, what it costs at common price points, and the statute behind it.
Colorado levies a state "documentary fee" of $0.01 per $100 of consideration ($0.10 per $1,000 = 0.0001 of price) under C.R.S. 39-13-102, applying only when consideration exceeds $500. There is no general county/city add-on; TABOR (1992) bars new local transfer taxes, but a few grandfathered home-rule resort towns (Aspen, Telluride, Vail, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Frisco, etc.) levy their own real-estate transfer taxes of roughly 1%-3%. Gift/no-consideration transfers and consideration of $500 or less are exempt.
How Colorado compares nationally
0.01%, #36 of 51 nationally; at $400,000, that is $600 below the median $640 tax at $400,000. This is a data-derived comparison against the 51 source-verified state and DC transfer-tax records, with no invented rates for null-tax states.
- Rate rank
- #36 of 51
- highest state transfer-tax rate first
- Tax at $400,000
- $40
- median-state tax $640
- Dataset date
- 2026-Q2
- source-linked record
Colorado transfer-tax data: official source linked on this page, reviewed 2026-Q2.
What it costs at common prices
| Sale price | State transfer tax |
|---|---|
| $200,000 | $20 |
| $400,000 | $40 |
| $600,000 | $60 |
| $800,000 | $80 |
State-level only; county and city taxes may add to these figures.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the real estate transfer tax in Colorado?
Colorado's transfer tax is 0.01% of the sale price, customarily buyer-paid. Colorado levies a state "documentary fee" of $0.01 per $100 of consideration ($0.10 per $1,000 = 0.0001 of price) under C.R.S. 39-13-102, applying only when consideration exceeds $500. There is no general county/city add-on; TABOR (1992) bars new local transfer taxes, but a few grandfathered home-rule resort towns (Aspen, Telluride, Vail, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Frisco, etc.) levy their own real-estate transfer taxes of roughly 1%-3%. Gift/no-consideration transfers and consideration of $500 or less are exempt.
Who pays the transfer tax in Colorado?
In Colorado the transfer tax is customarily buyer-paid, though it's negotiable in the purchase contract.
How is Colorado's transfer tax calculated?
Multiply the sale price by 0.01%. For example, on a $400,000 home that's about $40. Colorado levies a state "documentary fee" of $0.01 per $100 of consideration ($0.10 per $1,000 = 0.0001 of price) under C.R.S. 39-13-102, applying only when consideration exceeds $500. There is no general county/city add-on; TABOR (1992) bars new local transfer taxes, but a few grandfathered home-rule resort towns (Aspen, Telluride, Vail, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Frisco, etc.) levy their own real-estate transfer taxes of roughly 1%-3%. Gift/no-consideration transfers and consideration of $500 or less are exempt.
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