2002
Central CO title since
Westcliffe, Silver Cliff, and the ranches of the Wet Mountain Valley, under the Sangre de Cristos. We read conservation easements and the 35-acre-exempt ranch splits common out here, flag water-rights questions and point you to the right expert, and close your file in person, in Denver, or remotely with a notary.
This isn't subdivision title. Conservation easements blanket the Wet Mountain Valley — Colorado Open Lands alone holds dozens of properties across tens of thousands of acres — so an easement in the chain is the rule, not the exception, and it shapes what a buyer can and can't do.
Add senior water rights on historic ranches and 35- and 5-acre ranchette splits with shared wells and access easements across open range, and these become files you want read by someone who's seen them before. One more local wrinkle: Custer County's records are digitized from 1981 forward — roughly 1967–1980 isn't online, and plats aren't online at all. A clean search often means a call to the recorder. We make it.
Loop us in early and we'll surface what conveys with the land — and what's encumbered — long before the closing table.
Pick your community for local detail, or just call the office — same team, whole county.
What we examine on Custer County files — read locally, explained in plain language.
They're everywhere out here — and each limits use, division, and resale differently. We read the easement, not just the deed, so a buyer knows what they're buying into.
Historic ranches carry senior water decrees, ditch easements, and shared wells. The ditch easements are recorded and we read them; the water rights themselves convey separately from the land and aren't part of the title search, so we flag them and point you to the right water expert.
Ranchette splits bring shared-access and well questions — and Custer's pre-1981 records and plats aren't online. We chase the off-line chain so nothing surfaces late.
"We read the easement, not just the deed — so nothing surfaces at the table."
Straight answers. Informational only — not legal advice.
All of them — Westcliffe, Silver Cliff, and the ranches and parcels across the Wet Mountain Valley. We keep an office at 7 Bassick Pl, Westcliffe, CO 81252. Call 719-735-2283 or email info@centralcoloradotitle.com to open a file.
Much of the valley is under conservation easement, and each restricts use, division, and resale in its own way. We review the actual easement terms in your chain — not just the deed — so you know what you can and can't do with the land.
Yes. The county's records are digitized from 1981 forward; roughly 1967–1980 isn't online and plats aren't online at all. We work directly with the recorder's office to complete the chain — a step automated searches miss.
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