--- title: "Does a Small Estate Affidavit Need a Notary in Colorado?" description: "Colorado small estate affidavit: yes, a notary is required. Sworn before a notary public or a deputy clerk. With the official source and the next step." url: "https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/small-estate-affidavit-colorado" --- Does it need a notary? · Colorado # Does a small estate affidavit need a notary in Colorado? The answer from the state's own pages, what else a small estate affidavit needs to be signed properly here, and how to get it done. ✓ New Jersey commissioned notary, no. 50244803, insured for errors and omissions. [See the credentials](/about/credentials) Yes, a notary is required. Sworn before a notary public or a deputy clerk. ## In the official wording "Subscribed and affirmed, or sworn to before me" From the official pages listed below, checked November 2026. ## What else the signing needs Value limit Fair market value of everything the person owned, less liens and encumbrances, by year of death: $82,000 for 2024, $80,000 for 2023, $74,000 for 2022, $70,000 for 2020 and 2021, $68,000 for 2019, $66,000 for 2017 and 2018. The form we read stops at 2024. It can't transfer real estate. "Y.O.D. 2024 is $82,000, Y.O.D. 2023 is $80,000" Waiting period At least 10 days after the death. "At least 10 days have elapsed since the death of (decedent)" Where it goes Presented to whoever is paying or delivering the property, who is then discharged as if dealing with a personal representative. "The person or entity paying, delivering, transferring, or issuing personal property pursuant to this affidavit" Official form JDF 999, Collection of Personal Property by Affidavit. The Judicial Branch's statewide form, revised March 5, 2024. [Open the official form](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/self-help-and-forms/self-help-forms/collection-personal-property-affidavit) Other simplified route Small estate closed by sworn statement (JDF 966SC, C.R.S. 15-12-1204). When the whole estate, less liens and encumbrances, is no more than exempt property, the family allowance, administration costs, reasonable funeral expenses and the last illness's medical and hospital bills, the personal representative closes the estate with the Judicial Branch's sworn statement JDF 966SC (rev. 6/19). ## Next step Sign by video with our New Jersey notary while you're in Colorado, 7 AM to 9 PM Eastern, seven days a week, by appointment. New Jersey law lets a New Jersey notary notarize for a signer located in another state ([N.J.S.A. 52:7-10.10](https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2020/PL21/179_.HTM)). How Colorado treats it: Colorado gives a notarial act performed in another state the same effect as one performed by a Colorado notarial officer, when a notary public of that state performs it. [More on Colorado signers](/notary/online-notary/colorado). Handling an estate from far away? [Estate paperwork help near where the estate is](/notary/estate-paperwork-help-out-of-state). Ask the bank, holder or court that will receive the affidavit whether it accepts an electronically notarized one. [Notarize it online ($50 per session)](/notary/#order) [Request a mobile notary in Colorado](/notary/mobile-notary-outside-new-jersey?state=Colorado#request) Booking sends a request; we confirm the time and the price before you pay. In person, we look for a notary commissioned in Colorado near you; you approve the price first. If a local notary in Colorado does it: Up to $15 for a notarization, under the state's fee rules ([Colorado notary fees](/notary/fees-by-state/colorado)). ## Get it notarized online today Online notary: open now until 9 PM ET · sessions by appointment · times confirmed by email A New Jersey notary can notarize this with you on a video call, wherever you are in the U.S. $50 for the session, $10 for each extra signer. Any other fee shows in the booking form before you confirm. Open 7 am to 9 pm ET, every day, by appointment. **What you need** - A valid government photo ID - A computer or phone with a camera - The unsigned document [Book an online session](/notary/?service=ron#order) Our certificate states the act was performed using communication technology, as New Jersey law requires. [What it must say](/notary/remote-online-notarization-certificate-wording) Most U.S. recipients accept a remotely notarized document; check with whoever will receive it. [What to ask them](/notary/will-my-online-notarization-be-accepted) · [Several signers](/notary/online-notarization-multiple-signers) ## Official sources - [Colorado Judicial Branch form JDF 999, Collection of Personal Property by Affidavit (rev. March 5, 2024)](https://coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/JDF999.pdf) (checked November 2026) - [Colorado Judicial Branch: Collection of Personal Property by Affidavit (form page)](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/self-help-and-forms/self-help-forms/collection-personal-property-affidavit) (checked November 2026) - [Colorado Judicial Branch form JDF 966SC, Statement of Personal Representative Closing Small Estate (R6/19)](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/1998) (checked November 2026) We are not lawyers, and this is general information, not legal advice. Checked November 2026. Rules change, and whoever receives the document decides what it accepts; we can't guarantee acceptance. ## Common questions **Is a notary required for a Colorado small estate affidavit?** Yes, a notary is required. Sworn before a notary public or a deputy clerk. **What is the small estate limit in Colorado?** Fair market value of everything the person owned, less liens and encumbrances, by year of death: $82,000 for 2024, $80,000 for 2023, $74,000 for 2022, $70,000 for 2020 and 2021, $68,000 for 2019, $66,000 for 2017 and 2018. The form we read stops at 2024. It can't transfer real estate. **How long after a death can the Colorado affidavit be used?** At least 10 days after the death. **Is the Colorado affidavit filed with a court?** Presented to whoever is paying or delivering the property, who is then discharged as if dealing with a personal representative. **Can I sign the Colorado affidavit with an online notary?** Our New Jersey notary can notarize it by video while you're in Colorado. Colorado gives a notarial act performed in another state the same effect as one performed by a Colorado notarial officer, when a notary public of that state performs it. Ask the bank, holder or court that will receive it whether it accepts an electronically notarized affidavit. **What does a notary charge in Colorado?** Up to $15 for a notarization, under the state's fee rules. A mobile notary may add a travel fee; ask for the total first. ## Keep going - [Colorado small estate affidavit](/notary/small-estate-affidavit-colorado) - [Eligibility checker](/notary/small-estate-eligibility-checker?state=co) - [Small estate rules in every state](/notary/small-estate-affidavit-by-state) - [A car title in Colorado](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/car-title-colorado) - [A power of attorney in Colorado](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/power-of-attorney-colorado) - [A will in Colorado](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/will-colorado) A small estate affidavit in another state: [California](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/small-estate-affidavit-california) · [Connecticut](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary/small-estate-affidavit-connecticut) · [every state](/notary/does-it-need-a-notary?doc=small-estate-affidavit) ## Ready to sign? Book a video session. [Book an online notarization](/notary/#order)[Call (908) 444-6373](tel:+19084446373)