Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS) Property Transfer

There are three options for meeting the property transfer requirement:

1. Get entire Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS) inspected, everything passes, submit inspection report and application to Boulder County Public Health, obtain Property Transfer Certificate PRIOR to closing. If the OWTS is not permitted and approved, it should not be inspected and you will need to follow option 3 below.
2. All of this must happen PRIOR TO CLOSING: Get system inspected, take out a permit to fix/replace parts of system that did NOT pass the inspection. Get Boulder County Public Health’s final approval of permit and repair. Submit failed inspection showing the rest of the system is working.
3. If any of option 2 cannot be completed PRIOR TO THE CLOSING, the buyer must submit signed/notarized Agreement to Repair, submit the failed inspection if applicable, and apply for a CONDITIONAL Property Transfer.
   1. Repairs required: The agreement states that the buyer has 365-days after the closing date to complete the repairs.
   2. Hooking into municipal sewer: The agreement states that the buyer has 2-years after the closing date to connect to sewer.

List of Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Professionals

A property transfer certificate is not required under the following circumstances:

1. All components, excluding sewer line, of the OWTS serving the property were installed and given final BCPH approval less than five years before the property sale closing date or transfer of title date.
2. The transfer of title is solely to include or exclude a spouse.
3. The transfer of title is creating or ending joint ownership if at least one person is an existing owner of the property or the spouse of an existing Property Owner.
4. The transfer of title is being made to a trust that is in the same name as the Property Owner.
5. The title of transfer is to effect the foreclosure or forfeiture of real property. This exemption does not apply to subsequent sale of the property.
6. The Property Owner is part of a community plan or management district for which their OWTS has received written approval from BCPH, and the OWTS(s) have been inspected, per plan requirements and applicable permit requirements.
   • If any component of the OWTS (e.g. tanks) are permitted individually, such component will be subject to property transfer inspection requirements in this section.