Forcible detention prohibited

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-40-103, under Forcible Entry and Detainer - General Provisions.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-40-103

No person, having peaceably entered into or upon any real property without right to the possession thereof, shall forcibly hold or detain the same as against the person who has a lawful right to such possession.

Source: L. 1885: p. 224, § 2. R.S. 08: § 2602. C.L. § 6368. CSA: C. 70, § 3. CRS 53: § 58-1-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 58-1-3.

ANNOTATION

Applied in Christensen v. Hoover, 643 P.2d 525 (Colo. 1982).