It is the purpose and intention of this article and article 35, part 2 of article 39, and part 1 of article 41 of this title to render titles to real property and every interest therein more secure and marketable, and it is declared to be the policy in this state that this article and all other laws concerning or affecting title to real property and every interest therein and all recorded instruments, decrees, and orders of courts of record, including all proceedings in the suits or causes wherein such orders or decrees have been entered or rendered, shall be liberally construed with the end in view of rendering such titles absolute and free from technical defects so that subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers by way of mortgage, judgment, or otherwise may rely on the record title and so that the record title of the party in possession is sustained and not defeated by technical or strict constructions.
Source: L. 27: p. 605, § 44. CSA: C. 40, § 151. CRS 53: § 118-8-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 118-8-1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 2185, § 65, effective June 2.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For an article regarding recording of a deed as evidence of delivery, see 7 Dicta 8 (1930). For article, "Curative Statutes of Colorado Respecting Titles to Real Estate", see 16 Dicta 35 (1939). For article, "A Legislative Pattern for Protection of Real Estate Titles", see 24 Dicta 9 (1947). For article, "Curative Statutes of Colorado Respecting Titles to Real Estate", see 26 Dicta 281 (1949). For note, "'Color of Title' in the Colorado Short Statutes of Limitation", see 21 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 226 (1949). For article, "Summary of Denver Bar-Sponsored Bills Passed by General Assembly", see 28 Dicta 173 (1951). For note, "The Effect of Tax Titles upon Easements and Restrictions Upon the Use of Land in Colorado", see 33 Dicta 228 (1956). For article, "What's in the Pockets?", see 53 Colo. Law. 28 (Apr. 2024).
Applied in Birkby v. Wilson, 92 Colo. 281, 19 P.2d 490 (1933); Rock v. Fastenau, 122 Colo. 41, 219 P.2d 781 (1950); Fees-Krey, Inc. v. Page, 42 Colo. App. 8, 591 P.2d 1339 (1978).