Title 15, Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-101 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Local administration means administration by a personal representative appointed in this state pursuant to appointment proceedings described in article 12 of this title. (2) Local personal representative includes…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-201 Payment of debt and delivery of property to domiciliary foreign personal representative without local administration
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(1) At any time after the expiration of sixty days from the death of a nonresident decedent, any person indebted to the estate of the nonresident decedent or having possession or control of personal property, or of an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock, or chose in a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-202 Payment or delivery discharges
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Payment or delivery made in good faith on the basis of the proof of authority and affidavit releases the debtor or person having possession of the personal property to the same extent as if payment or delivery had been made to a local personal representative. Source: L. 73: R&RE,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-203 Resident creditor notice
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Payment or delivery under section 15-13-201 may not be made if a resident creditor of the nonresident decedent has notified the debtor of the nonresident decedent or the person having possession of the personal property belonging to the nonresident decedent that the debt should n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-204 Proof of authority
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If no local administration or application or petition therefor is pending in this state, a domiciliary foreign personal representative may file with a court in this state, in a county in which property belonging to the decedent is located, authenticated copies of the appointment …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-205 Powers
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A domiciliary foreign personal representative who has complied with section 15-13-204 may exercise as to assets in this state all powers of a local personal representative and may maintain actions and proceedings in this state subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident pa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-206 Power of representatives in transition
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The power of a domiciliary foreign personal representative under section 15-13-201 or 15-13-205 shall be exercised only if there is no administration or application therefor pending in this state. An application or petition for local administration of the estate terminates the po…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-207 Ancillary and other local administrations - provisions governing
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(1) In respect to a nonresident decedent, the provisions of article 12 of this title govern: (a) Proceedings, if any, in a court of this state for probate of the will, appointment, removal, supervision, and discharge of the local personal representative, and any other order conce…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-301 Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative
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(1) A foreign personal representative submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the estate by: (a) Filing authenticated copies of his appointment as provided in section 15-13-204; (b) Receiving payment of money or taking deli…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-302 Jurisdiction by act of decedent
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In addition to jurisdiction conferred by section 15-13-301, a foreign personal representative is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state to the same extent that his decedent was subject to jurisdiction immediately prior to death. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1611, � 1.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-303 Service on foreign personal representative
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(1) Service of process may be made upon the foreign personal representative by registered or certified mail, addressed to his last reasonably ascertainable address, requesting and receiving a return receipt signed by addressee only. Notice by ordinary first-class mail is sufficie…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-13-401 Effect of adjudication for or against personal representative
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An adjudication rendered in any jurisdiction in favor of or against any personal representative of the estate is as binding on the local personal representative as if he were a party to the adjudication. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1611, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 153-4-401.