Title 38, Property - Real and Personal

Upon receiving any payment made in person by a tenant with cash or a money order, a landlord shall contemporaneously provide the tenant with a receipt indicating the amount the tenant paid and the date of payment. If the landlord receives a payment that is not delivered in person…

(1) A tenant that rents residential real property has the right to be informed of whether the property has been tested for elevated levels of radon. (2) (a) Before signing a lease agreement for residential real property, the landlord shall disclose and provide in writing to the t…

The short title of this part 9 is the "Rental Application Fairness Act". Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1106), ch. 129, p. 581, § 1, effective August 2.

As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Amount of income" means a tenant's or prospective tenant's income from salaries, wages, commissions, payments received as an independent contractor, bonuses, or a housing subsidy or derived from any other public …

(1) A landlord shall not charge a prospective tenant a rental application fee unless the landlord uses the entire amount of the fee to cover the landlord's costs in processing the rental application. The landlord's costs may be based on: (a) The actual expense the landlord incurs…

(1) (a) If a landlord uses rental history or credit history as criteria in consideration of an application, the landlord shall not consider any rental history or credit history beyond seven years immediately preceding the date of the application, and the landlord must comply with…

(1) Except as described in subsections (3) and (5) of this section, a landlord who violates any provision of this part 9 is liable to the prospective tenant aggrieved by the violation for two thousand five hundred dollars, plus court costs and reasonable attorney fees. (2) A pers…

(1) If a person does not file a report required by section 38-13-401 or the administrator believes that a person may have filed an inaccurate, incomplete, or false report, the administrator may require the person to file a verified report in a form prescribed by the administrator…

(1) The administrator, at reasonable times and on reasonable notice, may: (a) Examine the records of a person, including examination of appropriate records in the possession of an agent of the person under examination, if such records are reasonably necessary to determine whether…

(1) The administrator shall adopt rules governing procedures and standards for an examination under section 38-13-1002, including rules for use of an estimation, extrapolation, and statistical sampling in conducting an examination. (2) An examination under section 38-13-1002 must…

(1) Records obtained and records, including work papers, compiled by the administrator in the course of conducting an examination under section 38-13-1002: (a) Are subject to the confidentiality and security provisions of part 14 of this article 13 and are not public records; (b)…

(1) A record of a putative holder showing an unpaid debt or undischarged obligation is prima facie evidence of the debt or obligation. (2) A putative holder may establish by a preponderance of the evidence that there is no unpaid debt or undischarged obligation for a debt or obli…

If a person subject to examination under section 38-13-1002 does not retain the records required by section 38-13-404, the administrator may determine the value of property due using a reasonable method of estimation based on all information available to the administrator, includ…

(1) At the conclusion of an examination under section 38-13-1002, the administrator shall provide to the person whose records were examined a complete and unredacted examination report that specifies: (a) The work performed; (b) The property types reviewed; (c) The methodology of…

(1) If a person subject to examination under section 38-13-1002 believes the person conducting the examination has made an unreasonable or unauthorized request or is not proceeding expeditiously to complete the examination, the person in a record may ask the administrator to inte…

(1) In this section, "related to the administrator" refers to an individual who is: (a) The administrator's spouse, partner in a civil union, domestic partner, or reciprocal beneficiary; (b) The administrator's child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, sibling, stepsiblin…

The short title of this article 13 is the "Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act". Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB 19-088), ch. 110, p. 407, § 1, effective July 1, 2020.

The administrator or an individual employed by the administrator who participates in, recommends, or approves the award of a contract under section 38-13-1009 (2) on or after July 1, 2020, must not be employed by, contracted with, or compensated in any capacity by the contractor …

If the administrator determines from an examination conducted under section 38-13-1002 that a putative holder has failed or refused to pay or deliver property to the administrator that is reportable under this article 13, the administrator shall issue a determination of the putat…

As used in this article 13, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Administrator" means the state treasurer. (2) "Administrator's agent" means a person with whom the administrator contracts to conduct an examination under part 10 of this article 13 on behalf of the administr…

This article 13 does not apply to property held, due, and owing in a foreign country if the transaction out of which the property arose was a foreign transaction. Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB 19-088), ch. 110, p. 413, § 1, effective July 1, 2020.

The administrator may adopt under the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article 4 of title 24, rules to implement and administer this article 13. Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB 19-088), ch. 110, p. 413, § 1, effective July 1, 2020.

(1) Not later than thirty days after receipt of a notice under section 38-13-1011, a putative holder may request an informal conference with the administrator to review the determination. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the administrator may designate an employee to…

(1) A putative holder may seek relief from a determination under section 38-13-1011 or 38-13-1205 by: (a) Administrative review under section 38-13-1103; or (b) Judicial review under section 38-13-1104. Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB 19-088), ch. 110, p. 451, § 1, effe…

(1) Not later than ninety days after receiving notice of the administrator's determination under section 38-13-1011 or that a civil penalty has been imposed under section 38-13-1205, a putative holder or a holder may initiate a proceeding under the "State Administrative Procedure…

(1) Not later than ninety days after receiving notice of the administrator's determination under section 38-13-1011 or that a civil penalty has been imposed under section 38-13-1205, a putative holder or a holder may: (a) File an action against the administrator in the district c…

(1) If a determination under section 38-13-1011 becomes final and is not subject to administrative or judicial review, the administrator may commence an action in the district court for the city and county of Denver or in an appropriate court of another state to enforce the deter…

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the administrator may: (a) Exchange information with another state or foreign country relating to property presumed abandoned or relating to the possible existence of property presumed abandoned; and (b) Authorize in a record another…

(1) The administrator may join another state or foreign country to examine and seek enforcement of this article 13 against a putative holder. (2) On request of another state or foreign country, the attorney general may commence an action on behalf of the other state or country to…

(1) A holder that fails to report, pay, or deliver property within the time prescribed by this article 13 shall pay to the administrator interest at the annual rate specified in section 39-21-110.5 on the property or value of the property from the date the property should have be…

(1) If a holder enters into a contract or other arrangement for the purpose of evading an obligation under this article 13 or otherwise willfully fails to perform a duty imposed on the holder under this article 13, the administrator may require the holder to pay the administrator…

The administrator shall waive a penalty under section 38-13-1204 (2) if the administrator determines that the holder acted in good faith and without negligence. Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB 19-088), ch. 110, p. 454, § 1, effective July 1, 2020.

(1) An agreement by an apparent owner and another person, the primary purpose of which is to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the location, delivery, or recovery of property held by the administrator, is enforceable only if the agreement: (a) Is in a record that clearly sta…

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, an agreement under section 38-13-1301 is void if it is entered into during the period beginning on the date the property was paid or delivered by a holder to the administrator and ending twenty-four months after the payment or delive…

(1) An apparent owner that contracts with a person to locate, deliver, recover, or assist in the location, delivery, or recovery of property of the apparent owner that is held by the administrator may designate the person as the agent of the apparent owner. The designation must b…

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of section 38-13-1303 to the contrary, an agreement to pay compensation to recover or assist in recovering an unclaimed overbid transferred to the administrator under section 38-38-111 is: (a) Not enforceable unless entered into at least two year…

(1) In this part 14, "personal information" means: (a) Information that identifies or reasonably can be used to identify an individual, such as first and last name in combination with the individual's: (I) Social security number or other government-issued number or identifier; (I…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this article 13, the following are confidential and exempt from public inspection or disclosure: (a) Records of the administrator and the administrator's agent related to the administration of this article 13; (b) Reports and records of a holde…

(1) When reasonably necessary to enforce or implement this article 13, the administrator may disclose confidential information concerning property held by the administrator or the administrator's agent only to: (a) Another department or agency of this state or the United States; …

(1) A person to be examined under section 38-13-1002 may require, as a condition of disclosure of the records of the person to be examined, that each person having access to the records disclosed in the examination execute and deliver to the person to be examined a confidentialit…

Except as otherwise provided in sections 38-13-501 and 38-13-502, a holder is not required under this article 13 to include confidential information in a notice the holder is required to provide to an apparent owner under this article 13. Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB…

(1) If a holder is required to include confidential information in a report to the administrator, the information must be provided by secure means. (2) If confidential information in a record is provided to and maintained by the administrator or administrator's agent as required …

(1) Except to the extent prohibited by law other than this article 13, the administrator or administrator's agent shall notify a holder as soon as practicable of: (a) Suspected loss, misuse, or unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or destruction of confidential informat…

(1) If a claim is made or action commenced arising out of an event described in section 38-13-1407 (1) relating to confidential information possessed by an administrator's agent, the administrator's agent shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless a holder and the holder's affili…

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB 19-088), ch. 110, p. 461, § 1, effective July 1, 2020.

This article 13 modifies, limits, or supersedes the "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act", 15 U.S.C. sec. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101 (c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. sec. 7001 (c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of …