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Colorado Statutes, Title 38

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Title 38, Property - Real and Personal

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-20-206 Sale of livestock - procedure
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(1) A lienor who receives a judgment on an agistor's lien may proceed to sell such livestock necessary to satisfy the lien. The sale shall take place not more than forty-five days after entry of judgment at the nearest public livestock market in this state. In addition: (a) The l…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-20-207 Abandoned livestock - notice - disposition
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(1) Livestock shall be presumed abandoned if: (a) The owner or owner's agent has failed to contact the lienor within ten days after service of notice under section 38-20-206; (b) The lienor, in good faith, has no reasonable grounds to believe that the owner does not intend to aba…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-20-208 Lien no bar
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Nothing in this article shall prohibit a lienor, after the sale of livestock pursuant to this article, from pursuing further action to fully satisfy a judgment on an agistor's lien. Source: L. 96: Entire part added, p. 1392, § 11, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-20-209 Lien as security interest
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A lien created pursuant to this article shall be considered a security interest for purposes of section 18-5-206, C.R.S. Source: L. 96: Entire part added, p. 1392, § 11, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-20-210 Recording fees

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Any clerk of a county or district court may, pursuant to section 13-32-104, C.R.S., charge a fee for recording bills of sale under this article. Source: L. 96: Entire part added, p. 1392, § 11, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-21-101 Persons entitled to special lien

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Every person who, while lawfully in possession of an article of personal property, renders any service to the owner of such property, by labor or skill, has a special lien thereon, dependent on possession, for the compensation, if any, which is due from the owner for such service…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-21-102 Lienor may sell or dispose

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(1) Any garments, clothing, wearing apparel, household goods, or any other items that remain in the possession of a person, on which cleaning, pressing, glazing, laundering, or washing has been done, alterations or repairs have been made, or materials or supplies have been used o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-21-103 Sale for storage charges - disposal

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(1) All garments, clothing, wearing apparel, household goods, and any other items on which any of the services or labor mentioned in section 38-21-102 have been performed and then placed in storage by agreement, remaining in the possession of a person without the reasonable or ag…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-21-104 How notice given

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(1) The notice required in this article shall be satisfied by mailing a registered letter, with a return address marked thereon, addressed to the owner of the property if an address was given at the time of delivery of the property, stating that the garments, clothing, wearing ap…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-21-106 Notice posted in receiving office

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Each person taking advantage of this article must keep posted in a prominent place in such person's receiving office at all times a notice which shall read as follows: "All articles cleaned, pressed, glazed, laundered, washed, altered, or repaired and not reclaimed within ninet…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-100.3 Definitions

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As used in this article 22, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Person" means a natural person, firm, association, corporation, or other legal entity; except that it shall not include a labor organization as defined in section 24-34-401 (6). Source: L. 2025: Entire sectio…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-101 Liens in favor of whom - when filed

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(1) Every person who furnishes or supplies laborers, machinery, tools, or equipment in the prosecution of the work, and mechanics, materialmen, contractors, subcontractors, builders, and all persons of every class performing labor upon or furnishing directly to the owner or perso…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-102 Payments - effect

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(1) No part of the contract price, by the terms of any such contract, shall be made payable, nor shall the same, or any part thereof, be paid in advance of the commencement of the work, but the contract price, by the terms of the contract, shall be made payable in installments, o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-103 Attaching of lien - enforcement

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(1) The liens granted by this article shall extend to and cover so much of the lands whereon such building, structure, or improvement is made as may be necessary for the convenient use and occupation of such building, structure, or improvement, and the same shall be subject to su…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-104 Lien on mining property

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The provisions of this article shall apply to all persons who do work or furnish laborers or materials, or mining, milling, or other machinery or other fixtures, as provided in section 38-22-101, for the working, preservation, prospecting, or development of any mine, lode, or min…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-105 Property subject to lien - notice

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(1) Any building, mill, manufactory, bridge, ditch, flume, aqueduct, reservoir, tunnel, fence, railroad, wagon road, tramway, and every structure or other improvement mentioned in this article, constructed, altered, added to, removed to, or repaired, either in whole or in part, u…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-105.5 Notice of lien law

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(1) Upon issuing a building permit for the improvement, restoration, remodeling, or repair of or the construction of improvements or additions to residential property, the agency or other authority issuing the permit shall send a written notice, as set forth in subsection (2) of …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-106 Priority of lien - attachments

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(1) All liens established by virtue of this article shall relate back to the time of the commencement of work under the contract between the owner and the first contractor, or, if said contract is not in writing, then such liens shall relate back to and take effect as of the time…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-107 Lien attaches to water rights and franchises

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Such liens likewise shall attach to rights of water and rights-of-way that may pertain in any manner to any kind of property specified in this article and to which such liens attach. In the case of corporations such liens shall attach to all the franchises and charter privileges …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-108 Rank of liens

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(1) Every person given a lien by this article whose contract, either express or implied, is with the owner or reputed owner or owner's agent or other representative, is a principal contractor and all others are subcontractors; and in every case in which different liens are claime…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-109 Lien statement

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(1) Any person wishing to use the provisions of this article shall file for record, in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein the property, or the principal part thereof, to be affected by the lien is situated, a statement containing: (a) The name of th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-110 Action commenced within six months

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No lien claimed by virtue of this article, as against the owner of the property or as against one primarily liable for the debt upon which the lien is based or as against anyone who is neither the owner of the property nor one primarily liable for such debt, shall hold the proper…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-111 Joinder of parties - consolidation of actions

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(1) Any number of persons claiming liens against the same property and not contesting the claims of each other may join as plaintiffs in the same action, and when separate actions are commenced, the court may consolidate them upon motion of any party in interest or upon its own m…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-112 Allegations of complaint

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It is sufficient to allege in the complaint in relation to any party claiming a lien whom it is desired to make a defendant, that such party claims a lien under this article upon the property described; and in case of the intervention of parties, or of the making of new parties, …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-113 Hearing - judgment - summons - defense

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(1) The court, whenever the issues in such case are made up, shall advance such cause to the head of the docket for trial and may proceed to hear and determine said liens and claims or may refer the same to a magistrate to ascertain and report upon said liens and claims and the a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-114 Disposition of proceeds - execution

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(1) The court shall cause said property to be sold in satisfaction of said liens and costs of suit as in case of foreclosure of mortgages; and any party in whose favor a judgment for a lien is rendered, may cause the property to be sold within the time and in the manner provided …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-115 Parties to action

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Principal contractors and all other persons personally liable for the debt for which the lien is claimed shall be made parties to actions to enforce liens under this article, and service of summons shall be made either personally or by publication in the same manner and with like…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-116 Costs

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The court shall divide the costs between the parties liable therefor, according to the justice of the case. Source: L. 1899: p. 275, § 16. R.S. 08: § 4040. C.L. § 6457. CSA: C. 101, § 30. CRS 53: § 86-3-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 86-3-16. ANNOTATION Applied in Los Angeles Gold Mine Co. v…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-117 Assignment of lien - failure to support lien

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Any party claiming a lien may assign in writing his claim and lien to any other claimant or other person who shall thereupon have all the rights and remedies of the assignor for the purpose of filing and for the enforcement of any such lien by action under this article, and the a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-118 Satisfaction of lien - failure to release

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The claimant of any such lien, the statement of which has been filed, on the payment of the amount thereof, together with the costs of filing and recording such lien, and the acknowledgment of satisfaction, and accrued costs of suit in case a suit has been brought thereon, at the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-119 Agreement to waive - effect

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(1) No agreement to waive, abandon, or refrain from enforcing any lien provided for by this article shall be binding except as between the parties to such contract. The provisions of this article shall receive a liberal construction in all cases. (2) An agreement to waive lien ri…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-120 Rules of civil procedure apply

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The provisions of the Colorado rules of civil procedure, insofar as the same are applicable and not in conflict with the provisions of this article, shall be observed in proceedings to establish and enforce mechanics' liens. Source: L. 1899: p. 276, § 20. R.S. 08: § 4044. C.L. § …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-121 Liens of surveyors and engineers

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The provisions of this article shall apply to surveyors, civil and mining engineers doing any work of surveying or plotting of any mines, mining claims, lodes, or mineral deposits, and they shall have like lien and claim as other persons under the provisions of this article. Sour…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-122 Lien under two contracts - effect

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In case the act of doing such work or of furnishing such laborers or materials is continuous, said lien shall attach as in other cases, even though such work is done or laborers or materials have been furnished under two or more contracts between the same parties. Source: L. 1883…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-123 Payment to avoid invalid

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No payment made by any owner to any contractor for the purpose of avoiding any anticipated lien of any subcontractor shall be valid; and if any person files either of said statements for a lien for a larger sum than is due or to become due, in fact, or in probability, as the case…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-124 Other remedies not barred

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No remedy given in this article shall be construed as preventing any person from enforcing any other remedy which he otherwise would have had, except as otherwise provided in this article. In case of two or more owners, contractors, or subcontractors interested in the same contra…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-125 Bona fide purchaser

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No lien, excepting those claimed by laborers or mechanics as defined in section 38-22-108 (1)(a), filed for record more than two months after completion of the building, improvement, or structure shall encumber the interest of any bona fide purchaser for value of real property, t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-126 Disburser - notice - duty of owner and disburser

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(1) For the purposes of this section, the word "disburser" means any lender who has agreed to make any loan to the owner or contractor, the proceeds of which are to be disbursed from time to time as work upon a structure or other improvement progresses, or any part of which is to…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-127 Moneys for lien claims made trust funds - disbursements - penalty

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(1) All funds disbursed to any contractor or subcontractor under any building, construction, or remodeling contract or on any construction project shall be held in trust for the payment of the subcontractors, laborer or material suppliers, or laborers who have furnished laborers,…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-128 Excessive amounts claimed

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(1) Any person who files a lien under this article for an amount greater than is due without a reasonable possibility that said amount claimed is due and with the knowledge that said amount claimed is greater than that amount then due, and that fact is shown in any proceeding und…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-129 Principal contractor may provide bond prior to commencement of work

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the provisions of section 38-22-101 (1) shall not apply if, at the commencement of any work upon any construction project for the improvement of real property as described in section 38-22-101 (1), a performance bond and a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-130 Payment of claims by surety

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(1) Subcontractors, materialmen, mechanics, and others who have claims aggregating two thousand dollars or less each on construction projects for the improvement of real property as described in section 38-22-101 (1) for which a bond was executed pursuant to section 38-22-129 sha…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-131 Substitution of bond allowed

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(1) Whenever a mechanic's lien has been filed in accordance with this article, the owner, whether legal or beneficial, of any interest in the property subject to the lien may, at any time, file with the clerk of the district court of the county wherein the property is situated a …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-132 Lien to be discharged

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article or section 38-35-110, upon court approval of a bond or undertaking as provided in section 38-22-131, and upon the issuance and recording of a certificate of release as specified in this section, the lien against the property, an…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-22-133 Action to be brought on bond or undertaking

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When a bond or undertaking is filed as provided in section 38-22-131, the person filing the original mechanic's lien may bring an action upon the said bond or undertaking. Such action shall be commenced within the time allowed for the commencement of an action upon foreclosure of…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-23-101 Liability of co-owners

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All co-owners of unincorporated irrigating ditches shall pay for the necessary cleaning and repairing of such ditches in the proportion that their respective interests bear to the total expenses incurred in said cleaning and repairing. Any such co-owner may perform labor in clean…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-23-102 Request to clean ditch

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Upon the failure of any one or more of several coowners, upon written request of the owners of one-third of the carrying capacity or board of directors, to assist in cleaning and repairing such ditch, the other coowners shall proceed to clean and repair the same and shall keep an…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-23-103 Lien of co-owner against delinquent

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The co-owners of any such ditch who clean and repair the same, as specified in section 38-23-102, shall have a lien upon the interest in such ditch owned by such delinquent co-owner for his proportion of such cost and expenses. Source: L. 1893: p. 312, § 3. R.S. 08: § 4053. C.L. …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-23-104 Claimant to file verified statement

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Any person wishing to avail himself of the provisions of this article shall file for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein the ditch to be affected by the lien is situated, within thirty days after the completion of such work, a statement add…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-23-105 Lien may be assigned - effect

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Any party claiming a lien under the provisions of this article may assign in writing his claim and lien to any person, who shall thereafter have all the rights and remedies of the assignor. Source: L. 1893: p. 313, § 5. R.S. 08: § 4055. C.L. § 6472. CSA: C. 101, § 45. CRS 53: § 8…