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Colorado Statutes, Title 15

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Title 15, Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-209 Who may make anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
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(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section and unless barred by section 15-19-207 or 15-19-208, an anatomical gift of a decedent's body or part for purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education may be made by any member of the following classes of person…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-210 Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
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(a) A person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 15-19-209 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the person making the gift or by that person's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-211 Persons that may receive anatomical gift - purpose of anatomical gift
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(a) An anatomical gift may be made to the following persons named in the document of gift: (1) A hospital; accredited medical school, dental school, college, or university; organ procurement organization; or other appropriate person, for research or education; (2) Subject to subs…
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-213

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(a) A document of gift need not be delivered during the donor's lifetime to be effective. (b) Upon or after an individual's death, a person in possession of a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift with respect to the individual shall allow examination and copyi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-214 Rights and duties of procurement organization and others

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(a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the department of revenue and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resid…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-215 Coordination of procurement and use

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Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 17-223), ch. 158, p. 549, § 1, effective August 9.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-216 Sale or purchase of parts prohibited

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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person that knowingly acquires, receives, or otherwise transfers a part for valuable consideration for transplantation may be liable as specified in 42 U.S.C. sec. 274e. (b) A person may charge a reasonable amo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-217 Other prohibited acts

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A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits a class 2 misdemeanor as specified in section 18-1.3-501. Source: L. 2…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-218 Immunity

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(a) A person that acts in accordance with this part 2 or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding. (b) Neither the person making an…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-219 Law governing validity - choice of law as to execution of document of gift - presumption of validity

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(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) This part 2; (2) The laws of the state or country where it was executed; or (3) The laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a natio…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-220 Donor registry

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(a) The department of revenue may establish or contract for the establishment of a donor registry. (b) The department of revenue shall cooperate with a person that administers any donor registry that this state establishes, contracts for, or recognizes for the purpose of transfer…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-221 Effect of anatomical gift on advance health-care directive - definitions

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(a) In this section: (1) "Advance health-care directive" means a power of attorney for health care or a record signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective donor's direction concerning a health-care decision for the prospective donor. (2) "Declaration" m…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-222 Cooperation between coroner and procurement organization

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(a) A coroner shall cooperate with procurement organizations to maximize the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation or therapy. (b) Subject to section 15-19-223, if a coroner receives notice from a procurement organization that an anatomical gi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-223 Facilitation of anatomical gift from decedent whose body is under jurisdiction of coroner

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(a) Upon request of a procurement organization, a coroner shall release to the procurement organization the name, contact information, and available medical and social history of a decedent whose body is under the jurisdiction of the coroner. If the decedent's body or part is med…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-224 Uniformity of application and construction

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In applying and construing this part 2, 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. 2017: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 17-223), ch. 158, p. 554, § 1, effective August…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-225 Relation to "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act"

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This part 2 modifies, limits, and 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 (a) of that act, 15 U.S.C. sec. 7001, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the not…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-301 Board for distribution of unclaimed human bodies - rules

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(1) The deans and the heads of the departments of anatomy and surgery of the accredited medical and dental schools of this state are constituted a board for the distribution and delivery of unclaimed dead human bodies, described in this part 3, to and among such institutions that…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-302 Duty of public officers as to unclaimed bodies

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(1) All public officers, agents, and servants, and all officers, agents, and servants of every county, city, township, borough, district, and other municipality, and every almshouse, prison, morgue, hospital, or other municipal or other public institution, and all other persons h…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-303 Claiming of body - publication of notice

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After an unclaimed body has been received by the anatomical board or its duly authorized agent, and has been preserved and stored, the body may be claimed within twenty days after death by relatives, friends, or fraternal or charitable organizations for burial or cremation at the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-304 Disposition of all or any portion of body after death - nonliability

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(1) A person has a right during his or her lifetime to provide for the disposition of all or any portion of his or her body upon his or her death. (2) No cause of action for damages shall accrue to any person arising out of the removal of all or any portion of the body of any dec…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-305 Unlawful to hold autopsy

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It is unlawful for any person to hold an autopsy on any dead human body mentioned in this part 3, except on the request of the district attorney of the district where the body is located, without the written, telegraphic, or telephonic consent of the secretary of the anatomical b…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-306 Holding of body for twenty days

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The anatomical board, or its duly authorized agent, shall take and receive any unclaimed bodies so delivered, and, after holding the bodies for a period of twenty days to determine if the bodies are claimed, shall distribute and deliver the unclaimed bodies on requisition to and …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-307 Disposition of remains

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After the institutions to which the unclaimed bodies have been distributed by the anatomical board have completed the scientific study of the unclaimed bodies, the remains thereof shall in every case be disposed of by burial or cremation. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added with r…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-308 Expense to be borne by institutions

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Neither the county, municipality, nor any officer, agent, or servant thereof shall incur any expense by reason of the delivery or distribution of any unclaimed body, but all the expenses thereof and of the anatomical board shall be borne by those institutions receiving the unclai…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-19-309 Penalty

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Any person having duties enjoined upon him or her by the provisions of this part 3 who neglects, refuses, or omits to perform the same as required in this part 3 commits a civil infraction. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 17-223), ch. 158, p. 557, § 1, ef…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-101 Short title

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This article 20 shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Community Property Disposition at Death Act", which is also referred to as "this act" or "act" within this article 20. Source: L. 2023: Entire article R&RE, (SB 23-100), ch. 30, p. 101, § 1, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-102 Definitions

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In this article 20: (1) "Community property spouse" means an individual in a marriage or other relationship under which community property could be acquired during the existence of the relationship and that remains in existence at the time of death of either party to the relation…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-103 Included and excluded property

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(1) Subject to subsection (3)(b) of this section, this act applies to the following property of a community property spouse, without regard to how the property is titled or held: (a) If a decedent was domiciled in this state at the time of death: (I) All or a proportionate part o…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-104 Form of partition, reclassification, or waiver

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(1) Community property spouses domiciled in this state may partition or reclassify property to which this act would otherwise apply. The partition or reclassification must be in a record signed by community property spouses. (2) A community property spouse domiciled in this state…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-105 Community property presumption

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All property acquired by a community property spouse when domiciled in a jurisdiction where community property then could be acquired by the community property spouse by operation of law is presumed to be community property. This presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-106 Disposition of property at death

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(1) One-half of the property to which this act applies belongs to the surviving community property spouse of a decedent and is not subject to disposition by the decedent at death or distribution under the laws of succession of this state as a result of the decedent's death. (2) O…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-107 Other remedies available at death

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(1) Upon the death of a community property spouse, the surviving community property spouse or a personal representative, heir, or nonprobate transferee of the decedent may assert a right based on an act of: (a) The surviving community spouse or decedent during the marriage or oth…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-108 Right of surviving community property spouse

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(1) The surviving community property spouse of the decedent may assert a claim for relief with respect to a right under this act in accordance with the following: (a) In an action asserting a right in or to property, the surviving community property spouse must: (I) Commence an a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-109 Right of heir, devisee, or nonprobate transferee

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(1) An heir, devisee, or nonprobate transferee of a deceased community property spouse may assert a claim for relief with respect to a right under this act pursuant to the following rules: (a) In an action asserting a right in or to property, the heir, devisee, or nonprobate tran…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-110 Protection of third person

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(1) With respect to property to which this act applies, a person is not liable under this act to the extent the person: (a) Transacts in good faith and for value: (I) With a community property spouse; (II) After the death of the decedent, with a surviving community property spous…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-111 Principles of law and equity

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The principles of law and equity supplement this act except to the extent inconsistent with this act. Source: L. 2023: Entire article R&RE, (SB 23-100), ch. 30, p. 106, § 1, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-112 Uniformity of application and construction

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In applying and construing this act, a court shall consider the promotion of uniformity of the law among jurisdictions that enact it. Source: L. 2023: Entire article R&RE, (SB 23-100), ch. 30, p. 106, § 1, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-113 Saving provision

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If a right with respect to property to which this act applies is acquired, extinguished, or barred on the expiration of a limitation period that began to run under another statute before July 1, 2023, that statute continues to apply to the right even if the statute has been repea…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-114 Transitional provision

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Except as provided in section 15-20-113, this act applies to a judicial proceeding with respect to property to which this act applies commenced on or after July 1, 2023, regardless of the date of death of the decedent. Source: L. 2023: Entire article R&RE, (SB 23-100), ch. 30, p.…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-115 Severability

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If a provision of this act or its application to a person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity does not affect another provision or application that can be given effect without the invalid provision. Source: L. 2023: Entire article R&RE, (SB 23-100), ch. 30, p. 106, § 1,…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-20-116 Effective date

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This act takes effect July 1, 2023. Source: L. 2023: Entire article R&RE, (SB 23-100), ch. 30, p. 106, § 1, effective July 1. DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY AGREEMENTS

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-22-101 Short title

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This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Designated Beneficiary Agreement Act". Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (HB 09-1260), ch. 107, p. 428, § 1, effective July 1.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-22-102 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds and determines that: (a) Not all Coloradans are adequately protected by the provisions of the "Colorado Probate Code", articles 10 to 17 of this title, and other provisions of Colorado law. Current state and federal laws present impediments and disi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-22-103 Definitions

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Designated beneficiary" means a person who has entered into a designated beneficiary agreement pursuant to this article. (2) "Designated beneficiary agreement" means an agreement that is entered into pursuant to…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-22-104 Requirements for a valid designated beneficiary agreement

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(1) A designated beneficiary agreement shall be legally recognized if: (a) The parties to the designated beneficiary agreement satisfy all of the following criteria: (I) Both are at least eighteen years of age; (II) Both are competent to enter into a contract; (III) Neither party…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-22-105 Effects and applicability of a designated beneficiary agreement

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(1) A person named as a designated beneficiary in a designated beneficiary agreement shall be entitled to exercise the rights and protections specified in the agreement by virtue of having been so named. (2) A designated beneficiary agreement that is properly executed and recorde…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-22-106 Statutory form of a designated beneficiary agreement

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(1) The following statutory form shall be the standard form for a designated beneficiary agreement: DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY AGREEMENT DISCLAIMER Warning: While this document may indicate your wishes, certain additional documents may be needed to protect these rights. This desig…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-22-107 Recording - duties of the county clerk and recorder - fee

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(1) A signed and acknowledged designated beneficiary agreement shall be recorded with the county clerk and recorder in the county in which one of the parties resides. The designated beneficiary agreement shall be effective as of the date and time as received for recording by the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-22-108 Designated beneficiary agreement - effect on other legal documents

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Execution of a designated beneficiary agreement shall not constitute evidence of an intent to revoke a prior will or codicil nor shall it affect any beneficiary designation, transfer, or bequest contained in any other legal documents. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (HB 09…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-22-109 Affirmation of validity of designated beneficiary agreement

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A person exercising rights or protections pursuant to a designated beneficiary agreement shall affirm the validity of a designated beneficiary agreement and disclose any knowledge of any superseding legal documents. Source: L. 2009: Entire article added, (HB 09-1260), ch. 107, p.…