2021 Colorado Code
Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure
Article 40 - Forcible Entry and Detainer - General Provisions
§ 13-40-108. Service of Notice to Quit
A notice to quit or demand for possession of real property may be served by delivering a copy thereof to the tenant or other person occupying such premises, or by leaving such copy with some person, a member of the tenant's family above the age of fifteen years, residing on or in charge of the premises, or, in case no one is on the premises at the time service is attempted, by posting such copy in some conspicuous place on the premises.
History. Source: L. 1885: P. 226, § 7. R.S. 08: § 2607. C.L. § 6373. CSA: C. 70, § 8. CRS 53: § 58-1-8. L. 61: P. 390, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 58-1-8. History. Source: L. 1885: P. 226, § 7. R.S. 08: § 2607. C.L. § 6373. CSA: C. 70, § 8. CRS 53: § 58-1-8. L. 61: P. 390, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 58-1-8.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For comment on Hemberger v. Hagemann, appearing below, see 22 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 196 (1950).
Acknowledgment of receipt of notice is equivalent to any statutory method of service so long as the notice reaches the hands of the person sought to be notified in sufficient time. Sufficiency of the notice or the manner of service thereof cannot be questioned where notice was conceded to have been received. Hemberger v. Hagemann, 120 Colo. 431 , 210 P.2d 995 (1949).
Applied in Hurricane v. Kanover, Ltd., 651 P.2d 1218 (Colo. 1982).
