2021 Colorado Code
Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Article 18 - Colorado Medical Treatment Decision Act
§ 15-18-106. Witnessed or Notarized Declaration

Universal Citation: CO Code § 15-18-106 (2021)
  1. Except as otherwise provided in section 15-18-105, a declaration must be:
    1. Signed by the declarant in the presence of two witnesses; or
    2. Signed by the declarant and acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments, unless a court determines that this subsection (1)(b) should not apply to the declaration in the interest of justice.
  2. For the purposes of this section, a person specified in section 15-18-105 shall not be a witness, notary public, or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.

History. Source: L. 2010: Entire article R&RE,(HB 10-1025), ch. 113, p. 379, § 1, effective August 11. L. 2021: Entire section amended,(SB 21-195), ch. 115, p. 447, § 1, effective May 7.


Editor's note:

Section 4 of chapter 115 (SB 21-195), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to declarations and records executed before, on, or after May 7, 2021.


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