2021 Colorado Code
Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Article 20 - Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death
§ 15-20-106. Perfection of Title of Personal Representative, Heir, or Devisee

Universal Citation: CO Code § 15-20-106 (2021)
  1. If the title to any property to which this article applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which this article applies, unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee, or creditor of the decedent.
  2. Written demand in this section and in section 15-20-105 shall be made by a surviving spouse, the spouse's successor in interest, or the decedent's heirs or devisees not later than six months after the decedent's will has been admitted to probate, or not later than six months after the appointment of an administrator if there is no will, or not later than six months after the decedent's death if the property to which this article applies is held in an inter vivos trust created by the decedent; and written demand by a creditor of the decedent shall be made not later than six months from the decedent's date of death.
  3. Written demand in this section and in section 15-20-105 shall be delivered in person or by registered mail to the personal representative. As used in this article, the personal representative may also mean the trustee of an inter vivos trust created by the decedent who has legal title to, or possession of, the property to which this article applies.

History. Source: L. 73: P. 1654, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-22-5. History. Source: L. 73: P. 1654, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-22-5.


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