2023 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 15 - PROBATE, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-24-403)
COLORADO PROBATE CODE (§§ 15-10-101 — 15-17-103)
Article 12 - PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION (§§ 15-12-101 — 15-12-1501)
Part 12 - COLLECTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY BY AFFIDAVIT AND SUMMARY ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR SMALL ESTATES (§§ 15-12-1201 — 15-12-1205)
Section 15-12-1204 - Small estates - closing by sworn statement of personal representative

• (1) Unless prohibited by order of the court, and except for estates being administered by supervised personal representatives, a personal representative may close an estate administered under the summary procedures of section 15-12-1203 by filing with the court, at any time after disbursement and distribution of the estate, a verified statement stating that:
  • (a) To the best knowledge of the personal representative, the value of the entire estate, less liens and encumbrances, did not exceed the value of personal property held by or in the possession of the decedent as fiduciary or trustee, exempt property, family allowance, costs and expenses of administration, reasonable funeral expenses, and reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last illness of the decedent;
  • (b) The personal representative has fully administered the estate by disbursing and distributing it to the persons entitled thereto; and
  • (c) The personal representative has sent a copy of the closing statement to all distributees of the estate and to all creditors or other claimants of whom he is aware whose claims are neither paid nor barred and has furnished a full account in writing of his administration to the distributees whose interests are affected.

• (2) If no actions or proceedings involving the personal representative are pending in the court one year after the closing statement is filed, the appointment of the personal representative terminates.

• (3) A closing statement filed under this section has the same effect as one filed under section 15-12-1003.

L. 73: R&RE, p. 1608, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-3-1204. L. 75: (1)(a) amended, p. 600, § 42, effective July 1.

For remedies for fraud or intentional misstatements, see § 15-10-106.