Colorado § 3-1-126 Governor to execute deed

Colorado Statutes

§ 3-1-126 — Governor to execute deed

Colorado § 3-1-126

Title 03United States

Art.Property Ceded to United States

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 3-1-126 (2026).

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When the governor of this state shall be
advised by the attorney general of the United States, or the attorney of the United
States for the district of Colorado, that a valid title to the said land is vested in the
United States, the said governor shall make, execute, and deliver to the United
States of America a deed sealed with the great seal of the state of Colorado, and
attested by the secretary of state thereof, whose duty it shall be to attest the same,
containing apt, meet, and proper words, clauses, and covenants to fully cede, give,
grant, transfer, confer, and confirm such jurisdiction unto the United States of
America; but, nevertheless, therein reserving to the state of Colorado jurisdiction
for the purposes mentioned in the last preceding section, and at, from, and af

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When the governor of this state shall be
advised by the attorney general of the United States, or the attorney of the United
States for the district of Colorado, that a valid title to the said land is vested in the
United States, the said governor shall make, execute, and deliver to the United
States of America a deed sealed with the great seal of the state of Colorado, and
attested by the secretary of state thereof, whose duty it shall be to attest the same,
containing apt, meet, and proper words, clauses, and covenants to fully cede, give,
grant, transfer, confer, and confirm such jurisdiction unto the United States of
America; but, nevertheless, therein reserving to the state of Colorado jurisdiction
for the purposes mentioned in the last preceding section, and at, from, and after the
making, executing, ensealing, attesting, and delivering of said deed, such exclusive
jurisdiction shall vest and remain in the United States of America for and during all
the time that the United States shall remain the owner of said tract, subject only to
the right and jurisdiction for the service and execution of process in sections 3-1-125 to 3-1-127 expressly reserved to the state of Colorado.