Colorado § 15-12-1009 Estates not closed after three years or more

Colorado Statutes

§ 15-12-1009 — Estates not closed after three years or more

Colorado § 15-12-1009

Title 15Probate,

Art.Probate of Wills and Administration

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-12-1009 (2026).

Text

(1)When records of the court indicate no action has been taken in an estate for a period of three years or more, the court may, on its own motion, and after notice to the attorney of record, if available, or if there is no attorney of record, then to the personal representative, enter an order closing the estate without further accounting. Such closure may likewise be ordered upon the motion of any interested person, as defined in section 15-10-201 (27), or upon motion of the attorney of record. Any order in such case shall provide for the closing of the estate without further accounting, and such order shall not discharge the personal representative or any other person from any liability to the estate, the court, or any other person; except that sureties upon any bond posted in

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(1) When records
of the court indicate no action has been taken in an estate for a period of three
years or more, the court may, on its own motion, and after notice to the attorney of
record, if available, or if there is no attorney of record, then to the personal
representative, enter an order closing the estate without further accounting. Such
closure may likewise be ordered upon the motion of any interested person, as
defined in section 15-10-201 (27), or upon motion of the attorney of record. Any
order in such case shall provide for the closing of the estate without further
accounting, and such order shall not discharge the personal representative or any
other person from any liability to the estate, the court, or any other person; except
that sureties upon any bond posted in such proceedings shall be released as to any
claim arising after closure of the estate under such circumstances.

(2) Unless the court has reason to believe the personal representative's
conduct in the administration of the estate has been improper, closure of the estate
as provided in this section shall be without further accounting, report, or hearing.

(3) Upon motion of any interested person, an estate closed pursuant to this
section shall be reopened by the court.

(4) This section shall be applicable to all decedents' estates, whether
instituted before or after the effective date of this code.

Legislative History

Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1606, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 153-3-1009. L. 79: Entire section R&RE, p. 659, � 1, effective February 22; entire section R&RE, p. 657, � 2, effective May 25. L. 87: (1) amended, p. 602, � 3, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) amended, p. 1038, � 13, effective July 1, 1995.