Colorado § 38-13-501 Notice to apparent owner by holder

Colorado Statutes

§ 38-13-501 — Notice to apparent owner by holder

Colorado § 38-13-501

Title 38Property -

Art.Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-13-501 (2026).

Text

(1)Subject to subsection

(2)of this section, the holder of property presumed abandoned shall send to the apparent owner notice that complies with section 38-13-502 in a format acceptable to the administrator, by first-class United States mail, not more than one hundred eighty days nor less than sixty days before filing the report under section 38-13-401 if:

(a)The holder has in its records an address for the apparent owner that the holder's records do not disclose to be invalid and that is sufficient to direct the delivery of first-class United States mail to the apparent owner; and

(b)The value of the property is twenty-five dollars or more.

(2)If an apparent owner has consented to receive electronic-mail delivery from the holder, the holder may send the notice described i

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(1) Subject to subsection
(2) of this section, the holder of property presumed abandoned shall send to the
apparent owner notice that complies with section 38-13-502 in a format acceptable
to the administrator, by first-class United States mail, not more than one hundred
eighty days nor less than sixty days before filing the report under section 38-13-401
if:

(a) The holder has in its records an address for the apparent owner that the
holder's records do not disclose to be invalid and that is sufficient to direct the
delivery of first-class United States mail to the apparent owner; and

(b) The value of the property is twenty-five dollars or more.

(2) If an apparent owner has consented to receive electronic-mail delivery
from the holder, the holder may send the notice described in subsection (1) of this
section by electronic mail and not by first-class United States mail; except that, if
the holder has evidence that the electronic mail could not be delivered, then the
holder shall send the notice in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The notice requirements set forth in subsections (1) and (2) of this section
require notice to the apparent owner of a legacy preneed contract notwithstanding
the death or presumed death of the contract buyer, as defined in section 10-15-102
(5).

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB 19-088), ch. 110, p. 429, � 1, effective July 1, 2020. L. 2025: (3) added, (HB 25-1224), ch. 440, p. 2535, � 7, effective June 4.