C.R.S. Section 15-15-411
Limitations on actions and proceedings against grantee-beneficiaries

(1)

Unless previously adjudicated or otherwise barred, the claim of a claimant to recover from a grantee-beneficiary who is liable to pay the claim, and the right of an heir or devisee or of a personal representative acting on behalf of an heir or devisee, to recover property from a grantee-beneficiary or the value thereof from a grantee-beneficiary is forever barred as follows:

(a)

A claim by a creditor of the owner is forever barred at one year after the owner’s death.

(b)

Any other claimant or an heir or devisee is forever barred at the earlier of the following:

(I)

Three years after the owner’s death; or

(II)

One year after the time of recording the proof of death of the owner in the office of the clerk and recorder in the county in which the legal property is located.

(2)

Nothing in this section shall be construed to bar an action to recover property or value received as the result of fraud.

Source: Section 15-15-411 — Limitations on actions and proceedings against grantee-beneficiaries, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-15.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

15‑15‑101
Nonprobate transfers on death 15‑15‑102
Will not to affect joint tenancy in real property or personalty 15‑15‑103
Liability of nonprobate transferees for creditor claims and statutory allowances 15‑15‑201
Definitions 15‑15‑202
Limitation on scope of part 15‑15‑203
Types of account 15‑15‑204
Forms 15‑15‑205
Designation of agent 15‑15‑206
Applicability of part 15‑15‑211
Ownership during lifetime 15‑15‑212
Rights at death 15‑15‑213
Alteration of rights 15‑15‑214
Accounts and transfers nontestamentary 15‑15‑216
Community property and tenancy by the entireties 15‑15‑221
Authority of financial institution 15‑15‑222
Payment on multiple-party account 15‑15‑223
Payment on POD designation 15‑15‑224
Payment to designated agent 15‑15‑225
Payment to minor 15‑15‑226
Discharge 15‑15‑227
Set-off 15‑15‑301
Definitions 15‑15‑302
Registration in beneficiary form 15‑15‑303
Registration in beneficiary form 15‑15‑304
Origination of registration in beneficiary form 15‑15‑305
Form of registration in beneficiary form 15‑15‑306
Effect of registration in beneficiary form 15‑15‑307
Ownership on death of owner 15‑15‑308
Protection of registering entity 15‑15‑309
Nontestamentary transfer on death 15‑15‑310
Terms, conditions, and forms for registration 15‑15‑311
Application of part 15‑15‑401
Definitions 15‑15‑402
Real property - beneficiary deed 15‑15‑403
Medicaid eligibility exclusion 15‑15‑404
Form of beneficiary deed - recording 15‑15‑405
Revocation - change - revocation by will prohibited 15‑15‑406
Acknowledgment 15‑15‑407
Vesting of ownership in grantee-beneficiary 15‑15‑408
Joint tenancy - definitions 15‑15‑410
Purchaser from grantee-beneficiary protected 15‑15‑411
Limitations on actions and proceedings against grantee-beneficiaries 15‑15‑412
Nontestamentary disposition 15‑15‑413
Proof of death 15‑15‑414
Disclaimer 15‑15‑415
Applicability
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 15-15-411’s source at colorado​.gov