C.R.S. Section 37-41-116
Conveyances

  • suits

(1)

The said board is hereby authorized to take conveyances or assurances for all property acquired by it under the provisions of this article in the name of such irrigation district for the purposes expressed in this article, and to institute and maintain any actions and proceedings, and suits at law or in equity, necessary or proper in order to fully carry out the provisions of this article, or to enforce, maintain, protect, or preserve any rights, privileges, and immunities created by this article or acquired in pursuance thereof. In all courts, actions, suits, or proceedings, the board may sue, appear, and defend in person or by attorneys and in the name of such irrigation district. Judicial notice shall be taken in all actions, suits, and judicial proceedings in any court of this state of the organization and existence of any irrigation district of this state from and after the filing for record in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the certified copy of the order of the board of county commissioners mentioned in section 37-41-103. A certified copy of said order shall be prima facie evidence in all actions, suits, and proceedings in any court of this state of the regularity and legal sufficiency of all acts, matters, and proceedings therein recited and set forth.

(2)

Any such irrigation district, in regard to which any such order has been entered and such certified copy thereof so filed for record, and which has exercised or shall exercise the rights and powers of such a district, and which shall have in office a board of directors exercising the duties of their office, and the legality or regularity of the formation or organization of which shall not have been questioned by proceedings in quo warranto instituted in the district court of the county in which such district or the greater portion thereof is situated within one year from the date of such filing, shall be conclusively deemed to be a legally and regularly organized, established, and existing irrigation district within the meaning of this article; and its due and lawful formation and organization shall not thereafter be questioned in any action, suit, or proceeding whether brought under the provisions of this article or otherwise.

Source: Section 37-41-116 — Conveyances - suits, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-37.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

37‑41‑101
Irrigation district - organization - purposes 37‑41‑102
Petition 37‑41‑103
Presentation and allowance of petition 37‑41‑104
Notice of election - qualifications of electors 37‑41‑105
Canvass of votes - proclamation 37‑41‑106
Directors - election - term 37‑41‑107
Office of board - elections 37‑41‑108
Directors - secretary - salaries 37‑41‑109
District treasurer - duties 37‑41‑110
Duties of election officers 37‑41‑111
Canvass of votes 37‑41‑112
Records - vacancy and term of office 37‑41‑113
Board of directors - duties - contracts - rules 37‑41‑114
Meetings - duties - eminent domain 37‑41‑115
Property - title 37‑41‑116
Conveyances - suits 37‑41‑117
Bonds - contract - purposes - election 37‑41‑118
Sale of bonds - proceeds 37‑41‑119
Bonds - payment - lien 37‑41‑120
Fiscal year - directors to fix levy 37‑41‑121
Assessor - assessment 37‑41‑122
Other taxes must be paid 37‑41‑123
Special tax levy 37‑41‑124
Assessment - collection - redemption - deed 37‑41‑125
Construction - contracts 37‑41‑126
Claims - audit - payment - financial report 37‑41‑127
Funds for expenses 37‑41‑128
Crossing streams, highways, railroads, state lands 37‑41‑129
Limit of indebtedness - emergency 37‑41‑130
Insufficient supply - distribution 37‑41‑131
Compensation for property taken 37‑41‑132
Boundaries - change - effect 37‑41‑133
Additional land admitted - petition 37‑41‑134
Notice of filing - costs 37‑41‑135
Hearing of petition - assent 37‑41‑136
Payment of pro rata assessments 37‑41‑137
Inclusion or rejection of lands - protest 37‑41‑138
Order - record - effect 37‑41‑139
Records - evidence 37‑41‑140
Legal representatives petitioners 37‑41‑141
Redivision of district - election of officers 37‑41‑142
Lands may be excluded from district 37‑41‑143
Petition for exclusion 37‑41‑144
Notice of filing petition 37‑41‑145
Hearing of petition 37‑41‑146
Order 37‑41‑147
Record - effect 37‑41‑148
Division of districts 37‑41‑149
Dissolution of district - election 37‑41‑150
Canvass - record 37‑41‑151
Judicial examination of bonds and contracts 37‑41‑152
Petition for judicial examination 37‑41‑153
Notice of hearing 37‑41‑154
Answer - pleading 37‑41‑155
Determination - costs 37‑41‑156
Sale of realty not needed 37‑41‑157
President to execute deeds 37‑41‑158
Proceeds - where paid 37‑41‑159
Findings of board conclusive 37‑41‑160
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 37-41-116’s source at colorado​.gov