C.R.S. Section 38-22-104
Lien on mining property

The provisions of this article shall apply to all persons who do work or furnish laborers or materials, or mining, milling, or other machinery or other fixtures, as provided in section 38-22-101, for the working, preservation, prospecting, or development of any mine, lode, or mining claim or deposit yielding metals or minerals of any kind, or for the working, preservation, or development of any such mine, lode, or deposit, in search of any such metals or minerals; and to all persons who do work upon or furnish laborers or materials, mining, milling, and other machinery or other fixtures, as provided in section 38-22-101, upon, in, or for any shaft, tunnel, mill, or tunnel site, incline, adit, drift, or any draining or other improvement of or upon any such mine, lode, deposit, or tunnel site; and to every miner or other person who does work upon or furnishes any laborers, coal, power, provisions, timber, powder, rope, nails, candles, fuse, caps, rails, spikes, or iron, or other materials whatever, as provided in section 38-22-101, upon any mine, lode, deposit, mill, or tunnel site. But when two or more lodes, mines, or deposits owned or claimed by the same person are worked through a common shaft, tunnel, incline, adit, drift, or other excavation, then all the mines, mining claims, lodes, deposits, and tunnel and mill sites so owned and worked or developed, for the purpose of this article shall be deemed one mine. This section is not applicable to the owner of any mine, lode, mining claim, deposit, mill, or tunnel where the work or labor has been performed for or the laborers or materials furnished to a lessee.

Source: Section 38-22-104 — Lien on mining property, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-38.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

38‑22‑101
Liens in favor of whom - when filed - definition of person 38‑22‑102
Payments - effect 38‑22‑103
Attaching of lien - enforcement 38‑22‑104
Lien on mining property 38‑22‑105
Property subject to lien - notice 38‑22‑105.5
Notice of lien law 38‑22‑106
Priority of lien - attachments 38‑22‑107
Lien attaches to water rights and franchises 38‑22‑108
Rank of liens 38‑22‑109
Lien statement 38‑22‑110
Action commenced within six months 38‑22‑111
Joinder of parties - consolidation of actions 38‑22‑112
Allegations of complaint 38‑22‑113
Hearing - judgment - summons - defense 38‑22‑114
Disposition of proceeds - execution 38‑22‑115
Parties to action 38‑22‑116
Costs 38‑22‑117
Assignment of lien - failure to support lien 38‑22‑118
Satisfaction of lien - failure to release 38‑22‑119
Agreement to waive - effect 38‑22‑120
Rules of civil procedure apply 38‑22‑121
Liens of surveyors and engineers 38‑22‑122
Lien under two contracts - effect 38‑22‑123
Payment to avoid invalid 38‑22‑124
Other remedies not barred 38‑22‑125
Bona fide purchaser 38‑22‑126
Disburser - notice - duty of owner and disburser 38‑22‑127
Moneys for lien claims made trust funds - disbursements - penalty 38‑22‑128
Excessive amounts claimed 38‑22‑129
Principal contractor may provide bond prior to commencement of work 38‑22‑130
Payment of claims by surety 38‑22‑131
Substitution of bond allowed 38‑22‑132
Lien to be discharged 38‑22‑133
Action to be brought on bond or undertaking
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 38-22-104’s source at colorado​.gov