C.R.S. Section 38-22-123
Payment to avoid invalid


No payment made by any owner to any contractor for the purpose of avoiding any anticipated lien of any subcontractor shall be valid; and if any person files either of said statements for a lien for a larger sum than is due or to become due, in fact, or in probability, as the case may be, with intent to cheat or defraud any other person, and that fact appears in any proceeding under this article, such person shall forfeit all rights to such lien under this article.

Source: Section 38-22-123 — Payment to avoid invalid, 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

§ 38-22-123’s source at colorado​.gov