C.R.S. Section 38-35-112
Certificate of death when properly recorded may be admitted as evidence

A certificate of death or a verification of death document issued by a public official, whose apparent official duties include the keeping of records of death, of any state, territory, county, parish, district, city, town, village, province, nation, or other governmental agency or subdivision thereof or a copy of any such certificate of death or a verification of death document certified by such public official or by the county clerk and recorder of any county in the state of Colorado in whose office the same or a certified copy thereof has been recorded shall, insofar as the death may affect any interest in real property, be prima facie evidence of the death so certified and of the time and place of such death and shall be admissible in evidence in any court in the state of Colorado. Such method of proving death shall not be exclusive and nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the proof of the death of any person in any other manner authorized by law.

Source: Section 38-35-112 — Certificate of death when properly recorded may be admitted as evidence, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-38.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

38‑35‑101
Acknowledgments - form - prima facie evidence 38‑35‑102
When unacknowledged instruments prima facie evidence 38‑35‑103
Acknowledgment before notary 38‑35‑104
Acknowledged instruments as evidence 38‑35‑105
Foreign instruments, prima facie evidence 38‑35‑106
Deeds - acknowledgment, absent or defective - notice - deemed proper, when 38‑35‑106.5
Written instruments - information regarding property description 38‑35‑107
Recitals in deeds prima facie evidence - when 38‑35‑108
Reference to some other instrument affects only the parties thereto 38‑35‑109
Instrument may be recorded - validity of unrecorded instruments - liability for fraudulent documents 38‑35‑109.5
Recording of instruments conveying real property to public entities 38‑35‑110
Lis pendens as notice - issuance of certificate - expiration 38‑35‑111
Option to purchase - notice for one year only 38‑35‑112
Certificate of death when properly recorded may be admitted as evidence 38‑35‑113
Affidavits referring to death, intestacy, heirship, accepted as prima facie evidence 38‑35‑114
Actions - parties to be named 38‑35‑115
Execution by foreign representative of instrument regarding real estate prior to filing certified copies of order of appointment 38‑35‑116
Variances in names in instruments affecting the title to real property 38‑35‑117
Mortgages, not a conveyance - lien theory 38‑35‑118
Homestead, how conveyed - claimant insane 38‑35‑119
Release not a conveyance 38‑35‑120
Record of first and last parcels includes intervening parcels 38‑35‑121
Conveyance or reservation of a mineral interest - geothermal resources 38‑35‑122
Inclusion of street address and assessor information with legal description - effect - validity of recording - interests in property - legislative declaration 38‑35‑123
Liens - notice - current address 38‑35‑124
Requirements upon satisfaction of indebtedness 38‑35‑124.5
Effect of written payoff statement 38‑35‑125
Closing and settlement services - disbursement of funds 38‑35‑126
Contract for deed - escrow of tax moneys - written notice 38‑35‑127
Unenforceability of prospective residential transfer fee covenants - notice requirements for existing residential transfer fee covenants - written statement of transfer fee payable - affidavit - legislative declaration - definitions 38‑35‑201
Definitions 38‑35‑202
Recording or filing 38‑35‑203
Action to enforce 38‑35‑204
Order to show cause
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 38-35-112’s source at colorado​.gov