C.R.S.
Section 4-9-628
Nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party
- liability of secondary obligor
(a)
Subject to subsection (f) of this section, unless a secured party knows that a person is a debtor or obligor, knows the identity of the person, and knows how to communicate with the person:(1)
The secured party is not liable to the person, or to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against the person, for failure to comply with this article; and(2)
The secured party’s failure to comply with this article does not affect the liability of the person for a deficiency.(b)
Subject to subsection (f) of this section, a secured party is not liable because of its status as secured party:(1)
To a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:(A)
That the person is a debtor or obligor;(B)
The identity of the person; and(C)
How to communicate with the person; or(2)
To a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:(A)
That the person is a debtor; and(B)
The identity of the person.(c)
A secured party is not liable to any person, and a person’s liability for a deficiency is not affected, because of any act or omission arising out of the secured party’s reasonable belief that a transaction is not a consumer-goods transaction or a consumer transaction or that goods are not consumer goods, if the secured party’s belief is based on its reasonable reliance on:(1)
A record authenticated by the debtor concerning the purpose for which collateral was to be used, acquired, or held, or indicating that collateral is not a consumer deposit account; or(2)
A record authenticated by the obligor concerning the purpose for which a secured obligation was incurred.(d)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(1)
A secured party is not liable under section 4-9-625 (c)(2) for its failure to comply with section 4-9-616.(2)
Repealed.(e)
A secured party is not liable under section 4-9-625 (c)(2) more than once with respect to any one secured obligation.(f)
Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to limit the liability of a secured party to a person if, at the time the secured party obtains control of collateral that is a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible or at the time the security interest attaches to the collateral, whichever is later:(1)
The person is a debtor or obligor; and(2)
The secured party knows that the information in subsection (b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), or (b)(1)(C) of this section relating to the person is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded.
Source:
Section 4-9-628 — Nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party - liability of secondary obligor, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-04.pdf
(accessed Oct. 20, 2023).