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PROPERTY

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HOUSE BILL 05-1195 [Digest]

BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Kerr, Knoedler, Stengel, Benefield, Hodge, Lindstrom, Schultheis, and Berens;

also SENATOR(S) Keller, Bacon, Hanna, and Tapia.

AN ACT

Concerning a requirement that a deed convey any interest held by the grantor in certain vacated rights-of-way adjoining the subject real property.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

  SECTION 1.  38-30-113 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:

  38-30-113.  Deeds - short form - acknowledgment - effect. (1) (d)  Every deed in substance in the above form, when properly executed, shall be a conveyance of the grantor's interest, if any, in any vacated street, alley, or other right-of-way that adjoins the real property unless the transfer of such interest is expressly excluded in the deed.

  SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.

Approved: April 27, 2005

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