Colorado’s statutes regarding homeowners’ associations (HOAs) are a favorite subject for legislative action, and this year is no different. The legislature passed HB 22-1139 and HB 22-1137; they went into effect in August 2022. Both amend the Colorado Common Interest
Mount Lindsey (elevation 14,055 ft) lies on private property.
Decades ago, the Colorado legislature passed the Colorado Recreational Use Statute (“CRUS”) with the goal of encouraging private landowners to allow recreational use of their land by limiting liability exposure. The
Much of my legal practice involved easements. So what is an easement? An easement is a real property right authorizing the easement owner to do something or maintain something on the land of another. They are usually created by a
If you are buying real estate and getting financing from an institutional lender, you will probably be buying title insurance. The Colorado Division of Insurance has a pretty good primer on title insurance here:
https://doi.colorado.gov/insurance-products/title-insurance
However, this link does not
A recent Colorado Court of Appeals case has given a fisherman the green light to continue litigation claiming that a certain stretch of the Arkansas River is public property. The case is Hill v. Warsewa, and the opinion can be
If you live in a neighborhood in a Colorado city or town that is less than perhaps forty years old, odds are you live in what Colorado law dubs a “common interest community.”1 In other words, you live in a