I have a book from 2014. It is called “Colorado Landlord-Tenant Law From the Perspective of a Tenant Advocate,” by Manuel Ramos. It does a good job explaining the nuts and bolts of landlord-tenant law, or at least, it did.
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The Rise of Land Use by Mob Rule in Northern Colorado
As a real estate attorney, I try to monitor major land use issues that come up in Northern Colorado. In recent years, there has been an interesting trend – land use decisions by mob rule. What I mean by “mob
Colorado to Ban Pet Rent?
A new bill this year in the Colorado legislature (House Bill 23-1068) appears to be a solution looking for a problem that will actually cause more problems. Here are the highlights of the bill:
Can my HOA stop me from parking a school bus in front of my house? In Colorado, maybe not.
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
The Liability Threat of Recreators on Private Land
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
Basic Colorado Easement Law
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
Title Insurance – Five Things Beyond the Basics
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
Is there a “Right to Wade” in Colorado Rivers?
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
The power lies with the people in Colorado homeowners’ associations
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