Except as to accounts, which are defined in and which shall be paid as provided in article 15 of title 15, C.R.S., when a bank deposit in any bank transacting business in this state is made in the names of two or more persons payable to them or to any of them, such deposit, or any part thereof or interest thereon, may be paid to any one of said persons whether the others are living or not, and the receipt or acquittance of the person so paid shall be valid and sufficient discharge to the paying bank from all said persons and their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns; such deposit shall be deemed, so far as the rights and liabilities of the bank are concerned, to be owned by said persons in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship, but the bank has the right of setoff against such deposit, to the extent thereof, to collect a debt owed to the bank by any joint depositor, which right shall not be affected by death.
Source: L. 2003: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1114, § 3, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 11-6-105 as it existed prior to 2003.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 11 - Financial Institutions
Article 105 - Banking Practices
§ 11-105-101. Branch Banks and Practices Prohibited
§ 11-105-102. Accounts and Interest
§ 11-105-103. Saturday Closing - Notice - Effect
§ 11-105-104. Minor or Institutional Deposits
§ 11-105-105. Joint Deposits - Right of Survivor
§ 11-105-106. Final Adjustment - Statement of Account
§ 11-105-107. Adverse Claim Deposits
§ 11-105-108. Transmitting Money - Foreign Exchange
§ 11-105-109. Temporary Closing of Banks - When
§ 11-105-110. Disclosure of Information Pursuant to Legal Process
§ 11-105-111. Trust Account - Limited Documentation Required - Certificate of Trust
§ 11-105-112. Entity Account - Certificate of Existence and Authority - Definitions