In all actions in all courts of record, the original assessment, or a certified copy thereof purporting to be made by the corporate authorities of any municipality in this state, under a statute authorizing the same, which determines the cost and expense due from any piece of real estate, or from the owner thereof, because of the construction of any kind of local improvement in the taxing district wherein such property is located, or in front of, abutting upon, or adjacent to said realty within any such municipality shall be accepted and treated by such tribunals as prima facie evidence of the lawful existence, and due and proper performance of all preliminary steps essential to make such assessment a legal and valid assessment against the realty or owner thereof, or both, against whom it appears to be made.
Source: L. 1891: p. 192, § 1. R.S. 08: § 2497. C.L. § 6543. CSA: C. 63, § 9. CRS 53: § 52-1-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 52-1-9. L. 64: p. 266, § 158.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure
Article 25 - Evidence - General Provisions
§ 13-25-101. Printed Statutes - Reports of Decisions
§ 13-25-102. United States Census Bureau Mortality Table as Evidence
§ 13-25-104. Proof of Handwriting
§ 13-25-105. Certificate of Register - Patent
§ 13-25-106. Judicial Notice of Laws of Other Jurisdictions
§ 13-25-107. Proceedings of Cities and Towns
§ 13-25-108. Evidence of Assessment
§ 13-25-109. Recording of Patents to Land
§ 13-25-110. Patent - Copy of Record
§ 13-25-111. Patents Already Recorded
§ 13-25-113. Lost Deed - Bond - Note - Affidavit
§ 13-25-114. Certificate of Publisher
§ 13-25-115. Certificate of Head Officer
§ 13-25-116. Water Officials' Records
§ 13-25-117. Parties Plaintiff
§ 13-25-119. Dying Declarations
§ 13-25-120. Corporate Resolutions and Minutes
§ 13-25-122. Person Missing, Interned, or Captured
§ 13-25-123. Report Deemed Pursuant to Law
§ 13-25-124. Libel and Slander - How Pleaded
§ 13-25-125. Justification - Pleaded and Proved
§ 13-25-125.5. Libel and Slander - Self-Publication
§ 13-25-126. Genetic Tests to Determine Parentage
§ 13-25-126.5. Documents Arising From Environmental Self-Evaluation - Admissibility in Evidence
§ 13-25-127. Civil Actions - Degree of Proof Required
§ 13-25-128. Rules of Evidence - Grant of Authority Subject to Reservation
§ 13-25-129. Statements of a Child - Hearsay Exception
§ 13-25-130. Criminal Actions - Use of Photographs, Video Tapes, or Films of Property
§ 13-25-131. Civil Actions - Sexual Assault - Certain Evidence Presumed Irrelevant
§ 13-25-132. Criminal Actions - Video Tape Depositions - Use at Trial
§ 13-25-134. Electronic Records and Signatures - Admissibility in Evidence - Originals
§ 13-25-135. Evidence of Admissions - Civil Proceedings - Unanticipated Outcomes - Medical Care
§ 13-25-136. Criminal Actions - Prenatal Drug and Alcohol Screening - Admissibility of Evidence
§ 13-25-137. Admissibility of Commercial Packaging
§ 13-25-139. Criminal Action - Interference With Witness - Forfeiture by Wrongdoing