Colorado Code
Article 10 - Uniform Dissolution of Marriage Act
§ 14-10-122. Modification and Termination of Provisions for Maintenance, Support, and Property Disposition - Automatic Lien - Definitions

(1.5)
(II) The amount of such lien shall be limited to the amount of the support judgment for outstanding child support, child support when combined with maintenance, maintenance, child support debt, retroactive child support, or child support arrearages, any interest accrued thereon, and the amount of any filing fees as specified in this section.
(III) A support judgment or lien shall be entitled to full faith and credit and may be enforced in any court of this state or any other state. Full faith and credit shall be accorded to such a lien arising from another state that complies with the provisions of this subsection (1.5). Judicial notice or hearing or the filing of a verified entry of judgment shall not be required prior to the enforcement of such a lien.
(IV) The creation of a lien pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any other remedy allowed by law.

(II) The lien on real property created by this section shall remain in effect for the earlier of twelve years or until all past-due amounts are paid, including any accrued interest and costs, without the necessity of renewal. A lien on real property arising pursuant to this subsection (1.5) may be extended or renewed indefinitely beyond twelve years by rerecording the lien every twelve years. Within twenty calendar days after satisfaction of the debt or debts described in the notice of lien, the delegate child support enforcement unit shall record a release of lien with the clerk and recorder of the county where the notice of lien was recorded. A release of lien shall be conclusive evidence that the lien is extinguished.
(III) The child support enforcement unit shall be exempt from the payment of recording fees charged by the clerk and recorder for the recording of notices of lien or releases of lien.

(II) The lien on personal property created by this section shall remain in effect for the earlier of twelve years or until all past-due amounts are paid, including any accrued interest and costs, without the necessity of renewal. A lien on personal property arising pursuant to this subsection (1.5) may be extended or renewed indefinitely beyond twelve years by rerecording the lien every twelve years. Within twenty calendar days after satisfaction of the debt or debts described in the notice of lien, the state child support enforcement agency shall file a release of lien with the secretary of state. The filing of such a release of lien shall be conclusive evidence that the lien is extinguished.
(III) The state child support enforcement agency shall be exempt from paying a fee for the filing of notices of liens or releases of liens with the secretary of state pursuant to this paragraph (c).
(IV) For purposes of this paragraph (c), "personal property" means property that the child support enforcement agency has determined has a net equity value of not less than five thousand dollars at the time of the filing of the notice of lien with the secretary of state.

(B) Liens on motor vehicles created by this section shall remain in effect for the same period of time as any other lien on motor vehicles as specified in section 42-6-127, C.R.S., or until the entire amount of the lien is paid, whichever occurs first. A lien created pursuant to this section may be renewed pursuant to section 42-6-127, C.R.S. Within twenty calendar days after satisfaction of the debt or debts described in the notice of lien, the delegate child support enforcement unit shall release the lien pursuant to the procedures specified in section 42-6-125, C.R.S. When a lien on a motor vehicle created pursuant to this subsection (1.5) is released, the authorized agent and the executive director of the department of revenue shall proceed as provided in section 42-6-126, C.R.S.
(C) The child support enforcement unit shall not be exempt from the payment of filing fees charged by the authorized agent for the filing of either the notice of lien or the release of lien. However, the child support enforcement unit may add the amount of the filing fee to the lien amount and collect the amount of such fees from the obligor.
(II) For purposes of this subsection (1.5), "motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle that is designed primarily for travel on the public highways and that is generally and commonly used to transport persons and property over the public highways, trailers, semitrailers, and trailer coaches, without motive power; that has a net equity value based upon the loan value identified for such vehicle in the national automobile dealers' association car guide of not less than five thousand dollars at the time of the filing of the notice of lien and that meets such additional conditions as the state board of human services may establish by rule; and on which vehicle a lien already exists that is filed for public record and noted accordingly on the owner's certificate of title. "Motor vehicle" does not include low-power scooters, as defined in section 42-1-102, C.R.S.; vehicles that operate only upon rails or tracks laid in place on the ground or that travel through the air or that derive their motive power from overhead electric lines; farm tractors, farm trailers, and other machines and tools used in the production, harvesting, and care of farm products; and special mobile machinery or industrial machinery not designed primarily for highway transportation. "Motor vehicle" does not include a vehicle that has a net equity value based upon the loan value identified for such vehicle in the national automobile dealers' association car guide of less than five thousand dollars at the time of the filing of the notice of lien and does not include a vehicle that is not otherwise encumbered by a lien or mortgage that is filed for public record and noted accordingly on the owner's certificate of title.

(II) A lien on personal property, other than motor vehicles, created pursuant to this section shall be in effect for the earlier of twelve years or until all past-due amounts are paid and shall have priority from the time the lien is filed with the central filing officer over all unfiled liens and all subsequent filed or unfiled liens, except such liens as may be exempted by regulation of the state board of human services. A lien on personal property arising pursuant to this subsection (1.5) may be extended or renewed indefinitely beyond twelve years by rerecording the lien every twelve years.
(III) Liens on motor vehicles created pursuant to this section shall remain in effect for the same period of time as any other lien on motor vehicles as specified in section 42-6-127, C.R.S., or until all past-due amounts are paid, whichever occurs first, and shall have priority from the time the lien is filed for public record and noted on the owner's certificate of title over all unfiled liens and all subsequent filed or unfiled liens, except such liens as may be exempted by regulation of the state board of human services.









(J) A statement that interest may accrue on all amounts ordered to be paid, pursuant to sections 14-14-106 and 5-12-101, C.R.S., and may be collected from the obligor in addition to costs of sale, attorney fees, and any other costs or fees incident to such sale for liens arising pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection (1.5).




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Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 529, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 46-1-22. L. 86: (1) amended, p. 724, § 3, effective November 1. L. 87: (1)(c) added, p. 587, § 4, effective July 10. L. 88: (1)(c) amended, p. 633, § 7, effective July 1. L. 89: (1)(a) and (1)(c) amended, p. 792, § 16, effective July 1. L. 90: (1)(c) amended, p. 891, § 11, effective July 1. L. 91: (4) and (5) added, pp. 238, 253, §§ 2, 8, effective July 1. L. 92: (1)(d) added, p. 203, § 10, effective August 1. L. 93: (1)(a) amended, p. 1557, § 2, effective July 1. L. 97: (1)(c) amended, p. 561, § 6, effective July 1; (1.5) added, p. 1266, § 9, effective July 1. L. 98: (1)(a), (1)(c), (1)(d), and (5) amended, p. 764, § 14, effective July 1; (5) amended, p. 1400, § 46, effective February 1, 1999. L. 99: (1.5)(c), (1.5)(e)(II), and (1.5)(i) amended, p. 751, § 21, effective January 1, 2000. L. 2000: (1.5)(b)(II) amended, p. 1704, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2001: (1.5)(c) amended, p. 1445, § 38, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1.5)(b)(II), (1.5)(c)(II), (1.5)(e)(I), and (1.5)(e)(II) amended, p. 386, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1)(b), (4), and (5) amended, p. 107, § 3, effective March 16. L. 2008: (6) added, p. 1656, § 3, effective August 15. L. 2009: (1.5)(d)(II) amended, (HB 09-1026), ch. 281, p. 1258, § 19, effective October 1. L. 2010: (1.5)(d)(II) amended, (HB 10-1172), ch. 320, p. 1493, § 18, effective October 1. L. 2012: (1)(c) amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 831, § 28, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1.5)(c)(I) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1675, § 35, effective August 7; (1)(a) and (5) amended, (HB 13-1209), ch. 103, p. 354, § 3, effective January 1, 2014; (2) amended, (HB 13-1058), ch. 176, p. 652, § 2, effective January 1, 2014. L. 2014: (2)(a)(III) amended, (HB 14-1379), ch. 307, p. 1300, § 2, effective May 31. L. 2016: (1.5)(c)(I) and (5) amended, (HB 16-1165), ch. 157, pp. 490, 496, §§ 2, 8, effective January 1, 2017. L. 2017: (1.5)(d)(I)(A) and (1.5)(i) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1391, § 30, effective May 25. L. 2019: (1)(c) and (1.5)(c)(I) amended, (HB 19-1215), ch. 270, p. 2552, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2021: (1)(a) amended, (HB 21-1031), ch. 116, p. 450, § 2, effective May 7.
Editor's note: (1) Amendments to subsection (5) by Senate Bill 98-139 and House Bill 98-1183 were harmonized, effective February 1, 1999.
(2) The term "custody" has been changed in other places in the Colorado Revised Statutes to correspond with the use of the term "parental responsibility" as described in § 14-10-124.
(3) Subsection (6)(c)(II)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (6)(c)(II), effective July 1, 2011. (See L. 2008, p. 1656 .)
(4) Section 8 of chapter 116 (HB 21-1031), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to any request to modify an order appealed on, after, or before May 7, 2021.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1997 act enacting subsection (1.5), see section 1 of chapter 236, Session Laws of Colorado 1997. For the legislative declaration in HB 21-1031, see section 1 of chapter 116, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.

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