" YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND THIS COLLECTION ACTION IF YOU ARE FACING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP DUE TO THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY.
Judgment Creditor Name: Judgment Creditor Address: Case Number: Phone: The above judgment creditor intends on executing a collection action against you. If you have experienced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 emergency, directly or indirectly, you have the right to suspend temporarily this extraordinary collection action. The suspension is effective until June 1, 2021. To exercise this right, you must notify the judgment creditor that you are experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 emergency. You can provide this notice by phone call or by writing to the creditor at the address shown in this notice. Your notification to the judgment creditor must include your full name (first and last), the case number identified above and at least one (1) additional piece of the following information: your date of birth, social security number, physical and mailing addresses, or the judgment creditor's internal account number or identifier, if different from the case number designated above. You are not required to provide documentation to support your request. NOTE: Requesting the temporary suspension of this extraordinary debt collection action is not a waiver of the obligation to pay or debt forgiveness. Interest may continue to accrue on the judgment debt even while extraordinary collection actions are suspended. You may enter into a voluntary repayment plan with the judgment creditor, but you are not required to do so."
Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (SB 20-211), ch. 140, p. 608, § 2, effective June 29. L. 2021: (2), (4), (5)(a)(I), and (5)(b) amended, (3) repealed, and (5)(c) added, (SB 21-002), ch. 7, p. 43, § 1, effective January 21.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 20-211, see section 1 of chapter 140, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.
Structure Colorado Code
§ 24-33.5-702. Purposes and Limitations
§ 24-33.5-704. The Governor and Disaster Emergencies - Response - Duties and Limitations
§ 24-33.5-704.3. Temporary Prohibition on Extraordinary Collection Actions - Definitions - Repeal
§ 24-33.5-704.5. Governor's Expert Emergency Epidemic Response Committee - Creation
§ 24-33.5-705. Office of Emergency Management - Creation
§ 24-33.5-705.2. Resiliency and Community Recovery Program
§ 24-33.5-705.3. Statewide All-Hazards Resource Database - Creation - Definitions
§ 24-33.5-706. Disaster Emergency Fund - Established - Financing - Legislative Intent - Repeal
§ 24-33.5-706.5. Hazard Mitigation Fund - Established - Financing - Legislative Intent
§ 24-33.5-707. Local and Interjurisdictional Emergency Management Agencies and Services
§ 24-33.5-708. Establishment of Interjurisdictional Emergency Management Service Area
§ 24-33.5-709. Local Disaster Emergencies
§ 24-33.5-710. Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and Recovery
§ 24-33.5-711. Compensation - Liability When Combating Grasshopper Infestation
§ 24-33.5-711.5. Governor's Expert Emergency Epidemic Response Committee - Compensation - Liability
§ 24-33.5-712. Telecommunications - Intent