All deeds, powers of attorney, agreements, or other instruments in writing conveying, encumbering, or affecting title to real property in this state purporting to have been acknowledged or proved out of this state before a notary public or other officer empowered by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments, if the form of acknowledgment is in substantial compliance with the laws of the state or territory where taken or in substantial compliance with the requirement of this article, shall be deemed prima facie to have been properly acknowledged or proved before proper officers, and such deeds or other instruments in writing or the record thereof or a certified copy of the record thereof shall be received as prima facie evidence of the execution, acknowledgment, and delivery thereof.
Source: L. 27: p. 588, § 4. CSA: C. 40, § 110. CRS 53: § 118-6-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 118-6-5.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal
Article 35 - Conveyancing and Recording
§ 38-35-101. Acknowledgments - Form - Prima Facie Evidence
§ 38-35-102. When Unacknowledged Instruments Prima Facie Evidence
§ 38-35-103. Acknowledgment Before Notary
§ 38-35-104. Acknowledged Instruments as Evidence
§ 38-35-105. Foreign Instruments, Prima Facie Evidence
§ 38-35-106. Deeds - Acknowledgment, Absent or Defective - Notice - Deemed Proper, When
§ 38-35-106.5. Written Instruments - Information Regarding Property Description
§ 38-35-107. Recitals in Deeds Prima Facie Evidence - When
§ 38-35-108. Reference to Some Other Instrument Affects Only the Parties Thereto
§ 38-35-109.5. Recording of Instruments Conveying Real Property to Public Entities
§ 38-35-110. Lis Pendens as Notice - Issuance of Certificate - Expiration
§ 38-35-111. Option to Purchase - Notice for One Year Only
§ 38-35-112. Certificate of Death When Properly Recorded May Be Admitted as Evidence
§ 38-35-113. Affidavits Referring to Death, Intestacy, Heirship, Accepted as Prima Facie Evidence
§ 38-35-114. Actions - Parties to Be Named
§ 38-35-116. Variances in Names in Instruments Affecting the Title to Real Property
§ 38-35-117. Mortgages, Not a Conveyance - Lien Theory
§ 38-35-118. Homestead, How Conveyed - Claimant Insane
§ 38-35-119. Release Not a Conveyance
§ 38-35-120. Record of First and Last Parcels Includes Intervening Parcels
§ 38-35-121. Conveyance or Reservation of a Mineral Interest - Geothermal Resources
§ 38-35-123. Liens - Notice - Current Address
§ 38-35-124. Requirements Upon Satisfaction of Indebtedness
§ 38-35-124.5. Effect of Written Payoff Statement
§ 38-35-125. Closing and Settlement Services - Disbursement of Funds
§ 38-35-126. Contract for Deed - Escrow of Tax Moneys - Written Notice