Colorado Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 38-35-119. Release Not a Conveyance

All instruments executed for the purpose of releasing any lien or encumbrance against real property shall be considered only as discharging and canceling such lien or encumbrance. No such release shall convey to any person, except the record owner of the property, any right, title, or interest in the property. Words of conveyance used in any such release shall be construed only as provided in this section.
Source: L. 27: p. 593, § 14. CSA: C. 40, § 120. CRS 53: § 118-6-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 118-6-19.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal

Article 35 - Conveyancing and Recording

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 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. Instrument May Be Recorded - Validity of Unrecorded Instruments - Liability for Fraudulent Documents

§ 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

§ 38-35-115. Execution by Foreign Representative of Instrument Regarding Real Estate Prior to Filing Certified Copies of Order of Appointment

§ 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

§ 38-35-122. Inclusion of Street Address and Assessor Information With Legal Description - Effect - Validity of Recording - Interests in Property - Legislative Declaration

§ 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

§ 38-35-127. Unenforceability of Prospective Residential Transfer Fee Covenants - Notice Requirements for Existing Residential Transfer Fee Covenants - Written Statement of Transfer Fee Payable - Affidavit - Legislative Declaration - Definitions