The public trustee of each county is declared to be the proper public trustee to issue public trustee's deeds, certificates of purchase, certificates of redemption, releases of deeds of trust, and all other documents required of a public trustee for all property located in that public trustee's county at the time of execution of such documents by the public trustee or at the time the deed of trust was recorded in that county. All such documents may be recorded in either county. Each public trustee is also authorized to make sales and perform all acts required of a public trustee in connection with property located in that public trustee's county at the time of performance of such acts by the public trustee or at the time the deed of trust was recorded in that county. All acts that have been performed and all documents that have been executed by any public trustee in compliance with this section are validated.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 1652, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1081, § 1, effective June 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 38-37-136, as it existed prior to 1990.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal
Article 37 - Office of Public Trustee
§ 38-37-101. Creation of the Office of Public Trustee
§ 38-37-102. Appointment - Bond - Office
§ 38-37-103. Deputy Trustee - Successor in Office
§ 38-37-104. Duties of Public Trustees - Fees, Expenses, and Salaries - Reports
§ 38-37-106. Public Trustee to Act as Successor in Trust - Additional Duties
§ 38-37-107. Fees Under Successor Trusteeship
§ 38-37-108. Payments to Public Trustee - Electronic Transfers - Definition
§ 38-37-109. Suits Against Public Trustee
§ 38-37-111. Public Trustees Authorized to Cooperate and Contract With One Another and Others
§ 38-37-112. Powers of Public Trustees When Counties Are Formed or When County Boundaries Change