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The actual law · Colorado
Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act (C.R.S. §§ 38-33.3-101 to -402), full text. This is the law your board answers to — read it yourself, then use the owner guides to see what it means in practice.
Governs all common interest communities in Colorado — condominiums, cooperatives, and planned communities. Covers creation, declaration, plat, association powers, assessments, governance, financial reporting, dispute resolution, and resale disclosures.
Legislative declaration
Definitions
Separate titles and taxation
Applicability of local ordinances, regulations, and building codes
Prohibitions contrary to public policy
Covered in an owner guide
The translation
The statute is the authority; the guides are the translation. Each one walks a real owner problem through the Colorado sections that control it.
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Unreasonable restrictions on energy efficiency measures
Covered in an owner guide
Unreasonable restrictions on electric vehicle charging systems and electric vehicle parking
Covered in an owner guide
Eminent domain
Supplemental general principles of law applicable
Unconscionable agreement or term of contract
Remedies to be liberally administered
Exception for new small cooperatives and small and limited expense planned communities
Large planned communities
Applicability to preexisting common interest communities
Procedure to elect treatment under the "Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act"
Exception for small preexisting cooperatives and planned communities
Amendments to preexisting governing instruments
Extension of declaration term
Applicability to nonresidential planned communities
Enforcement
Covered in an owner guide
Legislative declaration
Creation of common interest communities
Unit boundaries
Construction and validity of declaration and bylaws
Description of units
Contents of declaration
Leasehold common interest communities
Allocation of allocated interests
Limited common elements
Plats and maps
Public disclosures required
Covered in an owner guide
Responsible governance policies
Covered in an owner guide
Executive board member education
Owner education
Exercise of development rights
Alterations of units
Relocation of boundaries between adjoining units
Subdivision of units
Use for sales purposes
Easement rights
Amendment of declaration
Termination of common interest community
Rights of secured lenders
Master associations
Merger or consolidation of common interest communities
Withdrawal from merged common interest community
Addition of unspecified real estate
Organization of unit owners’ association
Powers of unit owners’ association
Unit owners’ access to common elements
Executive board members and officers
Covered in an owner guide
Construction defect actions
Transfer of special declarant rights
Termination of contracts and leases of declarant
Bylaws
Upkeep of the common interest community
Meetings
Covered in an owner guide
Quorums
Voting
Covered in an owner guide
Executive board
Tort and contract liability
Conveyance or encumbrance of common elements
Insurance
Assessments for common expenses
Covered in an owner guide
Lien for assessments
Covered in an owner guide
Collections
Covered in an owner guide
Time share estate
Association records
Covered in an owner guide
Association as trustee
Other applicable statutes
Registration
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