Colorado § 28-5-401 - Loans to minor veterans.
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§ 28-5-401. Loans to minor veterans.
(1) The disability of minority of any person otherwise eligible for guaranty or insurance of a loan pursuant to the "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944", as amended, and of the minor spouse of any eligible veteran, irrespective of his or her age, in connection with any transaction entered into pursuant to said act, as amended, is removed for all purposes in connection with such transaction, including, but not limited to, incurring of indebtedness or obligations, and acquiring, encumbering, selling, releasing, or conveying real or personal property or any interest therein, and litigating or settling controversies arising therefrom if all or a part of any obligations incident to such transaction is guaranteed or insured by the administrator of veterans affairs pursuant to such act. This section shall not be construed to impose any other or greater rights or liabilities than would exist if such person and such spouse were under no such disability.
(2) A certificate purporting to have been signed by the administrator of veterans affairs or his or her duly authorized representative stating that all or a part of any obligations incident to such transaction is guaranteed or insured by the administrator, when recorded in the proper county, shall be prima facie evidence of such action by the administrator and shall prima facie be deemed to have been signed and issued by the administrator or his or her representative pursuant to law, and the person signing same shall prima facie be deemed to have acted within the scope of his or her authority.
(3) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, such veteran or the minor spouse of such veteran shall not, because of his or her age, avoid such contract, conveyance, obligation, or other transaction entered into pursuant to this section, nor shall such veteran, or the minor spouse of such veteran hereafter urge the fact or interpose the defense that he or she is or was a minor in any action arising out of any loan, conveyance, encumbrance, or other transaction made pursuant to this section.
Source: L. 45, 1st Ex. Sess.: p. 64, §§ 1, 2. L. 47: pp. 295, 296, §§ 1, 2. CSA: C. 18, 40(1). CRS 53: § 143-9-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 144-8-1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 626, § 138, effective May 24.
Cross references: For the "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944", see 38 U.S.C. § 3701 et seq.
PART 5
INTERMENT OF VETERANS
Editor's note: This part 5 was numbered as article 2 of chapter 144, C.R.S. 1963. The substantive provisions of this part 5 were repealed and reenacted in 2002, resulting in the addition, relocation, and elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For amendments to this part 5 prior to 2002, consult the Colorado statutory research explanatory note and the table itemizing the replacement volumes and supplements to the original volume of C.R.S. 1973 beginning on page vii in the front of this volume. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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