Colorado § 13-53-104 - Notice of filing.
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§ 13-53-104. Notice of filing.
(1) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his lawyer shall make and file with the clerk of court an affidavit setting forth the name and last-known post-office address of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor.
(2) Promptly upon the filing of the foreign judgment and the affidavit, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address given and shall make a note of the mailing in the docket. The notice shall include the name and post-office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's lawyer, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the clerk. Lack of mailing notice of filing by the clerk shall not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been filed.
(3) No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment filed under this article shall issue until ten days after the date the judgment is filed.
Source: L. 69: p. 563, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 77-13-4.
ANNOTATION
Notice provisions satisfy due process. Where the basic requirements of notice and hearing have been met in a foreign court, the post-judgment notice provisions of this section satisfy the requirements of due process. Gedeon v. Gedeon, 630 P.2d 579 (Colo. 1981).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13-53-104 ("Notice of filing.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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