Colorado § 15-15-204 - Forms.
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§ 15-15-204. Forms.
(1) A contract of deposit that contains provisions in substantially the following form establishes the type of account provided, and the account is governed by the provisions of this part 2 applicable to an account of that type:
UNIFORM SINGLE- OR MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNT FORM
PARTIES [Name One Or More Parties]:
________________________________
________________________________
OWNERSHIP [Select One And Initial]:
_____ SINGLE-PARTY ACCOUNT
_____ MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNT
Parties own account in proportion to net contributions unless there is clear and convincing evidence of a different intent.
RIGHTS AT DEATH [Select One And Initial]:
_____ SINGLE-PARTY ACCOUNT
At death of party, ownership passes as part of party's estate.
_____ SINGLE-PARTY ACCOUNT WITH POD (PAY ON DEATH) DESIGNATION
[Name One Or More Beneficiaries]:
____________________________ _____________________________
At death of party, ownership passes to POD beneficiaries and is not part of party's estate.
_____ MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNT WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP
At death of party, ownership passes to surviving parties.
_____ MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNT WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP AND POD (PAY ON DEATH) DESIGNATION
[Name One Or More Beneficiaries]:
____________________________ _____________________________
At death of last surviving party, ownership passes to POD beneficiaries and is not part of last surviving party's estate.
_____ MULTIPLE-PARTY ACCOUNT WITHOUT RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP
At death of party, deceased party's ownership passes as part of deceased party's estate.
AGENCY (POWER OF ATTORNEY) DESIGNATION [Optional]
Agents may make account transactions for parties but have no ownership or rights at death unless named as POD beneficiaries.
[To Add Agency Designation To Account, Name One Or More Agents]:
____________________________ _____________________________
[Select One And Initial]:
_____ AGENCY DESIGNATION SURVIVES DISABILITY OR INCAPACITY OF PARTIES
_____AGENCY DESIGNATION TERMINATES ON DISABILITY OR INCAPACITY OF PARTIES
(2) A contract of deposit that does not contain provisions in substantially the form provided in subsection (1) is governed by the provisions of this part 2 applicable to the type of account that most nearly conforms to the depositor's intent.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 911, § 1, effective July 1.
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