Colorado § 25.5-10-227 - Right to personal property.
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§ 25.5-10-227. Right to personal property.
(1) Each person receiving services has the right to the possession and use of such person's own clothing and personal effects. If the service agency holds any of such person's personal effects for any reason, such retention shall be promptly recorded in such person's record and the reason for retention shall also be recorded.
(2) Upon the request of a person receiving services, a service agency may hold money or funds belonging to the person receiving services, received by such person, or received by the service agency for such person. All such money or funds shall be held by the service agency as trustee for the person receiving services. Upon request, an accounting shall be rendered by the service agency.
(3) Upon request, a person receiving services is entitled to receive reasonable amounts of such person's money or funds held in trust.
Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1776, § 1, effective March 1, 2014.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 27-10.5-121 as it existed prior to 2013.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 25.5-10-227 ("Right to personal property.") 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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