Colorado § 31-12-301 - Annexation to charter city.
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§ 31-12-301. Annexation to charter city.
When any city or town is contiguous to any city existing under any special charter of this state or the territory of Colorado, which charter was issued prior to July 3, 1877, and in such special charter it is provided that when any such city or town, in pursuance of any law of this state, is dissolved or becomes annexed to the city existing under a special charter and the area included within such city or town existing under general laws becomes part of the city existing under a special charter, the city or town may be annexed to and become part of the city existing under a special charter in the manner set forth in this part 3.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1093, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-8-201 as it existed prior to 1975.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Colorado Income Tax Act of 1964", see 41 Den. L. Ctr. J. 337 (1964).
Annotator's note. Since § 31-12-301 is similar to former § 31-8-201 prior to the 1975 repeal and reenactment of this title, and laws antecedent thereto, relevant cases construing those provisions have been included in the annotations to this section.
This and the following sections on annexation are not unconstitutional. Valverde v. Shattuck, 19 Colo. 104, 34 P. 947, 41 Am. St. R. 208 (1893).
This and the following sections have a single object - the dissolution of incorporated towns and cities for the purpose of annexing their territory to another city. In a word, the object is annexation, and the dissolution is preliminary to, and inseparable from, annexation; and those provisions which prescribe the means and procedure to be pursued, are incidental or auxiliary to the same end, so, also, the remaining provisions are dependent upon and follow the accomplishment of the single object, annexation. Valverde v. Shattuck, 19 Colo. 104, 34 P. 947, 41 Am. St. R. 208 (1893).
Proceedings for the annexation of a city to the city and county of Denver are governed by § 1 of art. XX, Colo. Const., and this section, not § 3 of art. XIV, Colo. Const. Simon v. Arapahoe County, 80 Colo. 445, 252 P. 811 (1927).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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