Colorado § 37-43-181 - Notice of hearing.

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§ 37-43-181. Notice of hearing.

(1) After the filing of said petition, the court shall thereupon enter an order fixing a day certain for the hearing of said petition, said date not to be less than forty-five days from the date on which said petition was filed. Immediately upon making such order by the district court, the clerk of said court shall issue a notice of such order, in the nature of a summons, under the hand and seal of the court, notifying all persons in interest of the contents of said order. Said notice shall be served in the same manner as provided for the service of summons under the Colorado rules of civil procedure or by publication thereof once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper, to be designated by the court, of general circulation published in the county where such court is held, or, if there is no such newspaper in said county, publication of said notice shall be in a newspaper designated by the court.

(2) Service of said published notice shall be deemed complete at the expiration of ten days after the last publication of said notice, at which time the court shall be vested with complete jurisdiction over the subject matter of such petition and all of the parties in any manner concerned or affected by it. Before the time of completion of service of notice, any person interested in the subject matter of said petition may appear in and contest the same in the same manner as in civil actions under the Colorado rules of civil procedure. The nonappearance of any bondholder concerned at the time of the hearing of said petition, or prior thereto, shall be considered as his consent to the granting of such petition and all proceedings had thereon. All proceedings upon such petition shall be considered as in the nature of proceedings in rem, and the court has power to make any proper orders affecting the rights of all parties concerned.

Source: L. 51: p. 520, § 3. CSA: C. 90, § 555(14). CRS 53: § 149-3-80. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-3-80.

Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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