Colorado § 38-36-103 - When tax title may be registered.
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§ 38-36-103. When tax title may be registered.
No title derived through sale for any tax or assessment or special assessment shall be entitled to be registered unless it appears that the title of the applicant, or those through whom he claims title, has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, and a decree of such court duly made and recorded decreeing the title of the applicant, or that the applicant or those through whom he claims title have been in the actual and undisputed possession of the land under such title at least seven years immediately prior to the application, and has paid all taxes and assessments legally levied thereon during said time; unless the same is vacant and unoccupied lands or lots, in which case, where title is derived through sale for any tax or assessments or special assessment for any such vacant and unoccupied lands or lots and the applicant, or those through whom he claims title, have paid all taxes and assessments legally levied thereon for eight successive years immediately prior to the application, in which case such lands and lots shall be entitled to be registered as other lands provided for by this section.
Source: L. 03: p. 312, § 3. R.S. 08: § 716. C.L. § 4926. CSA: C. 40, § 171. CRS 53: § 118-10-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 118-10-3.
ANNOTATION
Lands held by tax deed may be registered. Lands held only by tax deed, the title having been quieted in an action instituted within one year of the execution of the deed, may be registered. Held v. Houser, 53 Colo. 363, 127 P. 139 (1912).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 38-36-103 ("When tax title may be registered.") 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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