Colorado § 38-36-138 - Title to be registered - register of titles.
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§ 38-36-138. Title to be registered - register of titles.
Immediately upon the filing of the decree of registration in the office of the registrar of titles, the registrar shall proceed to register the title or interest pursuant to the terms of the decree in the manner provided in this section. The registrar shall keep a book known as the "register of titles", wherein he shall enter all first and subsequent original certificates of title by binding or recording them therein in the order of their numbers, consecutively, beginning with number one, with appropriate blanks for entry of memorials and notations allowed by this article. Each certificate, with such blanks, shall constitute a separate page of such book. All memorials and notations that may be entered upon the register shall be entered upon the page whereon the last certificate of title of the land to which they relate is entered. The term "certificate" or "title" used in this article includes all memorials and notations thereon.
Source: L. 03: p. 327, § 35. R.S. 08: § 751. C.L. § 4961. CSA: C. 40, § 206. CRS 53: § 118-10-38. C.R.S. 1963: § 118-10-38.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "The Torrens Title System in Colorado", see 39 Dicta 40 (1962).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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