Colorado § 38-39-203 - No release necessary.
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§ 38-39-203. No release necessary.
No release or other instrument shall be necessary to discharge the lien of any recorded mortgage or deed of trust which has expired or ceased to be a lien as provided in sections 38-39-201 and 38-39-202, but nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting or preventing the execution of a release at any time.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 1678, § 3, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 38-40-104, as it existed prior to 1990.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Foreclosure by Sale by Public Trustee of Deeds of Trust in Colorado", see 28 Dicta 437 (1951). For article, "Discharge of Security Transactions", see 26 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 115 (1954).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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