Colorado § 38-39-204 - Effect of notice of action on lien.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 38-39-204 — Effect of notice of action on lien., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 38-39-204. Effect of notice of action on lien.
If, prior to the expiration of the period as defined in sections 38-39-201 and 38-39-202 during which any recorded mortgage or deed of trust constitutes a lien, there shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the proper county a notice of an action pending to foreclose such lien or a notice of election and demand for sale, the lien created by such instrument shall continue until final disposition of the action or foreclosure proceeding.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 1678, § 3, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 38-40-110, 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).
Applied in Broadway Roofing & Supply, Inc. v. District Court, 140 Colo. 154, 342 P.2d 1022 (1959) (decided under § 38-40-110 as it existed prior to the 1990 repeal and reenactment of this article and article 40).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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