Colorado § 38-52-104 - Federal and state coordinate description same tract - federal precedence.
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§ 38-52-104. Federal and state coordinate description same tract - federal precedence.
(1) Whenever coordinates based on the Colorado coordinate system are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys, the description by coordinates shall be construed as supplemental to the basic description of such subdivision, line, or corner contained in the official plats and field notes filed of record, and, in the event of any conflict, the description by reference to the subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys shall prevail over the description by coordinates, unless said coordinates are upheld by adjudication, at which time the coordinate description will prevail.
(2) Nothing in this article shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the Colorado coordinate system, unless such description has been adjudicated as provided in this section.
Source: L. 88: Entire article R&RE, p. 517, § 32, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former §§ 38-52-108 and 38-52-109, as they existed prior to 1988.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 38-52-104 ("Federal and state coordinate description same tract - federal precedence.") 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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