Colorado § 4-9-101 - Short title.

Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 4-9-101 — Short title., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 4-9-101. Short title.

This article may be cited as the "Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions".

Source: L. 2001: Entire article R&RE, p. 1313, § 1, effective July 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 4-9-101 as it existed prior to 2001.

ANNOTATION

Law reviews. For article, "Corporate Organization: A Manual of Colorado Procedure", see 1 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 3 (1928). For note, "The Necessity for Recording Trust Receipts", see 4 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 139 (1932). For note, "A Survey of the Colorado Torrens Act", see 5 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 149 (1933). For note, "Leases of Personal Property as Security Transactions", see 5 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 279 (1933). For note, "The Meaning of 'Third Persons' Under the Colorado Chattel Mortgage Act", see 6 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 70 (1933). For note, "The Effect of the Extra-State Chattel Mortgage", see 20 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 217 (1948). For article, "Security Transactions and the Conflict of Laws", see 37 Dicta 119 (1950). For article, "A Decade of Colorado Law: Conflict of Laws, Security, Contracts and Equity", see 23 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 247 (1951). For article, "Installment Selling in Colorado and Needed Legislation", see 29 Dicta 81 (1952). For article, "The Perennial Problem of Security Priority and Recordation", see 24 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 180 (1952). For article, "Enforcement of Security Interests in Colorado", see 25 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 1 (1952). For article, "Discharge of Security Transactions", see 26 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 115 (1954). For article, "Highlights of the 1955 Colorado Legislative Session — Security Transactions", see 28 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 76 (1955). For note, "Validity of 'Myself' Notes and Deeds of Trust", see 30 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 195 (1958). For article, "The New Colorado Chattel Mortgage Act", see 38 Dicta 231 (1961). For note, "The 1961 Colorado Chattel Mortgage Act", see 34 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 222 (1962). For article, "Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and Colorado Security Law", see 37 U. Colo. L. Rev. 11 (1964). For article, "Impact of the Uniform Commercial Code on Colorado Law", see 42 Den. L. Ctr. J. 67 (1965). For article, "U.C.C. Articles 9 and 10: Some Problems Solved and Some Problems Created", see 38 U. Colo. L. Rev. 99 (1965). For article, "Oil and Gas Financing Under the Uniform Commercial Code as Enacted in Colorado", see 43 Den. L.J. 129 (1966). For article, "Some Problems in Agricultural Lending Under UCC", see 39 U. Colo. L. Rev. 352 (1967). For note, "Creditor's Rights in Colorado and the Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966", see 40 U. Colo. L. Rev. 433 (1968).

Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under this section as it existed prior to its 2001 repeal and reenactment.

Doctrine of unjust enrichment has not been displaced by the provisions of this code. Ninth Dist. Prod. Credit v. Ed Duggan, 821 P.2d 788 (Colo. 1991).

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