Colorado § 5-1-103 - Supplementary general principles of law applicable.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 5-1-103 — Supplementary general principles of law applicable., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-1-103. Supplementary general principles of law applicable.
Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this code, the "Uniform Commercial Code" and the principles of law and equity, including the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, bankruptcy, or other validating or invalidating cause, supplement the provisions of this code.
Source: L. 2000: Entire article R&RE, p. 1179, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 5-1-103, as it existed prior to 2000.
Cross references: For the "Uniform Commercial Code", see title 4.
ANNOTATION
Applied in D.E.B. Adjustment Co. v. Cawthorne, 623 P.2d 82 (Colo. App. 1981) (decided prior to 2000 repeal and reenactment).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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