CO Code § 4-9-613 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 4 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 6 - Default|§ 4-9-613. Contents and Form of Notification Before Disposition of Collateral: General

  Except in a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply:   The contents of a notification of disposition are sufficient if the notification:   Describes the debtor and the secured party;    Describes the collateral that is the subject of the intended disposition;    States the method of intended disposition;    States that the debtor is entitled to an accounting of the unpaid indebtedness and states the charge, if any, for an accounting; and    States the time and place of a public disposition or the time after which any other disposition is to be made.       Whether the contents of a notification that lacks any of the information specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a) are nevertheless sufficient is a question of fact.    The contents of a notification providing substantially the information specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection (a) are sufficient, even if the notification includes:   Information not specified by said paragraph (1); or    Minor errors that do not cause damages to a person who relies on the information.       A particular phrasing of the notification is not required.    The following form of notification and the form appearing in section 4-9-614 (3), when completed, each provides sufficient information:        NOTIFICATION OF DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL   To: [ ]  Name of debtor, obligor, or other person to which the notification is sent  From: [ ]  Name, address, and telephone number of secured party  Name of Debtor(s): [ ]  Include only if debtor(s) are not an addressee  [ ]  For a public disposition:  We will sell [or lease or license, ] the [ ] [to the highest qualified bidder] in public as follows:  as applicable describe collateral   Day and Date: Time: Place:   [ ]  For a private disposition:  We will sell [or lease or license, ] the [ ] privately sometime after [ ].  as applicable describe collateral day and date  You are entitled to an accounting of the unpaid indebtedness secured by the property that we intend to sell [or lease or license, ] [for a charge of $ _____________ ]. You may request an accounting by calling us at [ ] or writing us at [ ].  as applicable telephone number address  History. Source: L. 2001: Entire article R&RE, p. 1406, § 1, effective July 1.    Editor's note - Colorado legislative change: Colorado substituted the word “disposition” for the word “sale” in subsection (a)(1)(E) and substituted the phrase “cause damages to a person who relies on the information” for the phrase “seriously misleading” in subsection (a)(3)(B). Colorado added the phrase “or writing us at [address]” at the end of the notification form contained in subsection (a)(5).   OFFICIAL COMMENT   1. Source. New.   2. Contents of Notification. To comply with the “reasonable authenticated notification” requirement of Section 9-611(b), the contents of a notification must be reasonable. Except in a consumer-goods transaction, the contents of a notification that includes the information set forth in paragraph (1) are sufficient as a matter of law, unless the parties agree otherwise. (The reference to “time” of disposition means here, as it did in former Section 9-504(3), not only the hour of the day but also the date.) Although a secured party may choose to include additional information concerning the transaction or the debtor's rights and obligations, no additional information is required unless the parties agree otherwise. A notification that lacks some of the information set forth in paragraph (1) nevertheless may be sufficient if found to be reasonable by the trier of fact, under paragraph (2). A properly completed sample form of notification in paragraph (5) or in Section 9-614(a)(3) is an example of a notification that would contain the information set forth in paragraph (1). Under paragraph (4), however, no particular phrasing of the notification is required.   This section applies to a notification of a public disposition conducted electronically. A notification of an electronic disposition satisfies paragraph (1)(E) if it states the time when the disposition is scheduled to begin and states the electronic location. For example, under the technology current in 2010, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or other Internet address where the site of the public disposition can be accessed suffices as an electronic location.