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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 1 - CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-122) › Section 38-6-113 - Jury trial - motion for new trial - appellate proceedings

(1)
At the time fixed for the hearing of the commissioners' report or at any time prior thereto but not after said time, any defendant who owns or is interested in any property actually taken, appropriated, or damaged on account of the proposed improvement and who is dissatisfied with the amount awarded to him by said commissioners may file his demand, in writing, for a trial by a jury of either six or twelve freeholders to appraise and assess the damages which said defendant or person may sustain by reason of the appropriation and condemnation of, or damage to, his property. Any person so demanding a jury, at the time of said demand, shall deposit with the clerk the jury fees for one day's services according to the rate allowed jurors in the district court. The court shall fix an early date for said trial, and on such date the defendants who have made written demands for jury trial within the time provided shall proceed to submit their claims to the jury. Such jury shall be drawn as in civil actions; except that the jurors shall have the qualifications provided in this section.
(2)
The court shall proceed in the same manner and with like powers as in other cases, except as otherwise provided in this part 1. At the request of any party to the proceedings, the court shall order that the jury go upon the premises sought to be taken or damaged, in charge of a sworn bailiff and in the company of any other person that the court may order, and examine the premises in person. At the conclusion of the evidence, the matters in controversy may be argued by counsel to the jury, and at the conclusion of the arguments the court shall instruct the jury in writing. The jury shall return a special verdict fixing and determining the damages or compensation to be allowed to each defendant, severally, who has demanded a jury trial, which verdict shall include both the fair, actual cash market value of the land actually taken for the improvement and the direct, fair, and actual damage, if any, caused on account of said improvement to property not taken for the improvement. Any party to the proceeding may move for a new trial in the same manner as in actions at law. The refusal of said court to grant the same may be excepted to and assigned for appeal, but no appeal shall be permitted to stay the improvement sought by the proceeding.
L. 11: p. 378, § 13. C.L. § 9088. CSA: C. 163, § 131. CRS 53: § 50-6-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-6-13. L. 76: (2) amended, p. 313, § 64, effective May 20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 1 - CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-122) › Section 38-6-114 - Costs - compensation

The cost of the proceedings shall be paid by the city or city and county. The commissioners shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for their services and expenses, the amount of which shall be fixed by the court.
L. 11: p. 379, § 14. C.L. § 9089. CSA: C. 163, § 132. CRS 53: § 50-6-14. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-6-14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 1 - CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-122) › Section 38-6-115 - Amendments - new parties - notice

Amendment to the petition or to any paper or record in the proceedings shall be permitted by the court whenever necessary to a fair hearing and final determination of the questions involved. Should it become necessary at any stage of the proceedings to bring in a new party, the court has the power to make such rule or order in relation thereto as may be deemed reasonable and proper. The court also has the power to make all necessary rules and orders for notice to persons of the pendency of the proceedings.
L. 11: p. 380, § 15. C.L. § 9090. CSA: C. 163, § 133. CRS 53: § 50-6-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-6-15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 1 - CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-122) › Section 38-6-116 - Decree - copy to city clerk - payments - collection of assessments

After the trial hearings and determination of all objections to said report, the court shall make its judgment and decree, granting the petitioner such title to the property condemned as may be petitioned for and the right to enter upon the same, upon payment of the compensation ascertained. The decree shall describe each parcel of property so condemned and state the owner thereof and shall describe the property against which special assessments have been made and the amounts thereof. When said judgment and decree have been made by the court, the clerk of said court shall make a certified copy thereof and after thirty days deliver the same to the clerk of the city or city and county. Unless other provision is made in the charter of said city or city and county for the payment of said awards, the council, within ninety days after the date of said decree, shall make, by ordinance, the necessary appropriation for the payment of the compensation for the property condemned. The proper officers of said city or city and county shall thereupon issue the warrants of said city or city and county to the respective parties entitled thereto. The council, by ordinance, shall also provide for the collection of such special assessments as have been confirmed by the final decree of the court.
L. 11: p. 380, § 16. C.L. § 9091. CSA: C. 163, § 134. CRS 53: § 50-6-16. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-6-16.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 1 - CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-122) › Section 38-6-117 - City may dismiss proceedings

The attorney for the city or city and county commencing the proceedings has the right to withdraw said proceedings or to dismiss the same as to one or more of said defendants or as to one or more parcels of land, without prejudice, at any stage of the proceedings, and the petitioner shall pay the costs thereof.
L. 11: p. 380, § 17. C.L. § 9092. CSA: C. 163, § 135. CRS 53: § 50-6-17. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-6-17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 1 - CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-122) › Section 38-6-118 - Ownership in controversy - award

If the ownership of any property condemned or damaged is in controversy, the amount awarded in payment of said property or the damage thereto shall be paid into the registry of said court for the use of the successful claimants of said property as their respective interests appear to the court. All disputes as to ownership of property taken or damaged shall be tried to the court.
L. 11: p. 381, § 18. C.L. § 9093. CSA: C. 163, § 136. CRS 53: § 50-6-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-6-18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 1 - CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-122) › Section 38-6-119 - Possession - award paid

As soon as the amounts awarded for property taken or in payment of damages have been tendered to the parties entitled thereto, respectively, or deposited in the registry of said court for the use of the respective persons entitled to said amounts, the city or city and county may have possession of said premises and may proceed with the proposed improvement. When any controversy concerning ownership has been determined, the clerk of said court shall pay the amounts awarded to said parties.
L. 11: p. 381, § 19. C.L. § 9094. CSA: C. 163, § 137. CRS 53: § 50-6-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-6-19.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 1 - CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-122) › Section 38-6-120 - Review - deposit - possession

Upon the final determination of any proceeding under this part 1, appeal shall lie in every case to bring into review the proceedings therein. If the owner of any property taken or affected appeals, the petitioner may pay into the registry of said court the amount of compensation awarded therefor, for the use of said owner, and shall thereupon be entitled to take possession of and use the property taken or affected the same as if no appeal had been taken. The money so deposited shall remain on deposit until the appeal has been heard and determined. If any owner elects to receive such amount before the determination of such appeal, said appeal shall thereupon be dismissed so far as such owner is concerned.
L. 11: p. 381, § 20. C.L. § 9095. CSA: C. 163, § 138. CRS 53: § 50-6-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-6-20. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 313, § 65, effective May 20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 1 - CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-122) › Section 38-6-121 - Lis pendens

In any proceeding brought under this part 1, the petitioner, at the time of filing the petition or at any time thereafter during the pendency of such proceeding, may file with the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the property sought to be condemned is situated a notice of the pendency of the proceeding, containing a general description of the property affected. The filing of such notice shall be constructive notice of the proceeding to any purchaser or encumbrancer of said property. The petitioner shall take all property condemned under this part 1 free of all conveyances, taxes, or assessments that have attached thereto subsequent to the filing of the lis pendens.
L. 11: p. 382, § 21. C.L. § 9096. CSA: C. 163, § 139. CRS 53: § 50-6-21. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-6-21. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 314, § 66, effective May 20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 1 - CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-122) › Section 38-6-122 - Eminent domain beyond city limits

Cities and towns are granted the power of eminent domain both within and beyond their corporate limits, for the purpose of constructing or installing storm or sanitary sewers, septic tanks, disposal works, or electric lines, regulator stations, substations, and related facilities, such power to be exercised in the manner prescribed by law. Nothing in this section shall authorize the pollution or contamination of any public river, stream, or water.
L. 21: p. 773, § 1. C.L. § 9097. CSA: C. 163, § 140. CRS 53: § 50-6-22. L. 63: p. 482, § 8. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-6-22.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-201 - Condemnation of water rights by municipalities

This part 2 shall apply to any water right which is to be condemned by a town, city, city and county, or municipal corporation having the powers of condemnation, referred to in this part 2 as a "municipality".
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1408, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-202 - Petition

(1)
The attorney for any municipality, in the name of said municipality, shall apply to the district court of the district in which the municipality is situated, by petition, which petition shall set forth the general nature of the improvement proposed to be established or made, a correct description of the water right required, the name of the owner of the water right, and those persons who may be damaged by the acquisition of the water right. Said petition shall pray for the appointment of three disinterested commissioners appointed by the court of jurisdiction, freeholders of real estate in Colorado, one to be a resident from the area affected by the proposed action, one to be a resident of the municipality bringing the action, and one to be a party who has no interest in the controversy, to determine the issue of the necessity of exercising eminent domain as proposed in the petition and, if the condemnation is to be allowed, to appraise and award the damages that each person damaged may sustain by reason of the appropriation and condemnation of the water right by the municipality and to perform such other duties as are in this part 2 enumerated.
(2)
No municipality shall be allowed to condemn water rights, as provided in section
38-6-207
, for any anticipated or future needs in excess of fifteen years, nor shall any municipality be allowed to condemn water rights that are appropriated to a prior public use.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1408, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-203 - Condemnation - municipal - water supplies - standards and procedures for evaluations

(1)
Prior to any hearing for condemnation of water supplies and structures under this part 2, the municipality shall:
(a)
Prepare or update a community growth development plan reflecting present population and resources uses and capabilities and projected population growth and resources requirements, the latter to include all resources requirements to provide for phased development of municipal services and facilities;
(b)
Prepare a detailed statement describing:
(I)
The water rights to be acquired under condemnation and their present uses;
(II)
The effects upon the county and suitable area within the river drainage basin or basins from the change or conversion of acquired irrigation and other water supplies to domestic uses, to include economic and environmental effects;
(III)
The unavoidable adverse and irreversible effects from such taking of properties and rights; and
(IV)
Alternative sources of water supply that may be acquired by appropriation, purchase, lease, conservation, or condemnation and relative acquisitions costs.
(2)
The information contained in the growth development plan and statement of effects from the condemnation shall be prepared in sufficient detail to provide a meaningful basis for assessment of the aspects of the condemnation to the public if the condemnation is approved. These statements shall be presented to the commissioners appointed by the court and the defendants and shall be made available to interested parties.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1409, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-204 - Defendants - guardian ad litem

The owners of all property sought to be condemned for the proposed improvement or who would be damaged by said improvement shall be made parties defendant. If the proceeding seeks to affect land owned by a minor or mental incompetent under legal disabilities, the legal guardian or conservator of such person shall be made party defendant. If such person has no legal guardian, the district court shall have the power to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent such person.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1409, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-205 - Judge to set hearing - summons - service - publication

Upon the filing of the petition, said court shall fix a date for hearing said petition, and the attorney for the petitioner shall prepare and issue a summons, directed to the defendants, notifying them of the date fixed by the court for the hearing. Jurisdiction of said defendants shall be obtained by causing the summons to be served on the defendants in like manner as is provided by the laws of this state for the service of summons in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this section. The date for the hearing of the petition shall not be less than ten days after the date of the service of the summons. In case any defendant does not reside in the state or is a foreign corporation or in case the attorney for the petitioner files an affidavit that he has endeavored to find such person for the purpose of causing the person to be served and that after reasonable effort he has been unable to find said person, the petitioner may cause the summons to be published for three consecutive times in any daily or weekly newspaper published in the judicial district. The date for the hearing of said petition shall not be less than ten days after the date of the last publication of said summons.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1409, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-206 - Answer - hearing - jury

(1)
Any defendant has the right to appear in the proceeding and file an answer, in writing, with the clerk of the court, at any time prior to the date fixed for the hearing of the petition but not thereafter, in which answer said defendant shall set forth such objections as he may have to the condemnation or appropriation of any water right owned by him or to the prosecution of said proceeding.
(2)
Any defendant may file a demand for a jury trial as provided for in section
38-6-211(1)
, prior to the date fixed for the hearing of the petition.
(3)
At the time set for the hearing of said petition or at the time to which the hearing may have been continued by the court, the court shall proceed to hear any objections raised by the answer provided for in subsection (1) of this section. The court shall also appoint three commissioners to carry out the provisions of this part 2.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1410, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-207 - Duty of commissioners, determination of necessity

(1)
In any case initiated for the acquisition of water rights pursuant to this part 2, it is the duty of the commissioners to:
(a)
Examine and assess the growth development plan and statement provided by the municipality, from the proposed condemnation, required in section
38-6-203
, and obtain necessary information pursuant to powers granted in section
38-6-208
, and make a determination as to the necessity of exercising the power of eminent domain for the proposed purposes;
(b)
Provide one of the following recommendations to the court, based upon their findings:
(I)
There exists no need and necessity for condemnation as proposed.
(II)
There exists a need and necessity for condemnation as proposed.
(III)
There exists a need and necessity for condemnation, but it is premature.
(2)
In making a recommendation, as provided in subsection (1)(b)(II) of this section, the commissioners may recommend an alternate source of water supply.
(3)
The commissioners shall hear the proofs and allegations of the parties and, after viewing the premises, certify the proper compensation to be made to said owner or parties interested for the water or other property to be taken or affected, as well as all damages accruing to the owner or parties interested in consequences of the condemnation of the same.
(4)
If the commissioners find there exists no need and necessity for the condemnation proposed, they shall make no finding as to the value of the condemned property.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1410, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-208 - Commissioners - oaths - hearing

The commissioners, before entering upon the duties of their office, shall take an oath to faithfully, promptly, and impartially discharge their duties as such commissioners. Any commissioner may administer oaths to witnesses produced before him. The commissioners may issue subpoenas and compel witnesses to attend and testify, may adjourn and hold meetings, and shall hear such proofs as may be presented to them.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1411, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-209 - Hearing - notice - publication

After the report of the commissioners is filed with the clerk of the court, the court shall fix a time for the consideration of said report, and the petitioner shall give written notice to the defendants and all other persons who are the owners of property mentioned in said report, whether damaged, appropriated, condemned, or assessed special benefits, of the matters contained in said report and of the time so fixed by the court for the consideration thereof. The notice shall be served in like manner as is provided by the laws of this state for the service of summons in civil actions, except as otherwise provided in this section. Said persons shall be served at least ten days before the time fixed for the consideration of the report by the court. In case any defendant or owner of any property damaged, appropriated, condemned, or assessed special benefits does not reside in the state or is a foreign corporation or in case the attorney for said petitioner files an affidavit that he has endeavored to find such person for the purpose of causing said person to be notified and that after reasonable effort he has been unable to find said person in the state, the petitioner may cause to be published a notice, of the matters affecting such person contained in said report and of the time fixed for the consideration thereof, for three successive times in some daily or weekly newspaper published in said judicial district. Said publication shall be in lieu of personal service of said notice on all such persons.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1411, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-210 - Objections - default - burden of proof - findings - reappraisement

Any person who is the owner of, or who has any interest in, any of the property mentioned in said report, whether appropriated or damaged or against which special benefits have been assessed, may appear, at or before the time fixed by the court for the consideration of said report, but not after said time, and file his written objection to said report. Default shall be entered against the owners of all property mentioned in said report who have not filed objections thereto within said time, and the report shall be confirmed by the court as to such persons. At the time fixed by the court for the consideration of said report, the court shall proceed to hear any objections that have been filed, except where a jury trial has been demanded, as provided for in section
38-6-211
. Any party interested in said proceeding may introduce such evidence as may tend to establish the right of the matter. The burden of proof to change any finding, award, or assessment of said commissioners shall be upon the person objecting thereto. If it appears to the court that the property of the objector has been appraised by the commissioners at more or less than the fair, actual cash market value thereof, or that the fair, direct, and actual damage to property not taken is greater or less than the amount awarded by the commissioners, or that the property of the objector is assessed a special benefit in an amount greater than it will be actually benefited by the proposed improvement, the court shall so find and shall also find what the proper award or assessment shall be, and judgment shall be rendered accordingly. The court, for good cause shown, may modify, alter, change, annul, or confirm the report of the commissioners, or any part thereof, or may order a new appraisement and assessment as to any of the property affected in the proceeding by the same commissioners or by other commissioners appointed by the court.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1411, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-211 - Jury trial - motion for new trial - appellate proceedings

(1)
At any time prior to the date fixed for the hearing of the petition provided for in section
38-6-205
, any defendant who owns or is interested in any property to be taken, appropriated, or damaged on account of the proposed improvement may file his demand, in writing, for a trial by a jury of either six or twelve freeholders to appraise and assess the damages which said defendant or person may sustain by reason of the appropriation and condemnation of, or damage to, his property. Any person so demanding a jury, at the time of said demand, shall deposit with the clerk the jury fees for one day's services according to the rate allowed jurors in the district court. The court shall fix an early date for said trial, and on such date the defendants who have made written demands for jury trial within the time provided shall proceed to submit their claims to the jury. Such jury shall be drawn as in civil actions; except that the jurors shall have the qualifications provided in this section.
(2)
The court shall proceed in the same manner and with like powers as in other cases, except as otherwise provided in this part 2. At the request of any party to the proceedings, the court shall order that the jury go upon the premises sought to be taken or damaged, in charge of a sworn bailiff and in the company of any other person that the court may order, and examine the premises in person. At the conclusion of the evidence, the matters in controversy may be argued by counsel to the jury, and at the conclusion of the arguments the court shall instruct the jury in writing. The jury shall return a special verdict fixing and determining the damages or compensation to be allowed to each defendant, severally, who has demanded a jury trial, which verdict shall include the fair, actual cash market value of the land actually taken for the improvement. Any party to the proceeding may move for a new trial in the same manner as in actions at law. The refusal of said court to grant the same may be excepted to and assigned for appeal, but no appeal shall be permitted to stay the improvement sought by the proceeding.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1412, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-212 - Costs - compensation

The cost of the proceedings shall be paid by the municipality. The commissioners shall be allowed a reasonable compensation for their services and expenses, the amount of which shall be fixed by the court. The court may also order that the municipality pay reasonable attorney fees.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1412, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-213 - Amendments - new parties - notice

Amendment to the petition or to any paper or record in the proceedings shall be permitted by the court whenever necessary to a fair hearing and final determination of the questions involved. Should it become necessary at any stage of the proceedings to bring in a new party, the court has the power to make such rule or order in relation thereto as may be deemed reasonable and proper. The court also has the power to make all necessary rules and orders for notice to persons of the pendency of the proceedings.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1412, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-214 - Decree - copy to municipality - payments - collection of assessments

After the trial hearings and determination of all objections to said report, the court shall make its judgment and decree. The decree shall describe the property so condemned and state the owner thereof and shall describe the property against which special assessments have been made and the amounts thereof. When said judgment and decree have been made by the court, the clerk of said court shall make a certified copy thereof and after thirty days deliver the same to the municipality. Unless other provision is made in the charter of the municipality for the payment of said awards, the legislative body, within ninety days after the date of said decree, shall make the necessary appropriation for the payment of the compensation for the property condemned. The proper officers of the municipality shall compensate the respective parties entitled thereto. The municipality shall also provide for the collection of such special assessments as have been confirmed by the final decree of the court.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1413, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-215 - Municipality may dismiss proceedings

The attorney for the municipality commencing the proceedings has the right to withdraw said proceedings or to dismiss the same as to one or more of said defendants or as to one or more parcels of property, without prejudice, at any stage of the proceedings, and the petitioner shall pay the costs thereof.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1413, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 6 - PROCEEDINGS BY CITIES AND TOWNS (§§ 38-6-101 — 38-6-216) › Part 2 - CONDEMNATION OF WATER RIGHTS (§§ 38-6-201 — 38-6-216) › Section 38-6-216 - Ownership in controversy - award

If the ownership of any property condemned or damaged is in controversy, the amount awarded in payment of said property or the damage thereto shall be paid into the registry of said court for the use of the successful claimants of said property as their respective interests appear to the court. All disputes as to ownership of property taken or damaged shall be tried to the court.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 1413, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 7 - EMINENT DOMAIN BY URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITIES - VESTING (§§ 38-7-101 — 38-7-107) › Section 38-7-101 - Motion for vesting - contents

(1)
In any proceeding initiated by an urban renewal authority, as defined in section
31-25-103
, C.R.S., under the provisions of article
1
of this title, the petitioner or any respondent, at any time after the petition has been filed and before judgment is entered in the proceeding, may file a written verified motion requesting that, immediately or at some specified later date, the petitioner be vested with fee simple title, or some lesser estate, interest, or easement, as may be required, to the real property, or a specified portion thereof, which is the subject of the proceeding, and be authorized to take possession of and use such property. Any motion filed by any respondent shall affect, and be limited in application to, the property in which the said respondent has an interest. All the owners of property must join in any motion filed by any respondent under this section, unless one or more of the owners of record cannot by due diligence be found, in which instance this fact shall be stated in the motion.
(2)
The motion described in subsection (1) of this section, referred to in this article as the "motion for vesting", shall set forth:
(a)
An accurate description of the property to which the motion relates and the estate or interest sought to be acquired or divested; but, in any motion for vesting filed by any respondent, the interest sought to be divested shall be the interest described in the petition in eminent domain; and
(b)
The names of the owners of record of the property described in the motion for vesting; and
(c)
The date upon which it is requested that the estate or interest sought to be acquired or divested shall vest in the petitioner and the date upon which it is requested that the petitioner shall be entitled to possession and use of the subject property.
L. 69: p. 357, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-7-1.
For the definition of an urban renewal authority, see § 31-25-103 (8.5); for proceedings and procedure for taking private property, see part 1 of article 1 of this title.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 7 - EMINENT DOMAIN BY URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITIES - VESTING (§§ 38-7-101 — 38-7-107) › Section 38-7-103 - Vesting of title - procedure

(1)
When the certified report of the commissioners is filed with the clerk of the court, the said clerk shall forthwith notify all parties named in the motion for vesting of the filing of the said report and of the amount preliminarily found to constitute just compensation.
(2)
Within seven days of receipt of the notice described in subsection (1) of this section, the petitioner shall deposit with the court or the clerk of the court, for the use of the respondent named in the motion for vesting, the sum of money preliminarily found to constitute just compensation by the commissioners. If the petitioner has filed a motion for a new report under section
38-7-102(5)
, the deposit shall not be due until seven days following the court's ruling on the said motion, if the motion is denied. If the motion is granted by the court, a new notice shall be sent by the clerk upon receipt of the new report.
(3)
Upon payment into the court or the clerk of the court of the sum described in subsection (2) of this section by the petitioner, the court shall enter an order vesting in the petitioner the fee simple title, or such lesser estate, interest, or easement, as may be required, to the property as requested in the motion for vesting at such date as the court considers proper, and fixing a date on which the petitioner is authorized to take possession of and to use the property. A certified copy of said order shall be recorded and indexed in the recorder's office of the county in which the property is located in like manner and with like effect as if it were a deed of conveyance from the owners and parties interested to the proper parties. If there is more than one person interested as owner or otherwise in the property and they are unable to agree upon the nature, extent, or value of their respective interests in the total amount of compensation so ascertained and assessed on an undivided basis, the nature, extent, or value of said interests shall be determined according to law in a separate and subsequent proceeding and distribution made among the several claimants.
(4)
At the request of any affected party and upon his showing of undue hardship or other good cause, the petitioner's authority to take possession of the property shall be postponed for more than fourteen days after the date of such vesting of title or more than twenty-one days after the entry of such order when the order does not vest title in the petitioner. If postponement occurs, such party shall pay to the petitioner a reasonable rental for such property, the amount thereof to be determined by the court.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 208,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2014.
L. 69: p. 359, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-7-3. L. 2014: (2) and (4) amended, (HB 14-1347), ch. 208, p. 769, § 5, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 7 - EMINENT DOMAIN BY URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITIES - VESTING (§§ 38-7-101 — 38-7-107) › Section 38-7-104 - Withdrawals from deposit

Upon proper application to the court or by stipulation between the parties, the respondent may withdraw from the sum deposited pursuant to section
38-7-103(2)
an amount not to exceed three-fourths of the highest valuation evidenced by testimony presented by the petitioner to the commissioners, unless the petitioner agrees to a larger withdrawal. All parties interested in the property sought to be acquired shall be required to consent and agree to any such withdrawal. Any such withdrawal of said deposit shall be a partial payment of the amount of total compensation to be paid and shall be deducted by the clerk of the court from any award or verdict entered thereafter. Any party making such withdrawal shall refund to the clerk of the court, upon the entry of a proper court order, any portion of the amount so withdrawn which exceeds the amount finally ascertained in the proceeding to be just compensation or damages, costs, or expenses owing to such party.
L. 69: p. 360, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-7-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 7 - EMINENT DOMAIN BY URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITIES - VESTING (§§ 38-7-101 — 38-7-107) › Section 38-7-105 - Construction of article

The right to take possession and title prior to the final judgment as prescribed in this article is in addition to any other right, power, or authority otherwise conferred by law and shall not be construed as abrogating, limiting, or modifying any such other right, power, or authority, including the rights, powers, and authorities granted in articles
1
to
6
of this title. Should the provisions of this article be invoked by any party, the final determination of the amount constituting just compensation shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of article
1
of this title.
L. 69: p. 360, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-7-5.
For computing damages and compensation, see § 38-1-114 .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 7 - EMINENT DOMAIN BY URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITIES - VESTING (§§ 38-7-101 — 38-7-107) › Section 38-7-106 - Commissioners - other articles

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a commissioner appointed under this article from being appointed pursuant to the provisions of articles
1
to
6
of this title in the same eminent domain proceeding. Nothing in this article shall prevent the appointment of a commissioner, for purposes of this article, who has previously been appointed in the same proceeding under the provisions of article
1
of this title.
L. 69: p. 360, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-7-6.
For the appointment of a board of commissioners to determine just compensation, see § 38-1-105(1) .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 7 - EMINENT DOMAIN BY URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITIES - VESTING (§§ 38-7-101 — 38-7-107) › Section 38-7-107 - Interest

The petitioner shall pay interest as provided in section
38-1-116
; except that no interest shall be allowed on that portion of the award which the respondent received or could have received as a partial payment by withdrawal from the sum deposited by the petitioner pursuant to section
38-7-103(2)
.
L. 69: p. 360, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 50-7-7.
For the interest on an award, see § 38-1-116.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 7.5 - EMINENT DOMAIN BY COUNTY REVITALIZATION AUTHORITIES - VESTING (§§ 38-7.5-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Section 38-7.5-101 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Motion for vesting - contents

(1)
(a)
In any proceeding initiated by a county revitalization authority, as defined in section 30-31-103 (6), under the provisions of article 1 of this title, the petitioner or any respondent, at any time after the petition has been filed and before judgment is entered in the proceeding, may file a written verified motion requesting that, immediately or at some specified later date, the petitioner be vested with fee simple title, or some lesser estate, interest, or easement, as may be required, to the real property, or a specified portion thereof, which is the subject of the proceeding, and be authorized to take possession of and use such property.
(b)
Any motion filed by any respondent affects, and is limited in application to, the property in which the respondent has an interest.
(c)
All the owners of record of property shall join in any motion filed by any respondent under this section, unless one or more of the owners of record cannot by due diligence be found, in which instance this fact must be stated in the motion.
(2)
The motion described in subsection (1) of this section, referred to in this article 7.5 as the "motion for vesting", must set forth:
(a)
An accurate description of the property to which the motion relates and the estate or interest sought to be acquired or divested; but, in any motion for vesting filed by any respondent, the interest sought to be divested must be the interest described in the petition in eminent domain;
(b)
The names of the owners of record of the property described in the motion for vesting; and
(c)
The date upon which it is requested that the estate or interest sought to be acquired or divested vest in the petitioner and the date upon which it is requested that the petitioner be entitled to possession and use of the subject property.
Added by 2024 Ch. 387,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 387, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 38 - PROPERTY - REAL AND PERSONAL (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-53-110) › EMINENT DOMAIN (§§ 38-1-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Article 7.5 - EMINENT DOMAIN BY COUNTY REVITALIZATION AUTHORITIES - VESTING (§§ 38-7.5-101 — 38-7.5-107) › Section 38-7.5-103 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Vesting of title - procedure

(1)
When the certified report of the commissioners is filed with the clerk of the court, the clerk shall notify all parties named in the motion for vesting of the filing of the report and of the amount preliminarily found to constitute just compensation.
(2)
(a)
Within seven days of receipt of the notice described in subsection (1) of this section, the petitioner shall deposit the sum of money preliminarily found to constitute just compensation by the commissioners to the court or the clerk of the court for the use of the respondent named in the motion for vesting.
(b)
If the petitioner has filed a motion for a new report under section 38-7.5-102 (5) and the motion is denied, the deposit is not due until seven days following the court's ruling on the motion. If the motion is granted by the court, the clerk of the court shall provide a new notice upon receipt of the new report.
(3)
(a)
Upon payment to the court or the clerk of the court of the sum described in subsection (2) of this section by the petitioner, the court shall enter an order vesting in the petitioner the fee simple title, or such lesser estate, interest, or easement as may be required, to the property as requested in the motion for vesting on such date as the court considers proper, and shall fix a date on which the petitioner is authorized to take possession of and to use the property. A certified copy of the order must be recorded and indexed in the clerk and recorder's office of the county in which the property is located in like manner and with like effect as if it were a deed of conveyance from the owners and parties interested to the proper parties.
(b)
If there is more than one person interested as owner or otherwise in the property and they are unable to agree upon the nature, extent, or value of their respective interests in the total amount of compensation so ascertained and assessed on an undivided basis, the nature, extent, or value of said interests must be determined according to law in a separate and subsequent proceeding and distribution made among the several claimants.
(4)
At the request of any affected party and upon a showing of undue hardship or other good cause, the petitioner's authority to take possession of the property must be postponed for more than fourteen days after the date of vesting of title or more than twenty-one days after the entry of an order that does not vest title in the petitioner. If postponement occurs, the affected party shall pay to the petitioner a reasonable rental for such property, the amount thereof to be determined by the court.
Added by 2024 Ch. 387,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 387, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).