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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 36 - Natural Resources - General » Article 5 - Sale and Improvement of State Lands

§ 36-5-101. Sale of State Lands – Servicemen

The state lands, including school lands, excepting only such as may be subject to leases restricting the sale thereof and then only excepting during the duration of such restrictions, shall be sold at public sale in the manner provided by law for the sale of state lands, except as provided in this article, upon the […]

§ 36-5-102. Sale – Price per Acre

All of the lands shall be sold at public sale at not less than three dollars and fifty cents per acre, to the highest and best bidder, and all general laws of this state and rules of the state board of land commissioners applicable to the sale and disposition of state lands not in conflict […]

§ 36-5-103. Applicants – Qualifications – Value

In addition to the matters contained in other applications for the sales of state lands, applications under this article shall contain and be accompanied by proof, satisfactory to the state board of land commissioners and conclusive beyond reasonable doubt, of the applicant’s qualifications and the affidavit of the applicant that such application is made in […]

§ 36-5-104. Appraisal

The land included in said application shall be appraised at its true value and no more. If said land is appraised at more than seven thousand five hundred dollars, enough land, by legal subdivisions or such fractions thereof as the state board of land commissioners shall approve, shall be excluded by the applicant to bring […]

§ 36-5-105. Amount of Bid

No land shall be sold upon an application filed under this article unless the applicant shall bid therefor an amount at least equal to the appraised value thereof. Applicants and all other persons purchasing at said sale may bid therefor in any amount in excess of said appraised value. Source: L. 21: p. 661, § […]

§ 36-5-106. Payments – Interest – Expense

Payment for the lands shall in all cases be made as provided for by law; but, if the person upon whose application said lands are offered for sale is the successful bidder, then, and not otherwise, the following terms for payment shall apply: The sum bid, or any part thereof, shall not be due until […]

§ 36-5-107. Alienation of Rights – Restrictions

Until a patent for the land issues, the certificate of purchase issued at such sale and the interest acquired by any purchaser of the lands thereunder shall not be subject to transfer or alienation, lien, or mortgage, voluntary or involuntary, but the interest acquired shall descend to the heirs of the purchasers as in other […]

§ 36-5-108. Certificate of Purchase – Cancellation

The state board of land commissioners may cancel any certificate of purchase issued under this article because of a false or fraudulent application; a voluntary alienation, transfer, mortgage, or placing of a lien upon said land or the certificate of purchase; or for failure to settle upon or improve said land within a period of […]

§ 36-5-109. Board to Make Available List of Lands

The state board of land commissioners shall publish, subject to the approval and control of the executive director of the department of natural resources, a list of all lands in this state open to sale under this article, together with any available description matter or information regarding the same, and such information regarding the laws […]

§ 36-5-110. Provision for Prior Purchasers

Any person possessing the qualifications of an applicant as defined in section 36-5-101, who on or before April 7, 1921, purchased any state lands and who has not completed payment for the same, may, if he elects, file a declaration of acceptance of the provisions of this article and proof of his qualifications and shall […]

§ 36-5-111. Person Not Applicant May Bid – When

Any person possessing the qualifications of an applicant, as defined in section 36-5-101, may bid at the sale of any state lands held pursuant to any law governing the sale thereof. If at the time of the sale the applicant pays all the costs thereof and deposits with the state board of land commissioners the […]

§ 36-5-112. Terms of Sale

On all sales of state lands, the terms of payment shall be as follows: Not less than twenty-five percent of the purchase price shall be paid in cash at the time of the sale, and the balance shall be made payable upon an amortization plan based on interest at not less than four percent per […]