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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal » Article 26 - Contractor's Bonds and Lien on Funds

§ 38-26-101. Contractor Defined

The word “contractor”, as used in sections 38-26-101, 38-26-106, and 38-26-107, means any person, copartnership, association of persons, company, or corporation to whom is awarded any contract for the construction, erection, repair, maintenance, or improvement of any building, road, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, excavation, or other public work of this state or for any county, city […]

§ 38-26-102. Railroad and Irrigation Contractor’s Bond – Action – Limitation

Whenever any railroad, reservoir, or irrigating canal company contracts with any person or corporation for the construction of its railroad, reservoir, or irrigating canal, or any part thereof, such company shall take from the person or corporation with whom such contract is made a good and sufficient bond, conditioned that such contractor shall pay or […]

§ 38-26-103. Verified Account to Company – Withhold Payments

Every laborer, mechanic, ranchman, farmer, merchant, or other person performing any work or labor or furnishing any laborers, materials, ranch or farm products, provisions, goods, or supplies to any contractor or subcontractor in the construction of any railroad, reservoir, or irrigation canal, or any part thereof, used by such contractor or subcontractor in carrying on […]

§ 38-26-104. Contractor Furnished Copy – Undisputed Accounts – Condition

Whenever any verified account mentioned in section 38-26-103 is placed in the hands of any railroad, reservoir, or irrigating canal company, or its agent, it is the duty of such company to furnish the contractor with a copy of such verified account so that if there is any disagreement between the debtor and creditor as […]

§ 38-26-106. Contractor Executes Bond – Applicability

Before entering upon the performance of any work included in the contract, a contractor shall duly execute, deliver to, and file with the board, officer, body, or person by whom the contract was awarded a good and sufficient bond or other acceptable surety approved by the contracting board, officer, body, or person, in a penal […]

§ 38-26-107. Supplier May File Statement – Notice – Withholding Funds

Any person, as defined in section 2-4-401 (8), C.R.S., that has furnished labor, materials, sustenance, or other supplies used or consumed by a contractor or his or her subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies laborers, rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in […]

§ 38-26-108. Substitution of Bond Allowed

Whenever a verified statement of a claim has been filed in accordance with section 38-26-107, the contractor holding the contract against which such statement has been filed, or other person who has an interest in the payments being withheld, by the contracting body that awarded the contract may, at any time, file with the clerk […]

§ 38-26-110. Excessive Amounts Claimed

Any person who files a verified statement of a claim or asserts a claim against a principal or surety that has furnished a bond under this article for an amount greater than the amount due without a reasonable possibility that the amount claimed is due and with the knowledge that the amount claimed is greater […]