republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-097.md

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Bill	Vacated Alleys Presume Included In All Deeds	Under current law, a conveyance by warranty deed carries the presumption that the grantor's interest in an adjoining vacated street, alley, or other right-of-way is included with the property whose legal description is contained in the deed. However, this presumption does not apply to other types of deeds or to a lease, mortgage, or other conveyance or encumbrance.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-097	Colorado SB 17-097 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Beth Martinez Humenik James Coleman	10	12	3	2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00	2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d5b23bac-993e-4dbc-9541-6cb0e925d5dd	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-097	3be2ee9316253bf6bbcb057c3535fa34409b194f3bddaaa75d19e6a7af5ff039	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-097 (2017A) — Vacated Alleys Presume Included In All Deeds

Under current law, a conveyance by warranty deed carries the presumption that the grantor's interest in an adjoining vacated street, alley, or other right-of-way is included with the property whose legal description is contained in the deed. However, this presumption does not apply to other types of deeds or to a lease, mortgage, or other conveyance or encumbrance.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (02/13/2017) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (04/04/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (01/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA1 (02/09/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (02/14/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (04/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — 0–5 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-097 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with 1 excused. — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-097, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole, with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
• James Coleman — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Local Government introduction
• 2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5b23bac-993e-4dbc-9541-6cb0e925d5dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).