15-12-812. Execution and levies prohibited.

Statute text

No execution may issue upon nor may any levy be made against any property of the estate under any judgment against a decedent or a personal representative, but this section shall not be construed to prevent the enforcement of mortgages, pledges, or liens upon real or personal property in an appropriate proceeding.

History

Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1596, 1. C.R.S. 1963: 153-3-812.

Annotations

 

ANNOTATION

Annotations

Law reviews. For article, "Creditors' Rights in Probate Part I", see 44 Colo. Law. 55 (May 2015).

A judgment creditor of a deceased person has no right or power to attach property after death by an execution lien. Great W. Exch., Inc. v. Walters, 819 P.2d 1093 (Colo. App. 1991).