Colorado Code § 15-11-701

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For the purposes of this part 7, the term "governing instrument" shall
be as defined in section 15-10-201 (22); except:
(1) "Governing instrument" shall not include a deed that transfers any interest in real
property; however, section 15-11-712 shall apply to such deeds.
(2) As the application of a particular section is limited by its terms to a specific type of
provision or governing instrument. In the absence of a finding of a contrary intention, the rules
of construction in this part 7 control the construction of a governing instrument executed or
republished or reaffirmed on or after July 1, 1995, and the rules of construction under prior law
control the construction of a governing instrument executed prior to July 1, 1995, and not a
governing instrument republished or reaffirmed after that date. In the process of determining
whether a contrary intention exists, the rules of construction of this part 7 shall not apply.
(3) In the absence of a finding of a contrary intention, the rules of construction in section
15-11-705 apply to a governing instrument executed or republished or reaffirmed on or after July
1, 2010, and the rules of construction under section 15-11-705, as it existed prior to July 1, 2010,
apply to a governing instrument executed prior to July 1, 2010, and not republished or reaffirmed
after that date.

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