Colorado Code § 15-15-226

Discharge
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(1) Payment made pursuant to this part 2 in accordance with the
type of account discharges the financial institution from all claims for amounts so paid, whether
or not the payment is consistent with the beneficial ownership of the account as between parties,
beneficiaries, or their successors. Payment may be made whether or not a party, beneficiary, or
agent is disabled, incapacitated, or deceased when payment is requested, received, or made.
(2) Protection under this section does not extend to payments made after a financial
institution has received written notice from a party, or from the personal representative,
surviving spouse, or heir or devisee of a deceased party, to the effect that payments in
accordance with the terms of the account, including one having an agency designation, should
not be permitted, and the financial institution has had a reasonable opportunity to act on it when
the payment is made. Unless the notice is withdrawn by the person giving it, the successor of any
deceased party must concur in a request for payment if the financial institution is to be protected
under this section. Unless a financial institution has been served with process in an action or
proceeding, no other notice or other information shown to have been available to the financial
institution affects its right to protection under this section.
(3) A financial institution that receives written notice pursuant to this section or
otherwise has reason to believe that a dispute exists as to the rights of the parties may refuse,
without liability, to make payments in accordance with the terms of the account.
(4) Protection of a financial institution under this section does not affect the rights of
parties in disputes between themselves or their successors concerning the beneficial ownership
of sums on deposit in accounts or payments made from accounts.

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