Colorado Code § 38-13-208

When security presumed abandoned
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(1) Subject to section 38-13-210, a
security is presumed abandoned three years after:
(a) The date a second consecutive communication sent by the holder by first-class
United States mail to the apparent owner is returned to the holder undelivered by the United
States postal service; or
(b) If the second communication is made later than thirty days after the first
communication is returned, the date the first communication is returned undelivered to the
holder by the United States postal service.
(2) If the holder does not send communications to the apparent owner of a security by
first-class United States mail, the holder shall attempt to confirm the apparent owner's interest in
the security by sending the apparent owner an electronic-mail communication not later than two
years after the apparent owner's last indication of interest in the security. However, the holder
promptly shall attempt to contact the apparent owner by first-class United States mail if:
(a) The holder does not have information needed to send the apparent owner an
electronic-mail communication or the holder believes that the apparent owner's electronic-mail
address in the holder's records is not valid;
(b) The holder receives notification that the electronic-mail communication was not
received; or
(c) The apparent owner does not respond to the electronic-mail communication not later
than thirty days after the communication was sent.
(3) If first-class United States mail sent under subsection (2) of this section is returned to
the holder undelivered by the United States postal service, the security is presumed abandoned
three years after the date the mail is returned.

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