{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-15-408","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 15-15-408","heading":"Joint tenancy - definitions.","body":"(1) A joint tenant of an interest in real property may use the procedures described in this part 4 to transfer his or her interest effective upon the death of such joint tenant. However, title to the interest shall vest in the designated grantee-beneficiary only if the joint tenant-grantor is the last to die of all of the joint tenants of such interest. If a joint tenant-grantor is not the last joint tenant to die, the beneficiary deed shall not be effective, and the beneficiary deed shall not make the grantee-beneficiary an owner in joint tenancy with the surviving joint tenant or tenants. A beneficiary deed shall not sever a joint tenancy.\n\n(2) As used in this section, \"joint tenant\" means a person who owns an interest in real property as a joint tenant with right of survivorship.","path":["Title 15 - PROBATE, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","Article 15 - Nonprobate Transfers on Death","Part 4 - TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY EFFECTIVE ON DEATH"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-15.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"4e37a0d19793a0a56245abacbe1de78ffcd13116977cb1b29fcac23d51359ad0","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-15-407","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-15-409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}