{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-201","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 15-2.5-201","heading":"Creation of power of appointment.","body":"(1) A power of appointment is created only if:\n\n(a) The instrument creating the power:\n\n(I) Is valid under applicable law; and\n\n(II) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, transfers the appointive property; and\n\n(b) The terms of the instrument creating the power manifest the donor's intent to create in a powerholder a power of appointment over the appointive property exercisable in favor of a permissible appointee.\n\n(2) Subparagraph (II) of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the creation of a power of appointment by the exercise of a power of appointment.\n\n(3) A power of appointment may not be created in a deceased individual.\n\n(4) Subject to an applicable rule against perpetuities, a power of appointment may be created in an unborn or unascertained powerholder.","path":["Title 15 - PROBATE, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARIES","Article 2.5 - Uniform Powers of Appointment Act","Part 2 - CREATION, REVOCATION, AND AMENDMENT OF POWER OF APPOINTMENT"],"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":"4723520458122ce75fc176bac980dedb2bd349fa5e9bf94e4ace219fdc1bff25","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-104","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-15-2.5-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}