{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-31-15-713","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 31-15-713","heading":"Power to sell public works - real property.","body":"(1) The governing body of each municipality has the power:\n\n(a) To sell and dispose of waterworks, ditches, gasworks, geothermal systems, solar systems, electric light works, thermal energy networks as defined in section 40-3.2-108 (2)(s), or other public utilities, public buildings, real property used or held for park purposes, or real property used or held for any governmental purpose. Before any sale is made, the question of the sale and the terms and consideration of the sale shall be submitted at a regular or special election and approved in the manner provided for authorization of bonded indebtedness by section 31-15-302 (1)(d).\n\n(b) To sell and dispose of, by ordinance, any other real estate, including land acquired from the federal government, owned by the municipality upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may determine at a regular or special meeting. With respect to such land acquired from the federal government, which land is located within or contiguous to the municipality, such terms and conditions shall be designed to prevent speculation and assure that benefits accrue to the municipality when the sale or disposition of said land is for municipal expansion or residential purposes. Nothing in this paragraph (b) or in section 31-15-101 (1) shall be construed to invalidate the acceptance of federal land by a municipality or the sale and disposal by a municipality of land acquired from the federal government, where such acceptance or disposal was consummated prior to April 1, 1976, and municipal authority for any such acceptance or disposal is hereby confirmed.\n\n(c) To lease any real estate, together with any facilities thereon, owned by the municipality when deemed by the governing body to be in the best interest of the municipality. Any lease for a period of more than one year shall be by ordinance. Any lease for one year or less than one year shall be by resolution or ordinance.\n\n(d) Notwithstanding subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this section, to sell and dispose of, by ordinance, any public building or real property owned by a municipality that is held for government purposes, other than park purposes, if the sale and disposition of the public building or real property is for the purpose of providing property to be used for the development of affordable housing or housing identified in a housing needs assessment conducted pursuant to section 24-32-3703 or 24-32-3704. The governing body shall determine the terms and conditions of the sale and disposition at a regular or special meeting.\n\n(2) All leases and deeds of conveyance executed and acknowledged by the proper officers of such municipalities and purporting to have been made pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deemed prima facie evidence of due compliance with all the requirements of this section.\n\n(3) Any town holding title to any land settled and occupied as the site of such town pursuant to and by virtue of the act of congress entitled \"An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands.\", approved March 2, 1867, 43 U.S.C. sections 718-723, and an act of congress entitled \"An Act respecting the limits of reservations for town sites upon the public domain.\", 43 U.S.C. sections 725-727, and any amendments thereto may dispose of and convey the title to such land in the manner provided in this section.","path":["Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL","Article 15 - Exercise of Municipal Powers","Part 7 - PUBLIC PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-31.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"a98687393e422f1fcaec64309b76e5003bdb39b3fbdbea7799df95cfcdb53552","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-31-15-712","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-31-15-714"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}