{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-34-61-105","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 34-61-105","heading":"Casing to exclude water.","body":"When a water-bearing formation is encountered in the drilling of any borehole for natural gas or oil, casing shall be set upon the next formation encountered which is of such a nature that it will sustain the casing and exclude all water from the lower borehole.","path":["Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES","Article 61 - Oil Wells and Boreholes"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-34.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"e190fb889732a027b6814a3eaefb0cd7a6ae5431fb286392da30c6ebd4de2ed6","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-34-61-104","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-34-61-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}