Colorado Revised Statutes

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-21-204 (2026)

Limitation of actions

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All actions provided for by this part 2 shall be brought within the time period prescribed in section 13-80-102. Source: G.L. § 880. G.S. § 1033. R.S. 08: § 2059. C.L. § 6305. CSA: C. 50, § 4. CRS 53: § 41-1-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 41-1-4. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 615, § 1, effective June 7. L. 86: Entire section amended, p. 704, § 13, effective July 1.

PART 3

SETTLEMENTS, RELEASES, AND STATEMENTS

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 19 cases, 1976–2009 · leading case: Rauschenberger v. Radetsky, 745 P.2d 640 (Colo. 1987).

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Rauschenberger v. Radetsky, 745 P.2d 640 (Colo. 1987). · cites it 38× “[1] The Court of Appeals concluded *641 that the claim was barred by the limitation provisions of section 13-21-204, 6 C.R.S. (1985 Supp.), and rejected the petitioners' argument that the statute should be tolled to reflect their inability to discover at any early date the…”

Yarbro v. Hilton Hotels Corp., 655 P.2d 822 (Colo. 1982). · cites it 28× “The appropriate statute of limitations was found in section 13-21-204, C.R.S.1973, which provided: "All actions [for wrongful death] shall be brought within two years from the commission of the alleged negligence resulting in the death for which suit is brought.”

Barnhill v. Pub. Serv. Co. of Colorado, 649 P.2d 716 (Colo. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 27× “PSCO first argues that the trial court erred in tolling the two-year wrongful death statute of limitations then in effect, § 13-21-204, C.R.S. 1973, because of Charlene’s mental disability.”

McClanahan v. Am. Gilsonite Co., 494 F. Supp. 1334 (D. Colo. 1980). · cites it 17× “These plaintiffs contend that because theirs is a wrongful death action, the applicable statute of limitations is section 13-21-204, C.R.S.1973, rather than section 13-80-127, C.”

Pub. Serv. Co. of Colorado v. Barnhill, 690 P.2d 1248 (Colo. 1984). · cites it 18× “), defendant at trial, seeks certiorari review of a decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals upholding the trial court’s judgment that plaintiff, Charlene Barnhill, was not barred by section 13-21-204, 6 C.R.S. (1973), from filing a wrongful .”

Interrogatory of United States Dist. Court: First Interstate Bank of Fort Collins, N.A. v. Piper Aircraft Corp., 744 P.2d 1197 (Colo. 1987). · cites it 10× “The parties agree that the statute of limitation applicable to this wrongful death action is section 13-21-204, 6 C.R.S. (1985 Supp.).”

Crownover v. Gleichman, 574 P.2d 497 (Colo. 1977). · cites it 10× “As a result of this confusion the two-year malpractice statute of limitations which commenced to run against the wife's claim for malpractice is held to have barred the husband's separate claim for wrongful death about four months after the death claim came into existence.”

Crownover v. Gleichman, 554 P.2d 313 (Colo. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 11× “He contends that his action was not barred by the two-year statute of limitations for wrongful death actions, § 13-21-204, C.R.S. 1973. We affirm. Plaintiff originally filed his complaint on September 12, 1973, naming Dr.”

Preston v. Dupont, 35 P.3d 433 (Colo. 2001). · cites it 2× “To this end, section 13-21-204 describes the findings that the trier of fact must make before it can determine the allocation of damages, past and present.”

White v. Johns-Manville Corp., 693 P.2d 687 (Wash. 1985). “Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-21-204 (Supp. 1984) (survival action must be brought "within two years after the commission of the alleged negligence .”

With v. Gen. Elec. Co., 653 P.2d 764 (Colo. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 3× “Section 13-21-204, C.R.S.1973 (1981 Cum. Supp.”

Aberkalns v. Blake, 633 F. Supp. 2d 1231 (D. Colo. 2009). · cites it 6× “Defendants argue that Plaintiffs case is barred by the two-year statute of limitations applicable to wrongful death actions, codified at C.R.S. §§ 13-21-204 & 13-80-102(l)(d). Plaintiff responds that the three-year statute of limitations applicable to tort claims arising from…”

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