Homestead Exemption And Consumer Debt Protection
Colorado's statutory homestead exemption exempts a portion of a homestead from seizure to satisfy a debt, contract, or civil obligation. Section 2 increases the amount of the homestead exemption:
- From $75,000 to
$300,000$250,000 if the homestead is occupied as a home by an owner of the home or an owner's family; and - From $105,000 to
$400,000$350,000 if the homestead is occupied as a home by an owner who is elderly or disabled, an owner's spouse who is elderly or disabled, or an owner's dependent who is elderly or disabled.
or shed, yurt, or tiny home.Section 5 Section 6 increases the maximum amounts of existing exemptions from levy and sale under a writ of attachment or execution for certain types of property and creates new exemptions for:
- Firearms and hunting and fishing equipment;
- Economic impact payments;
- Health savings accounts; and
- Money placed into a life expectancy set-aside account or similar reserve fund, escrow, or impound account, which money is derived from reverse mortgage proceeds that are designated for specific uses.
Section 5 Section 6 also recreates and increases decreases an exemption for money in depository accounts.Sections 5, 6, and 7 Sections 6, 7, and 8 remove a requirement that a person must deposit child support payments in an account designated for the child and, with regard to child support payments and unemployment benefits, not commingle funds in order to claim an exemption for child support payments or an exemption for unemployment benefits.
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)