303-776-9900Brian Allard has been elected to serve as an at-large member of the Colorado Bar Association Real Estate Section Council for a three-year term. This appointment reflects Brian’s deep engagement in Colorado’s legal community and his commitment to supporting excellence in real estate law. The Real Estate Section Council plays a key role in shaping […]
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For many people, their home or other real estate holdings are among their most valuable assets. If you’ve placed real estate into a trust—such as a revocable or “living” trust—for estate planning purposes, it’s important to verify that the property is properly insured. This is a key step that is often overlooked, and it could […]
Lyons Gaddis, known for solving complex issues with exceptional talent, is pleased to announce that Kennedy Sheetz, a 2024 graduate of the University of Colorado School of Law, has joined the firm’s Real Estate and Business Transactions group. In her new role, Sheetz will advise clients in real estate and business law, leveraging her expertise […]
Northern Colorado has been home to an abundance of oil and gas development and drilling over the last century and remains a hotbed for drilling in the state. In the last ten years, state and local laws that govern setbacks – how far lots, homes, buildings, and other improvements need to be from oil and […]
On April 7th, Governor Polis signed Senate Bill 86 into law, drastically increasing Colorado’s homestead exemption to $250,000 for most individuals and $350,000 for older and disabled Coloradoans, in addition to broadening what constitutes a homestead in Colorado, granting using cars, trailers, RVs, tents, and other non-traditional residences as home exemptions for those dwellings. The […]
Current and future landowners of real property within unincorporated portions of Weld County will soon have a new comprehensive plan along with new zoning and subdivision codes to consider when planning for potential uses and possible division of their lands. On November 9, 2020, the Weld County Commissioners heard the final reading of County Ordinance […]
Lyons Gaddis Covid-19 Alert This Alert is one in a collection of articles created by Lyons Gaddis in our effort to get important information to our clients regarding the effect of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States. This Alert focuses on the transfer of C-BT water by the NCWCD. April 10, 2020 […]
Lyons Gaddis COVID-19 Alert This Alert is one in a collection of articles created by Lyons Gaddis in our effort to get important information to our clients regarding the effect of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States. This Alert focuses on landlords and tenants who are dealing with closures and other challenges […]
If you own and rent-out real estate, chances are you have had to deal with a difficult tenant. Recent changes in the eviction laws may affect how you remove a tenant who has breached your lease agreement. Importantly, in Colorado, the only way to legally remove a tenant who is in default of a lease […]
The Road to OZ Passes Through Colorado Tax Windfall, Opportunity Zones and Real Estate Investment By Cameron A. Grant on January 26, 2020 Opportunity Zones, the buzz words of the real estate industry of late, are on the minds of many. If you are involved in real estate and have not heard of Opportunity Zones, […]
Following the ruling in Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania, a property owner may bring a claim in federal court for a violation of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment as soon as the government takes private property for public use without paying for it, overruling established precedent that a property owner must exhaust […]
