Bulletin: CO000047

Dear Associates:

The Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma have filed a petition with the Department of the Interior claiming 27 million acres in northeastern Colorado allegedly provided to them in a 19^th century treaty.  This claim includes approximately forty percent of the state and is to all of the land in Colorado east of the Continental Divide and north of the Arkansas River, bounded on the north by the North Platte River; on the south by the Arkansas River; on the west by the Continental Divide; and on the east by a line roughly midway between the 100^th and 101^st meridians.  In addition, the claim includes water rights on the Platte and Arkansas rivers. 

With regard to this claim you must do the following if you have an order in one of the counties listed:

• In Schedule B of your commitment for both owner's and loan policies, add the following note:

"NOTE:  The Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma have filed a petition with the U.S. Department of the Interior claiming 27 million acres of northeastern Colorado . The claim includes water rights on the Platte and Arkansas rivers.  In addition, the claim area includes the county in which the land described in Schedule A is located.   Please note that the policy that will be issued to you as provided in this commitment will not include an exception to the claim."

• Before issuing any owner's policy of title insurance you should require the proposed insured to sign a letter that acknowledges disclosure of the claim. Please utilize the form referenced at the end of this bulletin.
  
• Do not make representations with regard to the claim. Do not represent that the claim is "no problem". Simply advise that Stewart is willing to issue title insurance policies without exception to the claim and provide title insurance in accordance with the terms of the policies.