Every court of record shall sit at the county seat of the county in which it is held, except as may be otherwise provided by law.
Source: L. 1887: p. 214, § 418. Code 08: § 453. Code 21: § 455. Code 35: § 455. CRS 53: § 37-1-18. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-1-18.
ANNOTATION
A district court can be in session only in its own county. State Bank v. Plummer, 46 Colo. 71, 102 P. 1082 (1909) (decided under repealed provisions antecedent to § 25 of appendix B, R.C.P. Colo., CSA, 1935).
Moving trial to hospital to hear closing arguments, give instructions to jury, and allow jury to deliberate because of a seriously ill juror did not deprive court of jurisdiction and retrial will not constitute double jeopardy. People v. Higa, 735 P.2d 203 (Colo. App. 1987).
Section 13-5-119 (2) is an exception to the county seat requirement in this section. City of Littleton v. County Comm'rs, 787 P.2d 158 (Colo. 1990).