Title 13, Courts and Court Procedure
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-101 Printed statutes - reports of decisions
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The printed statute books of the United States and of the several states and territories, printed under the authority of such states and territories, and the books of reports of decisions of the supreme courts of the United States and of the several states and territories, publis…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-102 United States census bureau mortality table as evidence
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In all civil actions, special proceedings, or other modes of litigation in courts of justice or before magistrates or other persons having power and authority to receive evidence, when it is necessary to establish the expectancy of continued life of any person from any period of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-103 Mortality table. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 1893: p. 261, � 2. R.S. 08: � 2491. C.L. � 6537. CSA: C. 63, � 3. CRS 53: � 52-1-3. L. 55: p. 371, � 1. L. 60: p. 138, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 52-1-3. L. 77: Entire section R&RE, p. 804, � 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section R&RE, p. 691, � 1, effective July 1. L. 9…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-104 Proof of handwriting
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Comparison of a disputed writing, with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the court to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by witnesses in all trials and proceedings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same may be submitted to the court and jury as evidence…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-105 Certificate of register - patent
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The official certificate of any register or receiver of any land office of the United States to any fact or matter on record in his office shall be received and held competent to prove the fact as certified. The certificate of any such register of the entry or purchase of any tra…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-106 Judicial notice of laws of other jurisdictions
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(1) Every court of this state shall take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of every state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States. (2) The court may inform itself of such laws in such manner as it may deem proper, and the court may call upon counsel t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-107 Proceedings of cities and towns
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Copies of all papers, books, or proceedings or parts thereof appertaining to transactions in their corporate capacity of any town or city incorporated under any general or special law of this state, certified to be true copies by the clerk or keeper of the same, under the seal of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-108 Evidence of assessment
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In all actions in all courts of record, the original assessment, or a certified copy thereof purporting to be made by the corporate authorities of any municipality in this state, under a statute authorizing the same, which determines the cost and expense due from any piece of rea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-109 Recording of patents to land
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Any person to whom any patent to any land, whether agricultural or mineral, situate in this state, has been issued from the government of the United States may have same recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county wherein such lands are situate upon presentation…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-110 Patent - copy of record
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Any patent may be read in evidence in the first instance without further proof of its execution. Copy of the record of such patent is entitled to be read in evidence under such regulations as are provided for the admission of a copy of the record of deeds. Source: L. 1872: p. 162…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-111 Patents already recorded
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The provisions of sections 13-25-109 and 13-25-110 apply to patents already recorded. Source: L. 1872: p. 162, � 3. G.L. � 2147. G.S. � 1319. R.S. 08: � 2500. C.L. � 6546. CSA: C. 63, � 12. CRS 53: � 52-1-12. C.R.S. 1963: � 52-1-12.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-112 Fees of recorder
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The fees of the recorder of deeds for the record of such patents are the same as fixed for the record of deeds. Source: L. 1872: p. 163, � 4. G.L. � 2148. G.S. � 1320. R.S. 08: � 2501. C.L. � 6547. CSA: C. 63, � 13. CRS 53: � 52-1-13. C.R.S. 1963: � 52-1-13. L. 73: p. 631, � 1. C…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-113 Lost deed - bond - note - affidavit
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When, in the progress of any suit in any court in this state, either party thereto relies for its maintenance or defense, in whole or in part, on any deed, bond, note, draft, bill of exchange, letter, or any other writing alleged to have been executed, signed, or written by the a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-114 Certificate of publisher
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When any notice or advertisement is required by law or order of court to be published in any newspaper, the certificate of the printer or publisher with a printed copy of such notice or advertisement annexed, stating the number of times which the same has been published and the d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-115 Certificate of head officer
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Where a subpoena is issued to a state agency of an executive department seeking an appearance in any court of record, and the evidence sought is proof of the absence of a public record or entry, or the foundation for or the authenticity of the documents which are otherwise admiss…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-116 Water officials' records
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In all civil actions, special proceedings, or other modes of litigation before a water judge or referee having power to receive evidence, all records, reports, tables, and other documents of division engineers and water commissioners of the state of Colorado and all records, stre…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-117 Parties plaintiff
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In trials of actions upon contracts, expressed or implied, where the action is brought by partners or by joint payees or obligees, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff, in order to maintain any such action, to prove the partnership of the individuals named in such action o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-118 Joint defendants
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In actions upon express contracts against two or more defendants alleged to have been made or executed by such defendants as partners or joint obligors or payors, proof of the joint liability or partnership of the defendants, or their first names or surnames, shall not in the fir…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-119 Dying declarations
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(1) The dying declarations of a deceased person are admissible in evidence in all civil and criminal trials and other proceedings before courts, commissions, and other tribunals to the same extent and for the same purposes that they might have been admissible had the deceased sur…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-120 Corporate resolutions and minutes
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(1) A certified copy of a resolution purportedly adopted by a meeting of the board of directors, or by a meeting of the stockholders of a corporation, or of the minutes or of a portion of the minutes of a meeting of the board of directors or stockholders of a corporation, when th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-121 Reports of death
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A written finding of actual death, made by the secretary of the Army, the secretary of the Navy, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding pursuant to the federal missing persons act (50 U.S.C. app. supp. 1001-17), as now or hereafter amend…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-122 Person missing, interned, or captured
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An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged, or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive made by any officer or employee of the United States author…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-123 Report deemed pursuant to law
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For purposes of sections 13-25-121 and 13-25-122, any finding, report, or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by an officer or employee of the United States as described in sections 13-25-121 and 13-25-122 shall prima facie be deemed to have bee…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-124 Libel and slander - how pleaded
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In an action for libel or slander, it shall not be necessary to state in the complaint any extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing the application to the plaintiff of the defamatory matter out of which the cause of action arose. It shall be sufficient to state generally that t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-125 Justification - pleaded and proved
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In an action for libel or slander, the defendant, in his answer, may allege both the truth of the matter charged as defamatory and any mitigating circumstances to reduce the amount of damages; and, whether he proves the justification or not, he may give in evidence the mitigating…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-125.5 Libel and slander - self-publication
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No action for libel or slander may be brought or maintained unless the party charged with such defamation has published, either orally or in writing, the defamatory statement to a person other than the person making the allegation of libel or slander. Self-publication, either ora…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-126 Genetic tests to determine parentage
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(1) (a) (I) In any action, suit, or proceeding in which the parentage of a child is at issue, including but not limited to actions or proceedings pursuant to section 14-10-122 (6) or 19-4-107.3, C.R.S., upon motion of the court or any of the interested parties, the court shall or…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-126.5 Documents arising from environmental self-evaluation - admissibility in evidence
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that protection of the environment is enhanced by the public’s voluntary compliance with environmental laws and that the public will benefit from incentives to identify and remedy environmental compliance issues. It is further de…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-127 Civil actions - degree of proof required
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(1) Any provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the burden of proof in any civil action shall be by a preponderance of the evidence. The provisions of this subsection (1) shall not apply to the burden of proof…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-128 Rules of evidence - grant of authority subject to reservation
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The supreme court of the state of Colorado shall have the power to prescribe general rules of evidence for the courts of record in the state of Colorado. Such rules of evidence shall be construed to be rules of practice and procedure and shall not be construed in such manner that…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-129 Statements of a child - hearsay exception
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(1) An out-of-court statement made by a person under thirteen years of age, not otherwise admissible by a statute or court rule that provides an exception to the hearsay objection, is admissible in any criminal, delinquency, or civil proceeding in which the person is alleged to h…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-129.5 Statements of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities - hearsay exception
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(1) An out-of-court statement made by a person with an intellectual and developmental disability, as defined in section 25.5-10-202 (26)(a), C.R.S., not otherwise admissible by a statute or court rule that provides an exception to the objection of hearsay is admissible in any cri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-130 Criminal actions - use of photographs, video tapes, or films of property
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(1) Photographs, video tapes, or films of property over which a person is alleged to have exerted unauthorized control or otherwise to have obtained unlawfully are competent evidence if the photographs, video tapes, or films are admissible into evidence under the rules of law gov…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-131 Civil actions - sexual assault - certain evidence presumed irrelevant
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(1) In any civil action for damages by an alleged victim which alleges damages resulting from a sexual assault on a client by any person who enters into a professional-client relationship that permits professional physical access to the client’s person or the opportunity to affec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-132 Criminal actions - video tape depositions - use at trial
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(1) (a) In any criminal action, if the court finds, upon application of the prosecution, that there is substantial risk of physical harm or intimidation of a witness, the court may enter an order that a deposition be taken of that witness' testimony and that the deposition be rec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-133 Telecommunications devices for the deaf and teletype - inadmissibility in evidence - exception
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the contents of any communication made directly or indirectly through a telecommunications device for the deaf (commonly known as TDD) or teletype (commonly known as TTY) and any writing or recording resulting from the com…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-134 Electronic records and signatures - admissibility in evidence - originals
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Pursuant to the provisions of article 71.3 of title 24, C.R.S., in any legal proceeding, nothing in the application of the rules of evidence shall apply so as to deny the admissibility of an electronic record or electronic signature into evidence on the sole ground that it is an …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-135 Evidence of admissions - civil proceedings - unanticipated outcomes - medical care
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(1) In any civil action brought by an alleged victim of an unanticipated outcome of medical care, or in any arbitration proceeding related to such civil action, any and all statements, affirmations, gestures, or conduct expressing apology, fault, sympathy, commiseration, condolen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-136 Criminal actions - prenatal drug and alcohol screening - admissibility of evidence
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A court shall not admit in a criminal proceeding information relating to substance use obtained as part of a screening or test performed to determine pregnancy or to provide prenatal or postpartum care, up to one year postpartum, or if a pregnant or parenting person discloses sub…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-137 Admissibility of commercial packaging
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(1) Labels or packages listing, indicating, or describing the contents or ingredients of any commercially packaged item are admissible in evidence to prove that the item contains the contents or ingredients listed on the label or package. A label or package listing that identifie…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-138 Victim’s prior sexual conduct history - evidentiary hearing - victim’s identity - protective order
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(1) Evidence of specific instances of the victim’s prior or subsequent sexual conduct, opinion evidence of the victim’s sexual conduct, and reputation evidence of the victim’s sexual conduct is presumed irrelevant and is not admissible in a civil proceeding involving alleged sexu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-25-139 Criminal action - interference with witness - forfeiture by wrongdoing
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When a party to a criminal case wrongfully procures the unavailability of a witness, a statement otherwise not admissible pursuant to the Colorado rules of evidence that is offered against the party that was involved in or responsible for the wrongdoing that was intended to, and …