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Title 13, Courts and Court Procedure

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-101 Judicial districts and terms
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The state is divided into twenty-three judicial districts as prescribed by this part 1. Terms of court shall be fixed by rules adopted by the district court in each district; except that at least one term of court shall be held each calendar year in each county within the distric…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-102 First district
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(1) The first judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Gilpin and Jefferson. (2) (a) The number of judges for the first judicial district shall be eleven. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2004, the number of judges for the first judicial di…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-103 Second district
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(1) The second judicial district shall be composed of the city and county of Denver. (2) (a) The number of judges for the second judicial district shall be nineteen. Effective January 1, 1978, the number of judges shall be twenty. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effectiv…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-104 Third district
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(1) The third judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Las Animas and Huerfano. (2) The number of judges for the third judicial district shall be two. (3) The third judicial district shall be divided into two divisions. The northern division shall consist of the cou…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-105 Fourth district

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(1) The fourth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of El Paso and Teller. (2) (a) The number of judges for the fourth judicial district shall be fifteen. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2002, the number of judges for the fourth judicial …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-106 Fifth district

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(1) The fifth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, and Summit. (2) (a) The number of judges for the fifth judicial district shall be six. (b) and (c) Repealed. (d) At least one of the judges for the fifth judicial district shall maintai…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-107 Sixth district

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(1) The sixth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Archuleta, La Plata, and San Juan. (2) (a) The number of judges for the sixth judicial district shall be two. (b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2012.) (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subs…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-108 Seventh district

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(1) The seventh judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel. (2) (a) The number of judges for the seventh judicial district shall be three. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2003, the n…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-109 Eighth district

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(1) The eighth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Larimer and Jackson. (2) (a) The number of judges for the eighth judicial district shall be five. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2007, the number of judges for the eighth judicial di…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-110 Ninth district

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(1) The ninth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Garfield, Pitkin, and Rio Blanco. (2) (a) The number of judges for the ninth judicial district shall be five. (b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.) Source: L. 64: p. 400, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-12-10. L. 72: p. …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-111 Tenth district

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(1) The tenth judicial district shall be composed of the county of Pueblo. (2) (a) The number of judges for the tenth judicial district shall be six. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of judges for the tenth judicial district shall be sev…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-112 Eleventh district

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(1) The eleventh judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, and Park. (2) (a) The number of judges for the eleventh judicial district shall be three. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2007, the number of judges for th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-113 Twelfth district

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(1) The twelfth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Saguache. (2) (a) The number of judges for the twelfth judicial district shall be two. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2007, the …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-114 Thirteenth district

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(1) The thirteenth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, and Yuma. (2) (a) The number of judges for the thirteenth judicial district shall be four. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-115 Fourteenth district

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(1) The fourteenth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Grand, Moffat, and Routt. (2) (a) The number of judges for the fourteenth judicial district shall be two. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2007, the number of judges for the fourte…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-116 Fifteenth district

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(1) The fifteenth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Prowers. (2) The number of judges for the fifteenth judicial district shall be two. Source: L. 64: p. 401, § 16. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-12-16.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-117 Sixteenth district

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(1) The sixteenth judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Bent, Crowley, and Otero. (2) The number of judges for the sixteenth judicial district shall be two. Source: L. 64: p. 401, § 17. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-12-17.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-118 Seventeenth district

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(1) The seventeenth judicial district shall be composed of the county of Adams and the city and county of Broomfield. (2) (a) The number of judges for the seventeenth judicial district shall be eight. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2002, the number of …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-119 Eighteenth district

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(1) The eighteenth judicial district shall be composed of Arapahoe county. (2) (a) The number of judges for the eighteenth judicial district shall be fourteen. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2002, the number of judges for the eighteenth judicial distri…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-120 Nineteenth district

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(1) The nineteenth judicial district shall be composed of the county of Weld. (2) (a) The number of judges for the nineteenth judicial district shall be four. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2002, the number of judges for the nineteenth judicial distric…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-121 Twentieth district

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(1) The twentieth judicial district shall be composed of the county of Boulder. (2) (a) The number of judges for the twentieth judicial district shall be six. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2003, the number of judges for the twentieth judicial district…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-122 Twenty-first district

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(1) The twenty-first judicial district shall be composed of the county of Mesa. (2) (a) The number of judges for the twenty-first judicial district shall be four. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2007, the number of judges for the twenty-first judicial d…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-123 Twenty-second district

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(1) The twenty-second judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Dolores and Montezuma. (2) (a) The number of judges for the twenty-second judicial district shall be one. (b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2007, the number of judges for the twe…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-123.1 Twenty-third district

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(1) The twenty-third judicial district shall be composed of the counties of Douglas, Elbert, and Lincoln. (2) Subject to available appropriations, the number of judges for the twenty-third judicial district is eight. (3) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2025…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-123.2 Twenty-third judicial district - elections in 2024 - reports - repeal

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(1) (a) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), commencing with the presentation in 2021 and each presentation thereafter to and including the presentation in 2025, at the joint hearings conducted pursuant to the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparen…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-124 Appointment of clerk and employees

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District court personnel shall be appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 13-3-105. Source: L. 64: p. 403, § 27. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-12-27. L. 69: p. 249, § 5. L. 79: Entire section R&RE, p. 598, § 11, effective July 1. ANNOTATION Law reviews. For note, "One Year Review of …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-125 Clerks to keep records

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The clerks of district courts shall keep the financial records prescribed by the state court administrator under the provisions of section 13-3-106. Source: L. 67: p. 454, § 8. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-12-30. L. 73: p. 1402, § 29.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-126 Duties of bailiff

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It is the duty of every bailiff to preserve order in the court to which he may be appointed; to attend upon the jury; to open and close the court; and to perform such other duties as may be required of him by the judge of the court. Source: L. 67: p. 454, § 8. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-1…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-127 Duties of reporters

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The shorthand reporter, on the direction of the court, shall take down in shorthand all the testimony, rulings of the court, exceptions taken, oral instructions given, and other proceedings had during the trial of any cause, and in such causes as the court may designate. Source: …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-128 Compensation of reporter

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The shorthand reporter of a court of record shall be compensated for preparation of the original and any copies of the typewritten transcript of his shorthand notes at such rates as from time to time may be established and promulgated by the supreme court of the state of Colorado…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-131 Multiple-judge districts

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In any district court composed of more than one judge, each of the judges shall sit separately for the trial of causes and the transaction of business and shall have and exercise all the powers and functions, as well in vacation of court as in term time, which he might have and e…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-132 Powers of judges sitting separately

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Each court held by the several judges, while sitting separately, shall be known as the district court in and for the county where such court is held and shall have the same power to vacate or modify its own judgments, decrees, or orders rendered or made while so held as if the sa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-133 Judges may sit en banc - purpose - rules

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(1) In any district court composed of more than one judge, the judges may sit en banc at such times as they may determine, for the purpose of making rules of court, the appointment of a clerk and other employees, subject to the provisions of section 13-3-105, and other ministeria…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-134 Juries

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Jurors may be summoned and empaneled for each of the judges sitting separately as though each were the sole court. Source: L. 67: p. 457, § 8. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-12-41. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 476, § 1, effective February 6.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-135 Time limit on judgment

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Every motion, issue, or other matter arising in any cause pending or to be brought in any district court of this state, and which is submitted to any such court for judgment or decision thereof, shall be determined by the court within ninety days after the adjournment of court. T…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-136 Forfeit of salary

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(1) If any judge of any district court, to whom any motion, issue, or other matter, arising in any cause, is submitted for judgment or decision, fails or neglects to decide or give judgment upon the same within the time limited by section 13-5-135, such judge shall not receive fr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-138 Appeals to district court

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If a statute provides for review of the acts of any court, board, commission, or officer by certiorari or other writ and if no time within which review may be sought is provided by statute, a petition to review such acts shall be filed in the district court not later than thirty …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-139 Transfer of information from orders for child support and maintenance to child support enforcement agency - payment of support and maintenance

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(1) On and after July 1, 1991, and contingent upon the executive director of the department of human services notifying the state court administrator that a particular county or judicial district is ready to implement and participate in the family support registry created in sect…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-140 Transfer of certain registry functions - cooperation between departments

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The judicial department and the department of human services shall cooperate in the transfer of the functions relating to the collection of child support from the courts to the child support enforcement agency specified in article 13 of title 26, C.R.S. In order to implement such…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-141 Compilation - sentences received upon conviction of felony

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(1) The state court administrator's office shall, by March 1 and by September 1 of each year, prepare and make available to the public at each district court, for a reasonable charge, a compilation of the sentences imposed in felony cases by each judge in each district court. Suc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-142 National instant criminal background check system - reporting

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(1) On and after March 20, 2013, the state court administrator shall send electronically the following information to the Colorado bureau of investigation created pursuant to section 24-33.5-401, referred to in this section as the "bureau": (a) The name of each person who has bee…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-142.5 National instant criminal background check system - judicial process for awarding relief from federal prohibitions - legislative declaration

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(1) Legislative declaration. The purpose of this section is to set forth a judicial process whereby a person may apply or petition for relief from federal firearms prohibitions imposed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. sec. 922 (d)(4) and (g)(4), as permitted by the federal "NICS Improvement…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-142.8 Notice by professional persons

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Under sections 13-9-123 (1), 13-9-124 (2), 13-5-142 (1), and 13-5-142.5 (2), an order for certification for short-term treatment of a mental health disorder pursuant to section 27-65-108.5, 27-65-109, or 27-65-109.5 must also include a notice filed by a professional person pursua…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-143 Judge as party to a case - recusal of judge upon motion

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(1) If a judge or former judge of a district court is a party in his or her individual and private capacity in a case that is to be tried within any district court in the same judicial district in which the judge or former judge is or was a judge of a district court, any party to…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-144 Chief judge - veterans treatment court authority

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The chief judge of a judicial district may establish an appropriate program for the treatment of veterans and members of the military. In establishing any such program, the chief judge, in collaboration with the probation department, the district attorney, and the state public de…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-145 Truancy detention reduction policy - legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) Imposing a sentence of detention on a juvenile who violates a court order to attend school does not improve the likelihood that the juvenile will attend school and does not address the underlying causes of the juvenile's truancy; (b) The b…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5-201 District court magistrates

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(1) District court magistrates may be appointed, subject to available appropriations, pursuant to section 13-3-105, if approved by the chief justice of the supreme court. (2) A district court magistrate shall be a qualified attorney-at-law admitted to practice in this state and i…