Title 30, Government - County
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-101 Survey of boundaries - arbitration
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Wherever the boundary lines of any county are so indefinite as to make it impossible to determine where such lines are, and when a portion of territory by reason of such indefinite description is claimed by two counties, the board of county commissioners of each county so claimin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-102 Board of arbitration
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When such arbitration is required, the board of county commissioners of each county shall choose one person from their county, and such persons shall select a third person who shall not be a resident of either county, and such three persons so chosen shall constitute a board of a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-103 Arbitration - agreements - oaths - expenses
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All counties, before entering into such arbitration by their boards of county commissioners, shall sign such agreements as required by law concerning arbitrations, and the board of arbitrators, before acting in such capacity, shall take such oath as prescribed by law. The expense…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-104 Boundaries not changed
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Nothing in sections 30-6-101 to 30-6-103 shall be construed to authorize a change of county lines. Source: G.L. � 423. G.S. � 482. R.S. 08: � 1156. C.L. � 8640. CSA: C. 44, � 83. CRS 53: � 34-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: � 34-2-4.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-105 Annexation - petition - notice to voters
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When a majority of the taxpaying electors residing in that portion of the territory of any county proposed to be stricken off and annexed to an adjoining county shall petition the board of county commissioners of the county in which such territory is situate to have such portion …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-106 Annexation - adjoining county
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Upon the receipt of the said petition and deposit by the board of county commissioners, they shall immediately give notice of the fact to the board of county commissioners of the adjoining county to which the petitioners desire said territory should be annexed, and the board of c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-107 Annexation - election result - proclamation
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When the votes cast at the annexation election have been duly canvassed, the county clerk of each of said counties shall transmit the result of said election, as to this question, along with the other returns, to the secretary of state, and if such canvass shows that a majority o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-108 County clerk and recorders to record
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It is the duty of the county clerk and recorders of the said counties to record at length said proclamation of the secretary of state, together with said survey and plat, in the deed records of his county, and thereafter the county line so established shall be the lawfully consti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-109 Liabilities of annexed territory
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The territory so stricken off from any county and annexed to the adjoining county shall be held to pay its ratable proportion of all then existing liabilities of the county from which it has been taken. Such ratable proportion of liabilities, as soon as the proclamation has been …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-109.7 Minor boundary adjustments
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(1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (I) The existence of certain irregular and irrational boundaries between portions of the city and county of Denver and the neighboring counties of Adams, Arapahoe, and Jefferson has resulted in confusion and inefficienc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-110 Boundaries - survey - action to settle
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When the boundary lines of any county in this state are so indefinite that a portion of territory, by reason of such indefinite description, is claimed by two counties, and such fact appears by petition of the board of county commissioners of either county to the state engineer, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-111 State engineer - reimbursement for expenses
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The office of the state engineer shall be reimbursed for the expenses of any survey conducted in connection with a boundary dispute pursuant to section 30-6-110, and such expenses shall be borne equally by the counties involved in the boundary dispute. Source: L. 1887: p. 239, � …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-112 Boundaries - not changed
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Nothing in this section and sections 30-6-110 and 30-6-111 shall be so construed as to authorize a change of any county line. Source: L. 1887: p. 239, � 3. R.S. 08: � 1164. C.L. � 8648. CSA: C. 44, � 91. CRS 53: � 34-2-12. C.R.S. 1963: � 34-2-12.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-6-113 Compliance with boundary control commission requirements
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In addition to any other requirements, a decision approving the proposed annexation by a majority vote of the six-member boundary control commission established by section 1 of article XX of the state constitution shall be made prior to the initiation of any annexation procedures…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-7-101 County seats designated
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The county seats of the several counties of the state of Colorado as heretofore established by statutes or statutory election proceedings are hereby confirmed, validated, and established from the date of such statutory enactment or proceeding as follows: CountyCounty Seat (1) Ada…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-7-102 Relocation not affected
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Nothing in this article shall affect the right of any county to change the location of its county seat as provided by law. Source: L. 55: p. 244, � 1. CRS 53: � 34-4-2. C.R.S. 1963: � 34-4-2.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-8-101 County seat - removal - election
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When an election is ordered by the board of county commissioners of any county on the question of removal or location of the county seat, it is the duty of such board of county commissioners to appoint special judges and registers of such elections, and to provide a special ballo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-8-102 Special registration
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It is the duty of the judges and registers so appointed to make a special registration of the voters of each precinct who have resided in the county at least six months, and in such precinct at least ninety days, prior to the day designated for holding such election, which day sh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-8-103 Polling places - special ballot
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The election shall be held at the same places at which the general election is ordered to be held, but the vote for or against removal or location of the county seat shall be by a special ballot, separate and distinct from the general ticket voted at said election, which ballot s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-8-104 Removal - when
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No county seat shall be removed until the expiration of thirty days after the canvass of the votes by the county canvassers upon the question of location or removal, nor until the board of county commissioners of such county has made and entered of record on its journal an order …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-8-105 Elections - laws applicable
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All laws now in force relating to elections shall apply to elections held upon the question of removal or location of county seats, except that the question of location of such county seats shall be contested in the district court of said county in the first instance, but may be …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-8-106 Election contests - laws applicable
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All laws governing contests of elections shall be applicable to contests of county seat elections; except that the board of county commissioners of the county shall in all cases be the contestee, and that the contest shall be conducted in the district court of the proper county. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-8-107 County seats - removal - petition - election
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(1) When the taxpaying electors of any county in this state are desirous of changing the county seat of the county in which they reside from the place where such county seat has been permanently located, they may at any time present to the board of county commissioners of such co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-8-108 Commissioners' surveys - county buildings
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The board of county commissioners has the power to make all needful arrangements for having such county seat surveyed into lots, squares, streets, and alleys, selling and disposing of the same, and erecting a jailhouse, courthouse, or other county buildings as to the board seems …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-8-109 Attached territory - tax liability
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No tax shall be levied against the people of any county to erect any public building in another county, in the same judicial district. Source: G.L. � 568. G.S. � 561. R.S. 08: � 1184. C.L. � 8657. CSA: C. 44, � 100. CRS 53: � 34-3-9. C.R.S. 1963: � 34-3-9. COUNTY OFFICERS
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-101 Offices - inspection of records - failure to comply - penalty
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(1) (a) Every sheriff, county clerk and recorder, and county treasurer shall keep his or her respective office at the county seat of the county and in the office provided by the county, if any such has been provided, or, if there is none provided, then at such place as the board …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-102 All money delivered to treasurer - penalty for failure
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every county clerk and recorder, district attorney, sheriff, or other state or county officer appointed by law, required or permitted to receive and pay over to the county treasurer any taxes, fines, fees, or other moneys …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-103 Copies prima facie evidence
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Copies of all documents, writs, proceedings, instruments, papers, and writings duly filed or deposited in the office of any county judge, county clerk and recorder, or county treasurer, and transcripts from books of record or proceedings kept by any of said officers, with the sea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-104 Resignations of officers, to whom made
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All county officers who hold their office by election shall make their resignation to the officer authorized by law to fill such vacancies in such office, respectively. Source: G.L. � 560. G.S. � 660. R.S. 08: � 1358. C.L. � 8835. CSA: C. 45, � 182. CRS 53: � 35-1-4. C.R.S. 1963:…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-105 When office becomes vacant
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(1) Every county office shall become vacant, on the happening of any one of the following events, before the expiration of the term of office: (a) The death of the incumbent; (b) The resignation of the incumbent; (c) The removal of the incumbent; (d) The incumbent's ceasing to be…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-106 Substitute officers have same powers and compensation
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When any coroner is required to act as sheriff, or any other officer in this state is required to perform any duties belonging to any other office, for the time being, he shall have the same powers in respect to that duty as are given by law to the officer whose duties he perform…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-107 Penalty for refusing to qualify
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Any person elected or appointed to any county office in any county in this state who refuses to qualify, having consented to such election or appointment, is liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred nor less than twenty-five dollars, at the discretion of any court having compet…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-108 Fines appropriated to school fund of county
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All fines contemplated in section 30-10-107 shall be recoverable before any court in this state, in the name of the county in which the case arises, and shall be appropriated to the use of the school fund of said county. Source: R.S. p. 190, � 10. G.L. � 564. G.S. � 665. R.S. 08:…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-109 Office hours
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All county offices must be kept open for the transaction of county business on the days and during the hours designated by resolution of the board of county commissioners. However, all clerks of court, clerk and recorders, and sheriffs are subject, at all times, to the command of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-110 Bonds or insurance of officers - oath or affirmation
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every county officer named in section 30-10-101, before entering upon the duties of office, on or before the day of the commencement of the term for which the officer was elected, shall execute and deposit an official bond…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-111 Oath of deputy
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A deputy appointed to office, before entering upon the deputy's duties under such appointment, shall take and subscribe the like oath of office as that required to be taken by the appointing officer and shall deposit the same in the office where the oath of such officer is deposi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-112 Officer to act until successor qualifies
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When the term of office of any sheriff, coroner, county judge, county clerk and recorder, assessor, county treasurer, county surveyor, or other county officer expires, it shall be lawful for such officer, whether reelected or not, and his deputies, to continue to perform all the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-113 Contribution limits for county offices - definitions
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(1) The maximum amount of aggregate contributions that a person may make to a candidate committee of a candidate for a county office and that a candidate committee for such candidate may accept from such person and related requirements governing the disclosure of such contributio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-301 Oath or affirmation of commissioners
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Each person elected as commissioner, on receiving a certificate of his or her election, shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101. Source: G.L. � 440. G.S. � 532. R.S. 08: � 1189. C.L. � 8667. CSA: C. 45, � 10. CRS 53: � 35-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 35-3-1.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-302 County seal - open meetings - rules
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The seal of the county shall be the seal of the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall meet in open session and all persons conducting themselves in an orderly manner may attend its meetings. The board may establish rules and regulations to govern …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-303 Meetings of board
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(1) Each board of county commissioners shall meet at the county seat of its county at least one business day of each month and at such other times and locations within the county as in the opinion of the board the public interest may require. Such meetings shall be held on a regu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-304 Meetings of board in counties over one hundred thousand
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(1) Except as otherwise permitted under subsection (2) of this section, each board of county commissioners of a county containing more than one hundred thousand inhabitants shall hold at least two meetings in each week of each year; but in the months of July and August of each ye…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-306 Commissioners' districts - vacancies - definitions
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(1) Each county must be divided into three compact districts by the board of county commissioners. Each district must be as nearly equal in population as possible based on the redistricting population data prepared by staff of the legislative council and office of legislative leg…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-306.5 Procedure to increase number of county commissioners
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(1) In any county having a population of seventy thousand or more, the membership of the board of county commissioners may be increased from three to five members pursuant to this section. (2) Subject to referral as provided in this subsection (2), a board of county commissioners…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-306.7 Procedure for electing county commissioners
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(1) In any county having a population of seventy thousand or more which has increased the membership of the board of county commissioners to five pursuant to sections 1-4-205 (3)(a), C.R.S., and 30-10-306.5, the registered electors may, either by referendum or by initiative, chan…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-307 Chairman - temporary chairman
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At the first meeting after election, the board of county commissioners shall choose one of its number as chairman, who shall preside at such meeting and all other meetings, if present; but, in case of his absence from such meeting, the members present shall choose one of its numb…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-308 Oaths administered and orders signed by chairman
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The chairman of said board of county commissioners has the power to administer oaths to any person concerning any matter submitted to the board or connected with its powers and duties, and he shall sign all county orders. Source: G.L. � 461. G.S. � 544. R.S. 08: � 1201. C.L. � 86…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-309 County commissioner vacancies. (Repealed)
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Source: G.L. �� 445, 473, 942. G.S. �� 537, 552, 1166. R.S. 08: �� 1202, 1239, 2334. C.L. �� 7822, 8679, 8680. CSA: C. 45, �� 22, 23. CSA: C. 59, � 311. CRS 53: � 35-3-9. C.R.S. 1963: � 35-3-9. L. 79: Entire section R&RE, p. 1142, � 1, effective March 13. L. 80: Entire section re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-310 Committee of commissioners - report
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If the board of county commissioners sees fit to refer any matter to a committee of its members, the actions of said committee shall not be final, but shall be reported to the board for its consideration, and the board's action thereon shall be placed in its records. Source: L. 1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-311 Bonds or insurance of county commissioners
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, each county commissioner of the several counties of this state is required to execute a bond, payable to the people of the state of Colorado, conditioned that the commissioner will faithfully and honestly discharge the dut…