Title 30, Government - County

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…

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…

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 …

(1) Any provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the territory of one county may be stricken off and annexed to an adjoining county, whether such territory is contiguous to such adjoining county or not, for the purpose of building and operating a major air carri…

(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…

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, …

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, § …

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.

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…

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: County County Seat (1) Ad…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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 …

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. …

(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…

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 …

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

(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 …

(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 …

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…

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:…

(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…

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…

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…

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:…

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…

(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…

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…

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 …

(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…

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.…

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 …

(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…

(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…

If any member of the board of county commissioners of counties containing more than one hundred thousand inhabitants is absent from any regular meeting thereof without being excused by a majority of the board, he shall forfeit to the county ten dollars for any such absence, which…

(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…

(1) The board of county commissioners in each of the following counties must convene a county commissioner district redistricting commission to approve one or more plans to divide the relevant county into as many districts as there are county commissioners elected by voters of th…

(1) The board of county commissioners shall appoint staff as needed to assist the commission. Staff shall acquire and prepare all necessary resources, including computer hardware, software, and demographic, geographic, and political databases, as far in advance as necessary to en…

(1) In approving a county commissioner district redistricting plan, the commission shall: (a) Make a good-faith effort to achieve mathematical population equality between districts, as required by the constitution of the United States, but in no event shall there be more than fiv…

(1) The board of county commissioners shall establish deadlines to ensure that the board of county commissioners shall adopt a plan for the redrawing of county commissioner districts no later than September 30 of the redistricting year. These deadlines must include dates by which…

(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…

(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…

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…