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Title 30, Government - County

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-516 Sheriffs to preserve peace - command aid
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It is the duty of the sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputies to keep and preserve the peace in their respective counties, and to quiet and suppress all affrays, riots, and unlawful assemblies and insurrections. For that purpose, and for the service of process in civil or criminal …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-517 Outgoing sheriff may proceed with writs
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Every sheriff going out of office at the expiration of the sheriff's term and having any order of fieri facias or fee bill that the sheriff has levied but not collected shall collect such execution or fee bill in the same manner as if the sheriff's term of office had not expired.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-518 Coroner when acting as sheriff
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The provisions of sections 30-10-503 and 30-10-517 shall apply to all coroners when by virtue of the laws of the state they are required to perform the duties of sheriff. Source: G.L. § 500. G.S. § 604. R.S. 08: § 1287. C.L. § 8762. CSA: C. 45, § 109. CRS 53: § 35-5-18. C.R.S. 19…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-519 Service on sheriff, made how

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Every paper required by law to be served on the sheriff may be served on him in person or left at his office during business hours. Source: G.L. § 503. G.S. § 607. R.S. 08: § 1290. C.L. § 8765. CSA: C. 45, § 112. CRS 53: § 35-5-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-5-19.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-520 Sheriff not to act as attorney

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No sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy shall appear or advise as attorney or counselor in any case in any court. Source: G.L. § 504. G.S. § 608. R.S. 08: § 1291. C.L. § 8766. CSA: C. 45, § 113. CRS 53: § 35-5-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-5-20.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-521 Illegal fees - penalty

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No sheriff shall directly or indirectly ask, demand, or receive for any service to be performed by him in the discharge of any of his official duties any greater fees than are allowed by law, on penalty of forfeiture of treble damages to the party aggrieved, and being fined in a …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-522 Actions against sheriff - sureties liable - when

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Except in the case of a sheriff covered by insurance purchased pursuant to section 30-10-501 (2), in an action brought against a sheriff for an action done by virtue of the sheriff's office, if the sheriff gives notice thereof to the sureties on any bond of indemnity given by the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-523 Sheriff - permits for concealed handguns

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The sheriff of each county and the official who has the duties of a sheriff in each city and county shall issue written permits to carry concealed handguns as provided in part 2 of article 12 of title 18, C.R.S. Source: L. 81: Entire section added, p. 1437, § 1, effective June 8.…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-524 Sheriff to provide identification cards to retired peace officers upon request - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Peace officer" means a certified peace officer described in section 16-2.5-102, C.R.S. (b) "Photographic identification" means a photographic identification that satisfies the description at 18 U.S.C. sec. 9…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-525 Disclosure of knowing misrepresentation by a peace officer required - disclosure waivers - reports - definitions

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(1) Subject to the limitations of this section, a sheriff's office that employs, employed, or deputized on or after January 1, 2010, a peace officer who applies for employment with another Colorado law enforcement agency shall disclose to the hiring agency information, if availab…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-526 Sheriff office hiring - required use of waiver - definitions

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(1) A sheriff's office shall require each candidate that it interviews for a peace officer position who has been employed by another law enforcement agency or governmental agency to execute a written waiver that explicitly authorizes each law enforcement agency or governmental ag…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-527 Behavioral health professionals - grant applications encouraged - definition - repeal

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(1) Each sheriff is encouraged to adopt a policy whereby mental health professionals, to the extent practicable, provide: (a) On-scene response services to support deputy sheriffs' handling of persons with mental health disorders; and (b) Counseling services to deputy sheriffs. (…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-528 Incarcerated parents - family services coordinator

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Each sheriff shall designate at least one individual to serve as a communication liaison between the county jail and county departments of human or social services concerning children subject to an open dependency and neglect case whose parents are incarcerated in the jail for th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-529 Coordinator for voting at county jails or detention centers - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Ballot information booklet" means the ballot information booklet published and distributed pursuant to section 1-40-124.5. (b) "Designee" means an individual designated pursuant to subsection (2) of this sec…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-530 Jail standards advisory committee - creation - duties - cash fund - definition

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(1) The department of public safety shall contract with the county sheriffs of Colorado to create a jail standards advisory committee. (2) (a) The jail standards advisory committee consists of: (I) Two sheriffs, or their designees, appointed by a statewide organization representi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-600.3 Definitions

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As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "C.C.S.T. board" means the Colorado coroners standards and training board created in section 30-10-601.6 (1). Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2087, § 253, effective August 6.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-601 Coroner - election - bond - insurance - authority

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(1) (a) Repealed. (b) A coroner shall be elected in each county for the term of four years, who, except as provided in subsection (1.5) of this section, before entering upon the duties of office, shall give bond to the people of the state of Colorado of not less than twenty-five …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-601.5 Qualifications - fingerprints

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(1) A person is eligible to hold the office of coroner if the person: (a) Is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state of Colorado and of the county in which the person will hold the office of coroner; (b) Has earned a high school diploma or its equivalent or a c…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-601.6 Coroners standards and training board

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(1) There is hereby created in the department of public health and environment the Colorado coroners standards and training board. (2) The C.C.S.T. board is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the d…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-601.7 Duties of the Colorado coroners standards and training board

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(1) In addition to its other duties set forth in this part 6, the C.C.S.T. board shall: (a) Develop a curriculum for a forty-hour training course for new coroners and approve the qualifications of the instructors who teach the course; (b) Approve training providers to certify cor…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-601.8 Training - fees - coroner training fund

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(1) A person who is elected or appointed to the office of coroner for the first time shall attend, at the first opportunity after the election or appointment, a training course for new coroners of at least forty hours using the curriculum developed by the C.C.S.T. board. The cour…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-601.9 Enforcement

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(1) If a coroner fails to comply with the requirements of section 30-10-601.8, the C.C.S.T. board shall notify the board of county commissioners that the coroner is not in compliance with the training requirements of section 30-10-601.8 and that state law requires the county comm…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-602 Coroner and deputy coroner - duties - oath or affirmation - bond - insurance

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(1) The coroner of each county is authorized to appoint a deputy. Any such appointment shall be in writing and shall be filed in the office of the coroner. The coroner of each county may delegate any of the coroner's powers to one or more deputies who shall then have the same dut…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-603 Deputy coroner - appointment

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Every appointment of a deputy coroner and every revocation thereof shall be in writing, under the hand of the coroner, and shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder of the county wherein such appointment or revocation is made. Source: L. 07: p. 307, § 2. R.S. …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-604 Coroner shall act as sheriff, when

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When there is no sheriff in any county, it is the duty of the coroner to exercise all the powers and duties of the sheriff of his county until a sheriff is appointed or elected and qualified; and when the sheriff for any cause is committed to the jail of his county, the coroner s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-605 When sheriff a party or disqualified

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(1) Every coroner shall serve and execute process of every kind and perform all other duties of the sheriff when the sheriff is a party to the case, or where affidavit is made and filed as provided in this section, and in all such cases he shall exercise the powers and proceed in…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-606 Coroner - inquiry - grounds - postmortem - jury - certificate of death

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(1) The responding law enforcement agency shall notify the coroner when a death is discovered or confirmed as soon as practicable after the scene is safe and secure. The coroner shall immediately notify the district attorney or his or her designee if by prior agreement, and then …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-606.5 When autopsy performed - jurisdiction - qualifications to perform - definition

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(1) (a) The coroner shall perform a forensic autopsy or have a forensic autopsy performed in accordance with the circumstances in the most recent version of the "forensic autopsy performance standards" adopted by the national association of medical examiners, when the death is ap…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-606.7 Autopsy reports - death of a minor - confidential - exceptions - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Autopsy report" means the report of the coroner or the coroner's designee on the post-mortem examination of a deceased individual to determine the cause or manner of death, including any written analysis, di…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-608 Coroner may issue subpoenas

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The coroner may issue subpoenas within his county for witnesses, returnable forthwith, or at such time and place as he therein directs; and witnesses shall be allowed the fees set forth in section 13-33-102, C.R.S.; and the coroner has the same authority to enforce the attendance…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-610 Oath of witnesses

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An oath shall be administered to the witness in attendance as follows: "You do solemnly swear that the testimony which you shall give to this inquest, concerning the death of the person about whom this inquest is being held, shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-611 Testimony written and subscribed - fees

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The testimony shall be reduced to writing, under the coroner's order, and subscribed by the witnesses, and the person writing such testimony shall be paid from the county treasury the same fees prescribed for jurors attending inquests concerning deaths. Such testimony, in the dis…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-612 Verdict of jury - form

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The jurors, having heard the testimony and having made all needful inquiries, shall return to the coroner their inquisition in writing, under their hands in substance as follows, stating the matters in the following form, suggested as far as found: STATE OF COLORADO, County …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-613 When verdict kept secret

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If the inquisition finds that a crime has been committed on the deceased and names the person who the jury believes has committed it, the inquest shall not be made public until after the arrest, directed in section 30-10-614. Source: G.L. § 517. G.S. § 621. R.S. 08: § 1307. C.L. …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-614 Coroner may order arrest - warrant

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(1) If the person charged is present, the coroner may order his arrest by an officer or any person and shall then make a warrant requiring the officer or other person to take him before the county court. (2) If the person charged is not present and the coroner believes he can be …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-615 Warrant - effect

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The warrant of a coroner in the above cases shall be of equal authority with that of the county courts; and when the person charged is brought before the county court, he shall be dealt with as a person held under a complaint in the usual form. Source: G.L. § 520. G.S. § 624. R.S…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-616 Contents of warrant

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The warrant of the coroner shall recite substantially the transactions before him, and the verdict of the jury of inquest leading to the arrest; and such warrant shall be a sufficient foundation for the proceeding of the county court instead of a complaint. Source: G.L. § 521. G.…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-617 Coroner to make return to district court

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The coroner shall then return to the district court the inquisition, the written evidence, the name and address of the stenographer if required under section 30-10-611, and a list of the witnesses who testified as to material matter. Source: G.L. § 522. G.S. § 626. R.S. 08: § 131…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-618 Burial expenses - when paid by county

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The coroner shall cause the body of a deceased person which he is called to view to be delivered to his friends, if there are any, but if not he shall cause him to be decently buried, the expenses to be paid from any property found with the body, or, if there is none, from the co…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-619 Conflicts of interest of county coroners

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(1) A coroner who owns, operates, is employed by, or otherwise has an interest in a funeral establishment is deemed to have a conflict of interest and shall not direct business to such establishment when performing his or her duties under this part 6. (2) Nothing in this section …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-622 Unidentified human remains - DNA samples

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(1) If a coroner or medical examiner takes legal custody of unidentified human remains pursuant to section 24-80-1302 (2), C.R.S., or section 30-10-606 (1.2), the coroner or medical examiner shall: (a) Make reasonable attempts to identify the remains pursuant to section 16-2.7-10…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-623 Department of corrections - reimbursement for expenses of coroner

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The department of corrections, from appropriations made by the general assembly, shall reimburse a county for reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the county coroner related to investigations or complete autopsies performed on persons in the custody of the department of cor…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-624 Required toxicology screening for a suicide, overdose death, or accidental death - annual report - working group

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(1) (a) The association representing coroners shall establish a working group to study methods to test for all scheduled drugs and the presence and quantity of THC, including and identifying how long ago the THC was consumed, if the presence of THC was in conjunction with alcohol…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-625 County coroner - financial interest in regulated businesses - definition

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "financial interest" means an ownership interest, employment relationship, management role, contractual relationship, or other direct pecuniary interest. (2) (a) The coroner described in this section who has a fi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-700.3 Definitions

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As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Order" means all orders and authorizations issued by a board of county commissioners for the payment of claims against the county. "Order" includes any warrant issued by a board of county commissioners and any wr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-701 Election - term - bond - insurance

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(1) A county treasurer shall be elected in each county for the term of four years and, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, before entering upon the discharge of duties, shall execute to the people of the state of Colorado a surety bond to be approved by the boar…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-702 Term of office

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The regular term of office of all county treasurers shall commence on the first day of January next after their election. Source: L. 1891: p. 117, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1316. C.L. § 8790. CSA: C. 45, § 137. CRS 53: § 35-7-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-7-2.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-703 Form of bond

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If a treasurer executes a bond pursuant to section 30-10-701 (1), the condition of the bond shall be in substance as follows: Whereas, .............., was elected to the office of County Treasurer of the County of ............ on the ............ day of ............; Now, therefo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-704 Chief deputy treasurer - duties

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The county treasurer may appoint a chief deputy, who in the absence of the treasurer from his or her office, or in case of vacancy in said office, for any disability of the treasurer to perform the duties of his or her office, may perform all the duties of the office of treasurer…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-705 Vacancy in office - how filled

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(1) In case the office of county treasurer becomes vacant, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a suitable person to perform the duties of the treasurer. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the person so appointed shall give bond with like sureties an…