Title 30, Government - County

(1) For the purpose of fixing fees, chargeable and to be collected by county and other officers, and for no other purpose, the several counties of this state are divided into five classes, which classes shall be known as the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth, as follows: (a…

(1) The county treasurer shall charge and receive the following fees: (a) Upon all money received by him or her for town and city taxes except as otherwise provided in section 42-3-107 (24)(c), whether such towns or cities are incorporated under the general laws or by special cha…

(1) Fees collected by county clerk and recorders are as follows: For filing or recording each document for which a fee is not specifically provided, except tax schedules and claims against the county, for which no fee is allowed, in cities and counties and in counties of every cl…

(1) Fees collected by sheriffs shall be as follows: (a) For serving and returning summonses or other writ of process in a criminal action not specified in this section, with or without complaint attached, on each party served, in counties of every class, actual expenses, but not …

Source: L. 1891: p. 324, � 2. R.S. 08: � 2533. C.L. � 7883. CSA: C. 66, � 17. CRS 53: � 56-4-8. C.R.S. 1963: � 56-4-9. L. 64: p. 384, � 11. L. 2010: Entire section repealed, (HB 10-1057), ch. 118, p. 397, � 2, effective August 11. 30-1-105.5. Two or more papers served on same per…

(1) No sheriff shall refuse to serve any writ, summons, or notice requested by any person entitled to such service, when offered or tendered the fees allowed by law for such service; nor shall he or she charge, demand, or receive any greater sum or compensation or allowance. (2) …

Any sheriff who violates section 30-1-106 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for each offense and is liable to any person aggrieved to pay all loss, damage, and expenses, including…

All officers of this state who are required to collect fees for their services are required to make fair tables of their respective fees, and keep the same posted in their respective offices in some conspicuous place for the inspection of all persons who have business in such off…

Any person liable for any costs or fees shall be entitled to receive on demand a certified bill of the same in which the items of service and the charges therefor shall be specifically stated. Source: L. 1891: p. 220, � 16. R.S. 08: � 2546. C.L. � 7894. CSA: C. 66, � 33. CRS 53: …

When any clerk, sheriff, or other officer is required by any person, in good faith, to do any official act, or perform any official duty for which he is entitled to demand and receive a fee established by law, and if required to do so, he shall state to such person the amount whi…

If any officer whose fees are expressed and limited in this article takes or demands greater fees than prescribed for any service, or charges for said services and neglects or refuses to enter the same of record, or to perform the same, he shall forfeit to the party injured there…

(1) It is the duty of county sheriffs, county clerk and recorders, and all county officials to collect all fees of their respective offices and to pay the same to the county treasurer of their respective counties monthly; also to file monthly with the county treasurer an itemized…

Each such officer, in a book provided for the purpose, shall keep a full, true, accurate, and minute account of all fees of his office, designating in corresponding columns the amount of all fees, and all payments received on account thereof, and shall also keep an account of all…

If required by the board of county commissioners, the county treasurer, sheriff, and county clerk and recorder, on the first Monday of each month during the officer's term of office, shall make to the chairman of the board of county commissioners a report in writing under oath of…

It is the duty of the board of county commissioners to audit such accounts as soon as may be, and correct and adjust the same in accordance with the facts. Source: L. 1891: p. 314, � 21. R.S. 08: � 2553. C.L. � 7901. CSA: C. 66, � 40. CRS 53: � 56-4-18. C.R.S. 1963: � 56-4-19.

(1) Except as provided in section 30-1-106, every officer shall collect every fee, as prescribed, for services performed by him or her in advance, if the same can be ascertained, and when any officer negligently or willfully fails to collect any such fee, the same shall be charge…

Any officer failing or refusing to pay over to the county treasurer or to the state treasurer the fees of the treasurer's office, as provided in section 30-1-112, commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Source: L. 1891: p. 314, � 24. R.S. 08: � 2555. C.L. � 7903. CSA: C. 66, � 42. CRS 53:…

Source: L. 33: p. 788, � 1. CSA: C. 66, � 44. CRS 53: � 56-4-21. C.R.S. 1963: � 56-4-22. L. 69: p. 391, � 1. L. 73: p. 628, � 3. L. 75: (1) repealed, p. 218, � 60, effective July 16. L. 78: Entire section amended, p. 443, � 2, effective March 3. L. 80: Entire section repealed, p.…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, all fees collected by county officers except those collected pursuant to section 30-1-102 (3) shall be paid over to the county treasurer and shall be kept by him in separate funds to be known as: (a) The sheriff'…

For the purpose of providing for and regulating the compensation of county and other officers, the counties of this state, other than home rule counties or home rule cities and counties, are classified as provided in this article. Source: L. 52: p. 111, � 1. CRS 53: � 56-2-1. L. …

County commissioners shall be allowed their actual and necessary maintenance expenses, together with such mileage as shall be determined by resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county or as provided by the charter of a home rule county, within the limits provide…

(1) (a) The county clerk and recorders, county treasurers, county assessors, county coroners, and surveyors of the respective counties may appoint such deputies, assistants, and employees as shall be necessary at the compensation, payable at least once each month, as fixed by the…

Source: L. 45: p. 336, � 10. CSA: C. 66, � 58(10). CRS 53: � 56-2-11. C.R.S. 1963: � 56-2-11. L. 72: p. 597, � 81. L. 78: Entire section amended, p. 443, � 4, effective March 3. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 656, � 3, effective July 1. L. 84: Entire section repealed, p. 582, …

(1) Undersheriffs and deputy sheriffs shall be appointed by the sheriffs of their respective counties, and their salaries shall be paid at least once each month. In all counties the salaries of the undersheriff and deputy sheriff shall be fixed by the sheriff, with the approval o…

Sheriffs also shall be allowed actual traveling expenses payable out of the general county fund, upon certified itemized accounts being presented for the same, in the service of all warrants, capiases, mittimuses, commitments, body attachments, and court orders requiring the same…

(1) (a) Repealed. (b) In counties of every class, the coroner shall be reimbursed for such mileage as shall be determined by resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county or as provided by the charter of a home rule county, within the limits provided under section…

(1) The general assembly recognizes that in the establishment of the state of Colorado the counties of the territory of Colorado were adopted as the counties of the new state and that there have been additional counties established by law and in accordance with then current metho…

Except for those portions that became part of the city and county of Broomfield on November 15, 2001, in accordance with sections 10 to 13 of article XX of the state constitution, all that portion of Arapahoe county, beginning at the northwest corner of Arapahoe county as now con…

Beginning at the southwest corner of section eighteen, township thirty-six north, range nine east; thence north on the west line of range nine east to its intersection with the tenth standard parallel north; thence east on said parallel to its intersection with the crest of the m…

All that part of Arapahoe county as is included within the following described boundaries shall be set apart and is hereby established as a county, to be called the county of Arapahoe, the boundaries are as follows, to wit: Beginning at the southwest corner of Arapahoe county; th…

All that part of the county of Conejos included within the following described boundaries shall be set apart and is hereby established as a county, to be called the county of Archuleta, the boundaries of which are as follows: Beginning on the southern boundary line of the state o…

Beginning at the intersection of the west line of range fifty west with the north line of township twenty-eight south; thence south along said range line to the southwest corner of township thirty south, range fifty west; thence west on the north line of township thirty-one south…

The boundary lines of the county of Bent are as follows: Commencing upon the eastern boundary line of Colorado territory at its intersection with township line between townships thirteen and fourteen south; thence west on said township line to the range line between ranges fifty-…

The county of Greenwood is hereby abolished, and that portion of it not included in the county of Elbert shall be for all purposes a part of the county of Bent. Source: L. 1874: p. 62, � 2. G.L. omitted. G.S. � 451. R.S. 08: � 1088. C.L. � 8566. CSA: C. 44, � 8. CRS 53: � 34-1-8.…

Boulder county: Except for those portions that became part of the city and county of Broomfield on November 15, 2001, in accordance with sections 10 to 13 of article XX of the state constitution, commencing at a point where the township line between townships one and two south in…

As of November 15, 2001, the corporate limits of the city and county of Broomfield shall be as follows: Two parcels of land in all or portions of sections one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and eleven, all in township two south, range sixty-nine west and a portion of…

Chaffee county: Commencing at a point on the summit of the snowy range, at the northwest corner of the county of Park, and running due west to the western boundary of the state; thence south, on said boundary, to the summit of the Sierra La Plata, or the northwest corner of Conej…

So much of the counties of Bent and Elbert as is included within the following described boundaries, shall be set apart and is hereby established as a county, with the legal capacity and functions of other counties of this state, to be called the county of Cheyenne: Beginning at …

Clear Creek county: Commencing at the junction of North and South Clear creeks, and running thence up the dividing ridge between said streams, to the summit of the snowy range; thence along said summit to the point where the first correction line south, if continued, would inters…

Conejos county: Commencing on the southern boundary of the state, in the center of the Rio Grande del Norte; thence up the center of said stream to where it leaves the canyon of the snowy range at the corner of Saguache county; thence in a northwesterly direction along the wester…

Costilla county: Commencing at a point on the southeastern boundary of the state, where the range line between ranges sixty-nine and seventy intersects said boundary; thence north along said range line to the point where the same intersects the Sangre de Cristo pass or road; then…

So much of the county of Otero as is included in the following described boundaries shall be set apart and is hereby established, with the legal capacities and functions of other counties in this state, as a county, to be called the county of Crowley: Beginning at the northwest c…

All that section of country now forming a portion of Fremont county, and further described in this section, is hereby created, set apart, and established as the county of Custer, and shall possess all such legal functions and capacities as other counties in this state. The new co…

So much of the county of Gunnison as is included within the following described boundaries shall be set apart and is hereby established as a county, with the legal capacity and functions of other counties of this state, to be called the county of Delta: Beginning at a point two m…

(1) After April 16, 1901, the corporate limits of the city of Denver shall be as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section eighteen, in township three south, range sixty-eight west; thence south on the range line between ranges sixty-eight and…

The county of Dolores is hereby created and established, with the legal capacities and functions of other counties of this state, and with boundaries as follows: Commencing at the summit of the mountain known as the Lizard's Head, near the headwaters of the Lake Fork of the San M…

Beginning at the intersection of the center of the South Platte River with the first standard parallel south; thence east on said parallel to its intersection with the eastern boundary of the western half of range sixty-five west; thence south on said eastern boundary to its inte…

The county of Eagle is hereby created and established, with the legal capacities and functions of other counties of this state, and with boundaries as follows: Commencing at a point on the northern boundary of Lake county where the divide between the Eagle river and Ten Mile bran…

So much of the county of Douglas as is included in the following described boundaries shall be set apart and is hereby established with the same legal capacity and functions as other counties of this state, to be called Elbert county: Beginning at a point where the center of rang…

Beginning at the intersection of the west line of range sixty-seven west with the south line of township seventeen south; thence north on said range line to the northwest corner of section six, township sixteen south, range sixty-seven west; thence east on the north line of said …