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CO Code § 13-6-214 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-214. Other Employees

  In counties of Class A, such deputy clerks, assistants, reporters, stenographers, and bailiffs as shall be necessary for the transaction of the business of the county court may be appointed and their compensation fixed in the manner provided in the charter and ordinances thereof.    In counties of Classes B, C, and D, there shall be appointed such deputy clerks, assistants, reporters, stenographers, and bailiffs as are necessary, in accordance with the provisions of section 13-3-105.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 417, § 23. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-17 . L. 69: P. 252, § 16.
CO Code § 13-6-215 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-215. Presiding Judges

 In each county court which has more than one county judge, the court, by rule, shall provide for the designation of a presiding judge. If there is a failure to select a presiding judge by rule, the chief justice shall designate a presiding judge.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 418, § 24. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-18 . L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 599, § 18, effective July 1.
CO Code § 13-6-216 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-216. Judges to Sit Separately

 In each county court which has more than one county judge, each judge shall sit separately for the trial of cases and the transaction of judicial business, and each court so held shall be known as the county court of the county wherein held. Each judge shall have all of the powers which he might have if he were the sole judge of the court, including the power to vacate his own judgments, decrees, or orders, or those of a predecessor when permitted by law, but not county court orders of another judge of the same county court who is still in office.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 418, § 25. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-19 .
CO Code § 13-6-217 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-217. Judges May Sit en Banc

 In each county court which has more than one judge, the court may sit en banc for the purpose of making rules of court, the appointment of a clerk and other employees, pursuant to section 13-3-105 , and the conduct of other business relating to the administration of the court, as authorized by and subject to the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 418, § 26. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-20 . L. 67: P. 458, § 14. L. 69: P. 252, § 17.
CO Code § 13-6-218 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-218. Assignment of County Judges and Retired County Judges to Other Courts Authorized

 Any county judge or retired county judge who has been licensed to practice law in this state for five years may be assigned by the chief justice of the supreme court, pursuant to section 5 (3) of article VI of the state constitution, to perform judicial duties in any district court, the probate court of the city and county of Denver, or the juvenile court of the city and county of Denver.   History. Source: L. 67: P. 458, § 15. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-21 . L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 570, § 4, effective November 14, 1986.    ANNOTATION   Chief justice of supreme court can properly delegate appointment powers to another judicial officer, and appointments by chief district judges are not limited to specific cases. There is no statutory basis for requiring the chief justice of the supreme court to personally make each temporary appointment. Furthermore, reading the statute to preclude delegation would bring it into conflict with art. VI, § 5(4), the constitutional provision expressly allowing the chief justice to delegate administrative powers. People v. McCulloch, 198 P.3d 1264 (Colo. App. 2008).
CO Code § 13-6-219 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-219. Judge as Party to a Case - Recusal of Judge Upon Motion

  If a judge or former judge of a county court is a party in his or her individual and private capacity in a case that is to be tried within any county court in the same judicial district in which the judge or former judge is or was a judge of a county court, any party to the case may file a timely motion requesting that the judge who is appointed to preside over the case recuse himself or herself from the case.    If a county court receives a motion filed by a party pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the judge who is appointed to preside over the case shall recuse himself or herself if he or she is a judge of a county court in the same judicial district in which the judge or former judge who is a party to the case in his or her individual and private capacity is or was a judge of a county court.    If a judge recuses himself or herself pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the chief justice of the Colorado supreme court or his or her designee shall appoint a judge from outside the judicial district to preside over the case.     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 436, § 2, effective August 5.
CO Code § 13-6-301 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 3 - General Procedural Provisions|§ 13-6-301. Court Rules

 Each county court possesses the power to make rules for the conduct of its business to the extent that such rules are not in conflict with the rules of the supreme court or the laws of the state, but are supplementary thereto. In each county court which has more than one judge, or has an associate judge sitting regularly, the court shall make such rules as it deems necessary for the classification, arrangement, and distribution of the business of the court among the several judges thereof. All county court rules are subject to review by the supreme court.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 418, § 27. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-15-1 .
CO Code § 13-6-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 3 - General Procedural Provisions|§ 13-6-302. Terms of Court

 Terms of the county court shall be fixed by rule of the court in each county; except that at least one term shall be held in each county in each year.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 419, § 28. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-15-2 .
CO Code § 13-6-303 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 3 - General Procedural Provisions|§ 13-6-303. Place of Holding Court

 In each county, the county court shall sit at the county seat, and the county court by rule or order also may provide for hearing and trials to be held in locations other than the county seat. In particular, if the corporate limits of a municipality extend into two counties, the county court of either county, for the hearing of matters for which venue is properly laid before them or the requirements thereof are waived, may sit at any place within such municipality without regard to the location of the county line. Where the county court sits regularly at locations other than the county seat, proper venue within the county shall be fixed by court rule.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 419, § 29. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-15-3 .
CO Code § 13-6-304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 3 - General Procedural Provisions|§ 13-6-304. Court Facilities

 The county commissioners shall provide court facilities at the county seat and are authorized to do so elsewhere. Such facilities may be provided by arrangement with municipal authorities, by rental, or by other appropriate means.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 419, § 30. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-15-4 .    ANNOTATION   A county's duties under this section may not be reduced or ended pursuant to art. X, § 20(9) of the state constitution. State v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, Mesa County, 897 P.2d 788 (Colo. 1995).
CO Code § 13-6-305 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 3 - General Procedural Provisions|§ 13-6-305. Maintenance of Records

  Permanent records of the county court shall be maintained at the office of the clerk of the court at the county seat.      If the county court sits regularly at a location other than the county seat, and the court so provides by rule, cases may be docketed at such locations, and thereafter all pleadings, writs, judgments, and other documents in the case shall be filed at such other location.    Repealed.    In criminal cases, a single copy of items filed is sufficient. A notice of docketing of criminal cases with sufficient information to identify the defendant and the offense charged shall be forwarded forthwith to the clerk of the court at the county seat. After termination of the case, all records on file and a transcript of the judgment shall be forwarded to the county seat.         History. Source: L. 64: P. 419, § 31. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-15-5 . L. 79: (2)(b) repealed, p. 602, § 30, effective July 1.
CO Code § 13-6-306 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 3 - General Procedural Provisions|§ 13-6-306. Seal

 The county court of each county shall have an appropriate seal.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 420, § 32. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-15-6 .
CO Code § 13-6-307 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 3 - General Procedural Provisions|§ 13-6-307. Process

  Each county court shall have the power to issue process necessary to acquire jurisdiction, to require attendance, and to enforce all orders, decrees, and judgments. Such process runs to any county within the state and, when authorized by the Colorado rules of civil procedure, may be served outside the state. Any sheriff to whom process is directed is authorized and required to execute the same, and he is entitled to the same fees as are allowed for serving like process from the district courts. Persons other than the sheriff or his deputies may also serve process from the county court when permitted by the Colorado rules of civil procedure or by law.    Upon request of the court, the prosecuting county, or the defendant, the clerk of the county court shall issue a subpoena for the appearance, at any and all stages of the court's proceedings, of the parent, guardian, or lawful custodian of any child under eighteen years of age who is charged with the violation of a county ordinance. Whenever a person who is issued a subpoena pursuant to this subsection (2) fails, without good cause, to appear, the court may issue an order for the person to show cause to the court as to why the person should not be held in contempt. Following a show cause hearing, the court may make findings of fact and conclusions of law and may enter an appropriate order, which may include finding the person in contempt.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 420, § 33. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-15-7 . L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 908, § 1, effective April 28.    Cross references:   For persons authorized to serve process, see C.R.C.P. 4(d); for personal and other service of process outside the state, see C.R.C.P. 4(e) and (g).
CO Code § 13-6-308 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 3 - General Procedural Provisions|§ 13-6-308. Juries

  When required, juries shall be selected and summoned as provided for courts of record in articles 71 to 74 of this title, with such exceptions as are provided in this section. With the consent of the district court and the jury commissioners, the county court may, if feasible, use the same panel of jurors summoned for the district court. Jurors selected and summoned for the county court may also be used in municipal court in counties of Class A, as defined in section 13-6-201.    If a county court sits regularly in a location other than the county seat and if jury trials are held at that location as well as at the county seat, the jury commissioner may establish jury districts within the county for the selection of county court jurors. The county shall be divided into as many such districts as there are locations in which the county court regularly holds jury trials, and each district shall include one such location as well as appropriate contiguous territory. In counties so divided, the jury commissioner shall select separate lists of persons from each jury district to serve as county court jurors within their respective districts. Such lists shall contain not less than one hundred names. When jurors are to be summoned for county court service within such districts, names shall be drawn from the list by the jury commissioner. In all other respects, the provisions of articles 71 to 74 of this title shall be followed in selecting, drawing, and summoning jurors in counties divided into county court jury districts.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 420, § 34. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-15-8 . L. 71: P. 875, § 2. L. 81: (2) amended, p. 881, § 1, effective April 24. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 1269, § 15, effective June 5.
CO Code § 13-6-309 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 3 - General Procedural Provisions|§ 13-6-309. Verbatim Record of Proceedings

 A verbatim record of the proceedings and evidence at trials in the county court shall be maintained by electronic devices or by stenographic means, as the judge of the court may direct, except when such record may be unnecessary in certain proceedings pursuant to specific provisions of law.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 421, § 35. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-15-9 . L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 600, § 19, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Judge's discretion to employ court reporters instead of electronic recording devices is subject to availability of funds in judicial department's consolidated operating budget and approval of chief justice acting as executive head of judicial system. Yeager v. Quinn, 767 P.2d 766 (Colo. App. 1988).
CO Code § 13-6-401 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 4 - County Court - Small Claims Division|§ 13-6-401. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby finds and declares that individuals, partnerships, corporations, and associations frequently do not pursue meritorious small civil claims because of the disproportion between the expense and time of counsel and litigation and the amount of money or property involved; that the law and procedures of civil litigation are technical and frequently unknown to persons who are representing themselves; that procedures for the inexpensive, speedy, and informal resolution of small claims in a forum where the rules of substantive law apply, but the rules of procedure and pleading and the technical rules of evidence do not apply, are desirable; that such procedures should be conducted at times convenient to the persons using them, including evening and Saturday sessions; that the personnel implementing and conducting such procedures should be trained and equipped to assist anyone with a small claim in a friendly, efficient, and courteous manner; and that, therefore, the establishment of a small claims division of the county court as provided in this part 4 is in the public interest.   History. Source: L. 76: Entire part added, p. 517, § 1, effective October 1. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 789, § 1, effective June 19. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 1512, § 1, effective September 1.    ANNOTATION   The rules of substantive law apply in small claims actions. Hamilton v. Thompson, 23 P.3d 114 (Colo. 2001).
CO Code § 13-6-402 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 4 - County Court - Small Claims Division|§ 13-6-402. Establishment of Small Claims Division

 There is hereby established in each county court a division designated as the small claims court.   History. Source: L. 76: Entire part added, p. 517, § 1, effective October 1.
CO Code § 13-6-404 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 4 - County Court - Small Claims Division|§ 13-6-404. Clerk of the Small Claims Court

 The clerk of the county court or a deputy designated by said clerk shall act as the clerk of the small claims court. The clerk of the small claims court shall provide such assistance as may be requested by any person regarding the jurisdiction, operations, and procedures of the small claims court; however, the clerk shall not engage in the practice of law. All necessary forms shall be available from the clerk.   History. Source: L. 76: Entire part added, p. 518, § 1, effective October 1.
CO Code § 13-6-405 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 4 - County Court - Small Claims Division|§ 13-6-405. Magistrate in Small Claims Court

  In the following circumstances, a magistrate may hear and decide claims in a small claims court:   In Class A counties, as defined in section 13-6-201, magistrates for small claims may be appointed by the presiding judge.    In Class B counties, as defined in section 13-6-201, magistrates for small claims may be appointed, pursuant to section 13-3-105, if approved by the chief justice.       A magistrate shall be a qualified attorney-at-law admitted to practice in the state of Colorado or a nonattorney if the nonattorney is serving as a county judge pursuant to section 13-6-203.    While acting as a magistrate for small claims, a magistrate shall have the same powers as a judge. (3.5) A magistrate shall have the power to solemnize marriages pursuant to the procedures in section 14-2-109 , C.R.S.    If any party files a timely written objection, pursuant to rule of the supreme court, with the magistrate conducting the hearing, that party's case shall be rereferred to a judge.     History. Source: L. 76: Entire part added, p. 518, § 1, effective October 1. L. 84: (2) amended, p. 459, § 1, effective April 5. L. 89: (3.5) added, p. 782, § 4, effective April 4. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 356, § 10, effective April 9. L. 2001: (2) and (4) amended, p. 1513, § 3, effective September 1.    Cross references:   For magistrates in county courts, see part 5 of this article; for magistrates in district courts, see § 13-5-201 .
CO Code § 13-6-406 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 4 - County Court - Small Claims Division|§ 13-6-406. Schedule of Hearings

 The small claims court shall conduct hearings at such times as the judge or magistrate may determine or as the supreme court may order.   History. Source: L. 76: Entire part added, p. 518, § 1, effective October 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 356, § 11, effective April 9.
CO Code § 13-6-408 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 4 - County Court - Small Claims Division|§ 13-6-408. Counterclaims Exceeding Jurisdiction of Small Claims Court - Procedures - Sanctions for Improper Assertion

 Counterclaims exceeding the jurisdiction of the small claims court shall be removed to the county or district court of appropriate jurisdiction pursuant to rule of the supreme court. If a county or district court determines that a plaintiff who originally filed a claim in the small claims court is entitled to judgment and also that a counterclaim against the same plaintiff in the small claims action was filed solely to defeat the jurisdiction of the small claims court and was without merit, the county or district court may also award the plaintiff costs, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred in prosecuting the action in the county or district court.   History. Source: L. 76: Entire part added, p. 519, § 1, effective October 1. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 1576, § 14, effective July 10. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 1515, § 5, effective September 1.
CO Code § 13-6-409 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 4 - County Court - Small Claims Division|§ 13-6-409. Trial Procedure

 The judge or magistrate shall conduct the trial in such manner as to do justice between the parties and shall not be bound by formal rules or statutes of procedure or pleading or the technical rules of evidence, except for rules promulgated by the supreme court controlling the conduct of proceedings in the small claims court.   History. Source: L. 76: Entire part added, p. 519, § 1, effective October 1. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 789, § 2, effective June 19. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 356, § 12, effective April 9.
CO Code § 13-6-410 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 4 - County Court - Small Claims Division|§ 13-6-410. Appeal of a Claim

 A record shall be made of all small claims court proceedings, and either the plaintiff or the defendant may appeal pursuant to county court rules. Upon appeal, all provisions of law and rules concerning appeals from the county court shall apply, including right to counsel. A tape recording of the trial proceedings shall satisfy any requirements of a transcript for appeal, upon the payment of a nominal fee by the appellant.   History. Source: L. 76: Entire part added, p. 519, § 1, effective October 1. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1775, § 32, effective June 6. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 1515, § 6, effective September 1.
CO Code § 13-6-411 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 4 - County Court - Small Claims Division|§ 13-6-411. Limitation on Number of Claims Filed

  No plaintiff may file more than two claims per month, eighteen claims per year, in the small claims court of any county. Each claim filed in any small claims court shall contain a certification by the plaintiff that the plaintiff has not filed any more than two claims during that month and eighteen claims in that year in the small claims court of that county.    The limitation imposed by subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to a state-supported institution of higher education which files claims to recover loans or other outstanding obligations due to such institution; except that no such state-supported institution of higher education shall file more than a total of thirty such claims per month in all small claims courts in Colorado.     History. Source: L. 76: Entire part added, p. 520, § 1, effective October 1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 880, § 3, effective July 1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 792, § 1, effective June 3. L. 87: (1) amended, p. 544, § 2, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 289, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2001: (1) amended, p. 1515, § 7, effective September 1.