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CO Code § 30-10-403 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-403. Deputy Clerk - Duties

 Every county clerk shall appoint a deputy, in writing, under the county clerk's hand, and shall file such appointment in the office of the county clerk; and such deputy, in case of the absence or disability of the county clerk, or in case of a vacancy in the office thereof, shall perform all the duties of the county clerk during such absence or until such vacancy is filled. Every county clerk may appoint other deputies and, if the county clerk has executed a bond pursuant to section 30-10-401 (1) , the county clerk's sureties shall be responsible under the bond for the acts of all such deputies.   History. Source: G.L. § 480. G.S. § 575. R.S. 08: § 1258. C.L. § 8733. CSA: C. 45, § 80. CRS 53: § 35-4-3 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-4-3 . L. 2010: Entire section amended,(HB 10-1062), ch. 161, p. 560, § 14, effective August 11.    ANNOTATION   The deputy clerk is authorized to administer all oaths proper to be administered and taken in the transaction of official business pertaining to the office of county clerk and in performing the functions of clerk thereof. Roberts v. People, 9 Colo. 458 , 13 P. 630 (1886).   He may take acknowledgment of tax deeds. Waddingham v. Dickson, 17 Colo. 223 , 29 P. 177 (1892).   Attestation of a homestead entry, by the deputy county clerk, not using the name of his principal, is effective and sufficient. Edson-Keith & Co. v. Bedwell, 52 Colo. 310 , 122 P. 392 (1912).
CO Code § 30-10-404 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-404. Vacancy in Office - How Filled

 If a vacancy in the office of county clerk should occur by death, resignation, or otherwise, the board of county commissioners shall appoint some suitable person to fill such vacancy until a successor is elected according to law.   History. Source: G.L. § 481. G.S. § 576. R.S. 08: § 1259. C.L. § 8734. CSA: C. 45, § 81. CRS 53: § 35-4-4 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-4-4 .
CO Code § 30-10-405 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-405. Office at County Seat - Seal - Records

  The county clerk and recorder shall keep his or her office at the county seat. The county clerk and recorder shall attend the sessions of the board of county commissioners either in person or by deputy, keep the county seal, records, and papers of the board of county commissioners, and keep a record of the proceedings of the board, as required by law, under the direction of the board of county commissioners. Records of such proceedings shall be kept in a visual text format that may be transmitted electronically.    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the county clerk and recorder may maintain his or her office at a location other than the county seat when authorized to do so pursuant to part 1 of article 5 of title 13, C.R.S.     History. Source: G.L. § 482. G.S. § 577. R.S. 08: § 1260. C.L. § 8735. CSA: C. 45, § 82. CRS 53: § 35-4-5 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-4-5 . L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 92, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2009: (1) amended,(HB 09-1118), ch. 130, p. 561, § 5, effective August 5.    ANNOTATION   Duty of clerk to be available to perform certain functions. The responsibilities of the position of the clerk of the board of county commissioners include either being available, or having a deputy available, during regular business hours to perform the constitutional and statutory functions. Bd. of County Comm'rs v. Hatfield, 39 Colo. App. 548, 570 P.2d 1091 (1977).   Duty to attend meetings of board of county commissioners. Upon receiving notice from the board, the clerk has the constitutional and statutory duty to attend the board's meetings, and she must respond immediately if such is the request of the board. Bd. of County Comm'rs v. Hatfield, 39 Colo. App. 548, 570 P.2d 1091 (1977).
CO Code § 30-10-405.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-405.5. Electronic Filings

 The county clerk and recorder may accept by electronic filing deeds and all other documents authorized by law to be recorded in his or her office. As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires, ”electronic“ means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. To the extent the provisions of this part 4 differ from the requirements of the federal ”Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act“, 15 U.S.C. sec. 7001 et seq., the provisions of this part 4 are intended to modify, limit, or supercede the requirements of such act, as provided for in section 7002 (a) of such act.   History. Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 789, § 1, effective August 7.
CO Code § 30-10-406.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-406.5. Redaction of First Five Digits of Social Security Numbers on Public Documents

  A county clerk and recorder shall redact the first five digits of a social security number from a public document recorded with the clerk and recorder upon the request of the individual assigned the social security number or that individual's designee by power of attorney or appointment of personal representative, custodian, conservator, or guardian if:   The document is in electronic form;    The clerk and recorder has the equipment needed to automatically make the redaction; and    The individual requesting redaction makes the request in writing on a form provided by the clerk and pays a fee pursuant to section 30-1-103 (1).       A county clerk and recorder may, but is not required to, make a requested redaction even if he or she lacks the equipment needed to do so automatically.     History. Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1112), ch. 28, p. 171, § 1, effective January 1, 2015.
CO Code § 30-10-410 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-410. File of Plats or Maps - Index - Names

 The clerk and recorder shall maintain a file of all subdivision plats presented for recording in accordance with law and all common interest community plats or maps presented for recording in accordance with section 38-33.3-201 , C.R.S. Subdivision plats shall be indexed in the grantor index under the name of the person that signs and acknowledges the plat as the owner and dedicator and in the grantee index under the name of the plat shown thereon. The clerk and recorder shall also keep an alphabetical index of such subdivision plats by the name of the plat. Common interest community plats or maps shall be indexed in the same manner as the declaration for such community, as provided in section 38-33.3-201 , C.R.S.   History. Source: G.L. § 486. G.S. § 581. R.S. 08: § 1264. C.L. § 8739. CSA: C. 45, § 86. CRS 53: § 35-4-10 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-4-10 . L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1559, § 7, effective July 1.
CO Code § 30-10-413 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-413. Certified Copies Prima Facie Evidence

 Copies of all documents recorded or filed in the office of the clerk and recorder and transcripts from the records kept therein, certified by the clerk and recorder under the seal of his or her office, shall be prima facie evidence in all cases.   History. Source: G.L. § 488. G.S. § 583. R.S. 08: § 1266. C.L. § 8741. CSA: C. 45, § 88. CRS 53: § 35-4-13 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-4-13 . L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1560, § 10, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Public record is prima facie evidence of collateral matters appropriately incorporated therein when the document has been signed under oath and properly attested to, as such precautions afford at least a presumption of trustworthiness with respect to matters contained within the document. Oak Creek Power Co. v. Colo. River Water Conservation Dist., 182 Colo. 389 , 514 P.2d 323 (1973).   Under this section, articles of incorporation, when so recorded, may be used in evidence for the purpose of establishing any fact other than that of corporate existence; and, even without this provision of the law, it is held that where the record or document appointed by law is not part of the fact to be proved, but is merely a collateral or subsequent memorial of the fact, it has not this exclusive character, but any other legal proof is admitted. Thus, the date of incorporation is a secondary fact, and could be proved by collateral circumstances or parol evidence. Schiffer v. Adams, 13 Colo. 572 , 22 P. 964 (1889).
CO Code § 30-10-415 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-415. Tax Sales Excepted

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the recording of certificates of sale or redemption of land for taxes.   History. Source: L. 1879: P. 49, §§ 1, 2. G.S. §§ 585, 586. R.S. 08: §§ 1268, 1269. C.L. §§ 8743, 8744. CSA: C. 45, §§ 90, 91. CRS 53: § 35-4-15 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-4-15 . L. 73: P. 1156, § 2. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 1561, § 11, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   The clerk is required to keep indices of a certain character. Treat v. McDonough, 148 Colo. 603 , 367 P.2d 587 (1961).   Right of general public to inspect and copy. At common law, due to land ownership by a very limited number of people, there was no general public right to inspect or copy public records; however, this concept later gave way, particularly in the United States, to a recognition of such a right due to our belief in widespread ownership of real property. Treat v. McDonough, 148 Colo. 603 , 367 P.2d 587 (1961).
CO Code § 30-10-416 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-416. Clerk to Administer Oaths or Affirmations - Take Affidavit or Deposition

 The county clerk and recorders of the several counties in the state of Colorado are authorized, within their respective counties, to administer all oaths or affirmations required to be taken by any person upon any lawful occasion, and to take affidavits and depositions concerning any matter or thing, process, or proceeding pending or to be commenced in any court, or any occasion wherein such affidavit or deposition is authorized or required by law to be taken.   History. Source: G.L. § 425. G.S. § 587. R.S. 08: § 1270. C.L. § 8745. CSA: C. 45, § 92. CRS 53: § 35-4-16 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-4-16 . L. 64: P. 382, § 6. L. 2018: Entire section amended,(HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 697, § 23, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1138, see section 1 of chapter 88, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 30-10-417 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-417. False Oaths, Perjury

 Oaths and affirmations, affidavits, and depositions administered or taken as provided in section 30-10-416 shall subject any person, who falsely swears or affirms to matters material to any issue or point in question, to the penalties provided by law for persons guilty of perjury in the second degree.   History. Source: G.L. § 426. G.S. § 588. R.S. 08: § 1271. C.L. § 8746. CSA: C. 45, § 93. CRS 53: § 35-4-17 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-4-17 . L. 72: P. 557, § 11.    Cross references:   For perjury in the second degree, see § 18-8-503 .
CO Code § 30-10-418 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-418. Fees of County Clerk and Recorder for Administering Oaths

 For administering oaths and taking affidavits or depositions, as provided in section 30-10-416 , county clerk and recorders shall receive the fee prescribed by section 30-1-103 (2)(a) .   History. Source: G.L. § 427. G.S. § 589. R.S. 08: § 1272. C.L. § 8747. CSA: C. 45, § 94. CRS 53: § 35-4-18 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-4-18 . L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1226, § 6, effective July 1.
CO Code § 30-10-420 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder|§ 30-10-420. Maintenance of Trade Name Registration

 Every county clerk and recorder shall maintain trade name registration records provided by the department of revenue.   History. Source: L. 83: Entire section added, p. 984, § 4, effective July 1, 1985.
CO Code § 30-10-501 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 5 - Sheriff|§ 30-10-501. Sheriff - Election - Bond - Insurance

  A sheriff 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 duties of office, shall execute to the people of the state of Colorado a bond, with at least three sufficient sureties, in the sum of not less than five thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars, which the board of county commissioners, or, if it is not in session, the county clerk and recorder, subject to the approval of such board at its next session thereafter, shall specify and approve. When approved, the bond shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorder, and no person shall be received as surety who is not worth at least two thousand dollars over and above the surety's just debts.    In lieu of the bond required by subsection (1) of this section, a county may purchase crime insurance coverage in an amount not less than ten thousand dollars on behalf of the sheriff to protect the people of the county from any malfeasance on the part of the sheriff while in office.     History. Source: G.L. § 489. G.S. § 593. R.S. 08: § 1273. C.L. § 8748. CSA: C. 45, § 95. CRS 53: § 35-5-1 . L. 56: P. 128, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-5-1 . L. 2010: Entire section amended,(HB 10-1062), ch. 161, p. 560, § 15, effective August 11.    Cross references:   For the election of county officers, see § 8 of art. XIV, Colo. Const., and § 1-4-206 ; for bonds executed by surety companies, see § 10-4-301 ; for the approval of official bonds, see § 24-13-116 ; for bonds of county officers, see § 30-10-110 .   ANNOTATION   County sheriff is a ”person“ for the purposes of a civil rights action for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Wigger v. McKee, 809 P.2d 999 (Colo. App. 1990); Cortese v. Black, 838 F. Supp. 485 (D. Colo. 1993 ).
CO Code § 30-10-501.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 5 - Sheriff|§ 30-10-501.5. Qualifications

  No person is eligible for nomination, election, or appointment to the office of sheriff unless the person:   Is a citizen of the United States, is a citizen of the state of Colorado, and is a resident of the county to which the person is to be appointed or elected;    Possesses a high school diploma or its equivalent or a college degree;    Has had a complete set of fingerprints taken by a qualified law enforcement agency and has submitted a receipt evidencing the fingerprinting at the time of filing his or her written acceptance pursuant to section 1-4-601 (3), 1-4-906, or part 10 of article 4 of title 1, or at the time of filing an affidavit of intent pursuant to section 1-4-1101, as applicable. The law enforcement agency shall forward the fingerprints to the Colorado bureau of investigation. The bureau shall utilize the fingerprints, its files and records, and those of the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of determining whether the person has ever been convicted of or pleaded guilty or entered a plea of nolo contendere to any felony charge under federal or state laws. The Colorado bureau of investigation shall notify the county clerk and recorder of the county for which the person is a candidate of the results of the fingerprint analysis. If a conviction or plea is disclosed, the person is unqualified for the office of sheriff, unless pardoned. The results of the fingerprint analysis are confidential; except that the county clerk and recorder may divulge whether the person is qualified or unqualified for the office of sheriff.        History. Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1444, § 1, effective April 5; (1)(c) and IP(2) amended, p. 303, § 4, effective June 8. L. 95: (1)(c) amended, p. 1106, § 46, effective May 31. L. 97: Entire section R&RE, p. 925, § 1, effective May 21. L. 2017: IP(1) and (1)(c) amended,(SB 17-209), ch. 234, p. 963, § 11, effective August 9.    ANNOTATION   When the general assembly enacted the original sheriff training statute in 1990, § 30-10-101.5 , it lacked authority to impose any qualifications on the constitutionally created office of county sheriff. Jackson v. State, 966 P.2d 1046 (Colo. 1998).   Because the original sheriff training statute sought to impose qualifications for the job of sheriff in the form of certification requirements, it was unconstitutional. Jackson v. State, 966 P.2d 1046 (Colo. 1998).   The training and certification requirements contained in the reenacted sheriff training statute passed by the general assembly in 1996 could not be applied to county sheriffs during a term of office that began before the effective date of the new requirements. Jackson v. State, 966 P.2d 1046 (Colo. 1998).
CO Code § 30-10-501.6 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 5 - Sheriff|§ 30-10-501.6. Training

  Every person elected or appointed to the office of sheriff for the first time shall:   Attend a minimum of eighty clock hours at a new sheriff training course developed and facilitated either by the county sheriffs of Colorado, incorporated, or any other training resource agency approved by the Colorado peace officers standards and training board, the first time such training course is given after the person's election or appointment. The Colorado peace officers standards and training board shall have discretion to allow the substitution of any combination of education, experience, and training deemed by the board to be equivalent to such new sheriff training course.    Obtain basic peace officer certification within one year of taking office. An extension may be granted by the Colorado peace officers standards and training board of up to one year to obtain such certification upon just cause shown. The Colorado peace officers standards and training board shall issue written findings of fact supporting such an extension.       Every sheriff must possess basic peace officer certification and shall undergo at least the number of clock hours of in-service training required for all certified peace officers by the Colorado peace officers standards and training board, but in no case less than twenty hours. Such training shall be provided either by the county sheriffs of Colorado, incorporated, or any other training resource agency approved by the Colorado peace officers standards and training board, every year during such sheriff's term. The Colorado peace officers standards and training board shall have discretion to waive in-service training upon presentation of evidence by the sheriff demonstrating just cause for noncompletion of such training. The Colorado peace officers standards and training board shall have discretion to allow the substitution of any combination of education, experience, and training deemed by the board to be equivalent to such in-service training.    The county shall only pay all reasonable costs and expenses of new sheriff and in-service training.     History. Source: L. 97: Entire section added, p. 926, § 2, effective May 21. L. 2017: (2) amended, (HB 17-1050), ch. 30, p. 86, § 1, effective August 9.
CO Code § 30-10-501.7 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 5 - Sheriff|§ 30-10-501.7. Enforcement

  In the event a sheriff fails to comply with the requirements set forth in section 30-10-501.6, such sheriff's pay must be suspended by the board of county commissioners in accordance with subsection (2) of this section. Such sheriff's pay shall be reinstated with back pay by the board of county commissioners upon completion of said requirements in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.    In any circumstances set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the Colorado peace officers standards and training board shall notify the board of county commissioners of the sheriff's failure to comply with the requirements of said subsection (1) and that state law requires the county commissioners to immediately suspend such sheriff's pay until the requirements of section 30-10-501.6 have been complied with. After the sheriff's compliance with the provisions of section 30-10-501.6, the Colorado peace officers standards and training board shall immediately notify the board of county commissioners of the sheriff's compliance and that state law requires the board of county commissioners to reinstate such sheriff's pay and provide him or her any back pay.     History. Source: L. 97: Entire section added, p. 926, § 2, effective May 21.
CO Code § 30-10-502 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 5 - Sheriff|§ 30-10-502. Form of Bond

 [Form Excluded]   History. Source: G.L. § 490. G.S. § 594. R.S. 08: § 1274. C.L. § 8749. CSA: C. 45, § 96. CRS 53: § 35-5-2 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-5-2 . L. 2010: Entire section amended,(HB 10-1062), ch. 161, p. 560, § 16, effective August 11.    ANNOTATION   There can be no recovery upon an official bond outside its terms. Tate v. People ex rel. Dewees, 6 Colo. App. 202, 40 P. 471 (1895).   And it is the second condition of the statutory bond which applies to money collected by the sheriff, and it is the second condition of the bond in suit which undertakes to direct the disposition to be made by the sheriff of money received by him as an officer, and it requires him to turn the money over, not to the party entitled to it, but to his successors in office, so that the condition was not broken by his failure to pay it to the judgment creditor. Tate v. People ex rel. Dewees, 6 Colo. App. 202, 40 P. 471 (1895).
CO Code § 30-10-503 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 30 - Government - County|Article 10 - County Officers|Part 5 - Sheriff|§ 30-10-503. Sheriff Assumes Duties - When

 When the term of office of any sheriff expires and the sheriff-elect qualifies according to law, the county clerk and recorder shall issue a notice setting forth that said sheriff-elect has qualified according to law, which notice shall be served by the new sheriff on the former sheriff, whereupon such former sheriff shall immediately transfer and deliver to the new sheriff all the writs, processes, books, and papers belonging to the office, except as otherwise excepted in this part 5, and also the possession of the courthouse and jail of the county, and shall take from the new sheriff a receipt specifying the papers so delivered over and the prisoners in custody, if any, which receipt shall be sufficient indemnity to the person taking the same.   History. Source: G.L. § 498. G.S. § 602. R.S. 08: § 1285. C.L. § 8760. CSA: C. 45, § 107. CRS 53: § 35-5-3 . C.R.S. 1963: § 35-5-3 . L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1062), ch. 161, p. 561, § 17, effective August 11.