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CO Code § 13-5-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 5 - Judicial Districts|Part 2 - District Court Magistrates|§ 13-5-201. District Court Magistrates

  District court magistrates may be appointed, subject to available appropriations, pursuant to section 13-3-105, if approved by the chief justice of the supreme court.    A district court magistrate shall be a qualified attorney-at-law admitted to practice in this state and in good standing. Nothing in this part 2 shall affect the qualifications of water referees appointed pursuant to section 37-92-203 (6), C.R.S. (2.5) District court magistrates shall have the power to solemnize marriages pursuant to the procedures in section 14-2-109 , C.R.S.    District court magistrates may hear such matters as are determined by rule of the supreme court, subject to the provision that no magistrate may preside in any trial by jury. (3.5) District court magistrates shall have the power to preside over matters specified in section 13-17.5-105 .    For purposes of this part 2, the Denver probate court shall be regarded as a district court.     History. Source: L. 83: Entire part added, p. 600, § 1, effective May 20. L. 89: (2.5) added, p. 781, § 2, effective April 4. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 354, § 2, effective April 9. L. 93: (2) amended, p. 1774, § 30, effective June 6. L. 95: (3.5) added, p. 480, § 2, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For magistrates in the small claims division of county courts, see § 13-6-405 ; for magistrates in county courts, see part 5 of article 6 of this title.
CO Code § 13-6-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 1 - Establishment and Jurisdiction|§ 13-6-101. Establishment

 Pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of article VI of the Colorado constitution, there is hereby established in each county of the state of Colorado a county court.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 409, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-13-1 .    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Colorado's New Court System”, see 41 Den. L. Ctr. J. 140 (1964).   For the general assembly using its constitutional power to create county courts, see Rowland v. Theobald, 159 Colo. 1 , 409 P.2d 272 (1965).
CO Code § 13-6-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 1 - Establishment and Jurisdiction|§ 13-6-102. Court of Record

 Each county court shall be a court of record, with such powers as are inherent in constitutionally created courts.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 409, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-13-2 .    ANNOTATION   County court records are entitled to the same presumptions as those of district courts. The county courts are courts of record, and as to matters within their jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state, their records are supported by the same presumptions and intendments of law as the records of district courts. Fletcher v. Stowell, 17 Colo. 94 , 28 P. 326 (1891), citing Hughes v. Cummings, 7 Colo. 138 , 2 P. 289 (1883); Dusing v. Nelson, 7 Colo. 184 , 2 P. 922 (1883); Behymer v. Nordloh, 12 Colo. 352 , 21 P. 37 (1888); In re Rogers, 14 Colo. 18 , 22 P. 1053 (1890)(cases decided under repealed laws antecedent to CSA, C. 46, § 156).
CO Code § 13-6-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 1 - Establishment and Jurisdiction|§ 13-6-103. Statewide Jurisdiction

 The jurisdiction of the county court shall extend to all cases which arise within the boundaries of this state or are subject to its judicial power and which are within the limitations imposed by this article, but the exercise of this jurisdiction is subject to restrictions of venue as established by this article or, if there are none, by rule of the Colorado supreme court.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 409, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-13-3 . L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 598, § 12, effective July 1.
CO Code § 13-6-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 1 - Establishment and Jurisdiction|§ 13-6-106. Original Criminal Jurisdiction

  The county court shall have concurrent original jurisdiction with the district court in the following criminal matters:   Criminal actions for the violation of state laws which constitute misdemeanors or petty offenses, except those actions involving children over which the juvenile court of the city and county of Denver or the district courts of the state, other than in Denver, have exclusive jurisdiction;    The issuance of warrants, the conduct of preliminary examinations, the conduct of dispositional hearings pursuant to section 16-5-301 (1), C.R.S., and section 18-1-404 (1), C.R.S., the issuance of bindover orders, and the admission to bail in felonies and misdemeanors.       The provisions of subsection (1)(b) of this section shall not apply to any child under the age of eighteen years alleged to have committed a felony, except a crime of violence punishable by death or life imprisonment where the accused is sixteen years of age or older.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 411, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-13-6 . L. 67: P. 1051, § 6. L. 79: (1)(a) amended, p. 599, § 15, effective July 1. L. 98: (1)(b) amended, p. 1274, § 4, July 1.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “Commitment of Misdemeanants to the Colorado State Reformatory”, see 29 Dicta 294 (1952).   Annotator's note. Since § 13-6-106 is similar to repealed § 37-7-1 , CRS 53, relevant cases construing that provision have been included in the annotations to this section.   Under this section, the jurisdiction of county courts in criminal cases is limited to misdemeanors; hence a conviction of grand larceny in the county court and a sentence to the state penitentiary is void. Latham v. People, 136 Colo. 252 , 317 P.2d 894 (1957).   The jurisdiction conferred by the general assembly in § 42-4-1504 for misdemeanors involving the operation of motor vehicles did not intend to impliedly repeal this section conferring original jurisdiction upon the county courts in misdemeanor cases. People v. Griffith, 130 Colo. 475 , 276 P.2d 559 (1954).   Jurisdiction extends to offenses under § 42-4-1501 . Jurisdiction of the county courts includes those offenses reclassified as misdemeanor traffic offenses under § 42-4-1501 . Phillips v. County Court, 42 Colo. App. 187, 591 P.2d 600 (1979).   Since a person under age 18 can only be charged with an offense in the manner permitted by the Children's Code, the county court had no jurisdiction to entertain or to dispose of the merits of the proceeding involving an offense alleged against a juvenile and was without authority to go further than merely dismissing the case without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction. People in Interest of C.O., 870 P.2d 1266 (Colo. App. 1994).
CO Code § 13-6-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-201. Classification of Counties

  For such organizational and administrative purposes concerning county courts as are specified in this part 2, counties shall be classified as provided in subsection (2) of this section. The classifications established in this section shall not have any effect upon any classifications now provided by law for any other purpose and specifically shall have no effect upon the existing classification of counties for the purpose of fixing judicial salaries for county judges as provided by section 13-30-103.    Classes of counties for this part 2 are:   Class A. Class A shall consist of the city and county of Denver.    Class B. Class B shall consist of the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Douglas, Eagle, El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, Pueblo, Summit, Weld, and the city and county of Broomfield.    Class C. Class C shall consist of the counties of Alamosa, Delta, Garfield, Las Animas, Logan, Montezuma, Morgan, Otero, Prowers, and Rio Grande.    Class D. Class D shall consist of the counties of Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Clear Creek, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Dolores, Elbert, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Jackson, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Moffat, Ouray, Park, Phillips, Pitkin, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Rio Blanco, Routt, Teller, Washington, and Yuma.        History. Source: L. 64: P. 411, § 7. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-1 . L. 72: P. 591, § 59. L. 75: (2)(b) and (2)(d) amended, p. 563, § 1, effective July 1. L. 77: (2)(b) R&RE and (2)(c) amended, p. 783, §§ 1, 2, effective July 1, 1978. L. 81: (1) amended, p. 2025, § 15, effective July 14. L. 92: (2)(b) and (2)(d) amended, p. 274, § 1, effective February 12. L. 93: (2)(b) and (2)(d) amended, p. 1774, § 31, effective June 6. L. 97: (2)(b) and (2)(d) amended, p. 984, § 1, effective July 1, 1998. L. 2001: (2)(b) amended, p. 56, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1), (2)(b), and (2)(c) amended, p. 363, § 1, effective April 2. L. 2009: (2)(b) and (2)(c) amended,(HB 09-1037), ch. 18, p. 95, § 1, effective March 18.
CO Code § 13-6-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-202. Number of Judges

  In each county there shall be one county judge; except that: In the county of El Paso, there shall be eight county judges; in each of the counties of Arapahoe and Jefferson, there shall be seven county judges; in the county of Adams, there shall be six county judges; in the county of Boulder, there shall be five county judges; in each of the counties of Larimer and Weld, there shall be four county judges; in each of the counties of Pueblo, Douglas, and Mesa, there shall be three county judges; and, in the city and county of Denver, there shall be the number of county judges provided by the charter and ordinances thereof. In the city and county of Broomfield, there shall be one county judge. One of the county judges in Boulder county shall maintain a courtroom in the city of Longmont at least three days per week. The judge of the Eagle county court shall conduct court business in that portion of Eagle county lying in the Roaring Fork river drainage area in a manner sufficient to deal with the business before the court.      Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of county judges in the county of Jefferson shall be eight.    Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2009, the number of county judges in the county of Jefferson shall be nine.         Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of county judges in the county of El Paso shall be nine.    Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2009, the number of county judges in the county of El Paso shall be ten.       Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of county judges in the county of Larimer shall be five.      Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of county judges in the county of Adams shall be seven.    Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2009, the number of county judges in the county of Adams shall be eight.       Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of county judges in the county of Arapahoe shall be eight.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 412, § 8. L. 65: P. 476, §§ 1, 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-2 . L. 67: P. 485, § 1. L. 68: P. 38, § 1. L. 72: Pp. 189, 592, §§ 1, 60. L. 73: P. 495, § 1. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 565, § 2, effective October 1. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 785, § 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 509, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 454, § 4, effective September 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 749, § 1, effective April 1, 1990. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 275, § 2, effective February 12. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 452, § 1, effective May 16. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 668, § 1, effective May 18. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 56, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 22, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1529, § 16, effective May 31.
CO Code § 13-6-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-203. Qualifications of Judges

  The county judge shall be a qualified elector of the county for which he is elected or appointed and shall reside there so long as he serves as county judge.    In counties of Class A and B, no person shall be eligible for election or appointment to the office of county judge unless he has been admitted to the practice of law in Colorado.    In counties of Class C and Class D, a person is not eligible for appointment to the office of county judge unless he or she has graduated from high school or has successfully completed a high school equivalency examination, as defined in section 22-33-102 (8.5), C.R.S.    Repealed.    Judges-elect who have not been admitted to the practice of law shall not take office for the first time as county judge until they have attended an institute on the duties and functioning of the county court to be held under the supervision of the supreme court, unless such attendance is waived by the supreme court. Judges who are attorneys and who are taking office for the first time as county judge may attend this institute if they wish. All judges are entitled to their actual and necessary expenses while attending this institute. The supreme court shall establish the institute to which this subsection (5) refers and shall provide that it be held when the appointment of a sufficient number of nonlawyer county judges warrants, as determined by the chief justice.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 412, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-3 . L. 67: P. 457, § 9. L. 69: P. 250, § 10. L. 72: P. 592, § 61. L. 73: P. 1402, § 30. L. 79: (3) amended and (4) repealed, pp. 599, 602, §§ 16, 30, effective July 1. L. 2014: (3) amended,(SB 14-058), ch. 102, p. 377, § 2, effective April 7.
CO Code § 13-6-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-204. Activities of Judges

  In counties of Class A and B, county judges shall devote their full time to judicial duties and shall not engage in the private practice of law. They may also serve as municipal judges in counties of Class A but may not do so in counties of Class B.    In counties of Class C and D, county judges, if admitted to the bar, may engage in the private practice of law in courts other than the county court and in matters which have not and will not come before the county court and may serve as municipal judges.    County judges of any class county may be appointed as magistrates in juvenile matters and as magistrates for the district court in mental health matters and shall receive no additional compensation for such service. County judges may accept appointment as magistrates in any other matter, and for such service a county judge is entitled to such compensation as the appointing district judge may allow, payable from funds provided under sections 13-3-104 and 13-3-106.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 413, § 10. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-4 . L. 79: (3) amended, p. 764, § 13, effective July 1. L. 91: (3) amended, p. 356, § 9, effective April 9.
CO Code § 13-6-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-205. Term and Appointment of Judges

 The term of office of county judges shall be four years. County judge appointments shall be made pursuant to section 20 of article VI of the state constitution. This section shall not apply to the city and county of Denver, and the term of office and manner of selection of county judges therein shall be determined by the charter and ordinances thereof.   History. Source: L. 64: P. 413, § 11. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-5 . L. 72: P. 592, § 62.
CO Code § 13-6-206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-206. Vacancies

  If the office of a county judge, except in the city and county of Denver, becomes vacant because of death, resignation, failure to be retained in office pursuant to section 25 of article VI of the state constitution, or other cause, the governor, as provided in section 20 of article VI of the state constitution, shall appoint an individual possessing the qualifications specified in section 13-6-203.    If the office of a county judge becomes vacant, the general assembly encourages the judicial district nominating commission in certifying the names of the nominees to the governor to give preference to persons who:   Reside within the county in which the vacancy occurs; and    Have been admitted to practice law in the state.        History. Source: L. 64: P. 413, § 12. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-6 . L. 67: P. 457, § 10. L. 2016: Entire section amended,(SB 16-153), ch. 194, p. 684, § 1, effective August 10.    ANNOTATION   Vacancy exists if newly elected judge dies before possessing office. People v. Boughton, 5 Colo. 487 (1880) (decided under repealed laws antecedent to CSA, C. 46, § 122).
CO Code § 13-6-209 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-209. Special Associate and Associate County Judges - Designated Counties

  In the county of Montrose there shall be an associate county judge who shall maintain his or her official residence in Montrose county and court chambers in that portion of Montrose county that is included in the southwestern water conservation district as set forth and described in section 37-47-103, C.R.S.    In the county of Garfield there shall be a special associate county judge who shall maintain his official residence and court chambers in the city of Rifle.    In the county of Rio Blanco there shall be an associate county judge who shall maintain his official residence and court chambers in the city of Rangely.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 414, § 15. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-9 . L. 67: P. 485, § 2. L. 71: P. 371, § 2. L. 75: (4) repealed, p. 564, § 3, effective January 1, 1979. L. 2012: (1) amended,(HB 12-1323), ch. 105, p. 358, § 1, effective April 13.    ANNOTATION   Section is constitutional. Subsection (2) of this section does not violate § 25 of art. V, or § 19 of art. VI, Colo. Const., for there is no dispute that the general assembly has the power to determine the number of judges in each district. Sanders v. District Court, 166 Colo. 455 , 444 P.2d 645 (1968).
CO Code § 13-6-211 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-211. Appointment of Clerk

     The position of clerk of the county court is established in counties of Classes A, B, C, and D, except as otherwise provided in this section and in section 13-3-107.    In counties of Class A, the appointment of the clerk shall be made and his salary fixed as prescribed in the charter and ordinances of such county.    In counties of Classes B, C, and D, the appointment and salary of the clerk shall be in accordance with the provisions of section 13-3-105.       In such counties as may be determined by the chief justice, the functions of the office of the clerk of the county court may be performed by a consolidated office serving both the district and county courts, as provided in section 13-3-107.    In any county in which there is no clerk of the county court provided pursuant to the provisions of section 13-3-105, the judge of the county court shall act as ex officio clerk without further compensation and have all the duties and powers of the clerk.     History. Source: L. 64: P. 416, § 20. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-14 . L. 69: P. 251, § 14. L. 79: (2) amended, p. 599, § 17, effective July 1.    ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 13-6-211 is similar to repealed laws antecedent to CSA, C. 46, § 191, relevant cases construing those provisions have been included in the annotations to this section.   A county judge may elect to perform the duties of clerk of his court and when he does so elect is authorized to issue and sign all processes from his court. But when a clerk has been appointed by a county judge, so long as the appointment is not revoked, the clerk or his deputy alone has power to discharge the clerical duties of the office, and a summons issued and signed by the judge is void notwithstanding the disqualification of the clerk to act on account of absence or sickness. McNevins v. McNevins, 28 Colo. 245 , 64 P. 199 (1901).   A clerk may also be probation officer. There is no statutory inhibition against one person holding the offices of clerk of the county court and probation officer. Bd. of County Comm'rs v. Wharton, 82 Colo. 466 , 261 P. 4 (1927).
CO Code § 13-6-212 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure|Article 6 - County Courts|Part 2 - Judges and Other Personnel|§ 13-6-212. Duties of Clerk

  The powers and duties of the clerk of the county court shall be similar to the powers and duties of the clerk of the district court exclusive of the powers of the district court clerk in probate and shall include such duties as may be assigned to him by law, by court rules, and by the county judge.    Upon approval by the chief justice of the supreme court, the chief judge of a judicial district may authorize, either generally or in specific cases, the clerk of the county court to do the following:   Issue bench warrants, misdemeanor or felony warrants, and writs of restitution upon written or oral order of a judge;    Advise defendants in criminal cases of their procedural and constitutional rights;    Accept pleas of not guilty in all criminal cases and set dates for hearings or trials in such cases;    Subject to the requirements of the Colorado rules of civil procedure, enter default and default judgments and issue process for the enforcement of said judgments;    Under the direction of a judge, grant continuances, set motions for hearing, and set cases for trial; and    With the consent of the defendant, accept pleas of guilty and admissions of liability and impose penalties pursuant to a schedule approved by the presiding judge in misdemeanor cases involving violations of wildlife and parks and outdoor recreation laws for which the maximum penalty in each case is a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and in misdemeanor traffic and traffic infraction cases involving the regulation of vehicles and traffic for which the penalty specified in section 42-4-1701, C.R.S., or elsewhere in articles 2 to 4 of title 42, C.R.S., in each case is less than three hundred dollars. A clerk shall not levy a fine of over said amounts nor sentence any person to jail. If, in the judgment of the clerk, a fine of over said amounts or a jail sentence is justified, the case shall be certified to the judge of the county court for rearraignment and trial de novo.        History. Source: L. 64: P. 417, § 21. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-15 . L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 608, § 1, effective April 25. L. 83: (2)(f) amended, p. 602, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: (2)(f) amended, p. 921, § 7, effective January 1, 1985. L. 94: (2)(f) amended, p. 2549, § 30, effective January 1, 1995.    Cross references:   For court clerk's duties, see article 1 of this title and § 13-5-125 ; for law enforcement and penalties relating to wildlife and parks and outdoor recreation, see articles 6 and 15 of title 33.