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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-161 - Saguache

Saguache county: Commencing at the most easterly point of La Loma del Norte; thence in an easterly direction to the point where the Mosco creek enters into the San Luis Valley; thence up the center of said creek to the boundary line of Fremont county, on the summit of the Sangre de Cristo range; thence in a northwesterly direction along the summit of said range to the top of the range at the Poncho pass; thence in a direct line west to the one hundred and seventh degree of longitude; thence south, following said degree, to the north boundary line of Conejos county; thence east along the north boundary line of Conejos county to where it intersects the southwest boundary of Saguache county; thence on a produced southeasterly line to the mouth of the canyon of the snowy range, from whence flows the Rio Grande del Norte; thence down the center of said stream to the place of beginning.
L. 1872: p. 81, § 1. G.L. § 352. G.S. § 427. R.S. 08: § 1140. C.L. § 8624. CSA: C. 44, § 66. CRS 53: § 34-1-61. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-61.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-162 - [Repealed]

L. 1874: p. 68, § 13. G.L. omitted. G.S. § 426. R.S. 08: § 1141. C.L. § 8625. CSA: C. 44, § 67. CRS 53: § 34-1-62. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-62. L. 81: Entire section repealed, p. 1434, § 22, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-163 - San Juan

The county of San Juan is hereby created and established, with the legal capacity and functions of the other counties of the state, and with boundaries as follows:
Commencing at a point on the western boundary of Hinsdale county, nine miles south of where it intersects the tenth correction line north; running thence due west to the western line of the state; thence north along such line to a point ten miles north of the thirty-eighth parallel of north latitude; thence east to a point on the summit of the main range of mountains, dividing the waters of the Uncompahgre and Animas rivers from the waters of the Lake Fork of the Gunnison; thence in a southerly direction along the summit of said range to a point at the head of the north fork of Pole creek; thence down said creek to the present boundary line between Hinsdale and La Plata counties; thence due south along said line to the place of beginning; and the boundary lines of La Plata and Hinsdale counties are hereby changed to correspond with the provisions of this section.
L. 1876: p. 58, § 1. G.L. § 384. G.S. § 461. R.S. 08: § 1142. C.L. § 8626. CSA: C. 44, § 68. CRS 53: § 34-1-63. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-63.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-164 - San Miguel

The county of San Miguel is hereby created and established, with the legal capacity and functions of other counties of this state, and with the boundaries as follows:
Commencing at a point on the boundary line between the counties of Hinsdale and San Juan, due east of the junction of Mineral creek and the main branch of the Uncompahgre river; thence due west through said junction to the summit of the divide between Red Mountain valley and Poughkeepsie gulch; thence southerly along said divide, to the divide between the waters of the Animas river and the Uncompahgre river; thence along the divide separating the waters of the Uncompahgre and San Miguel rivers on the north from those of Animas river on the south, to the north line of La Plata county; thence along the north line of said La Plata county to the western line of the state; thence north to the southwest corner of Lake county; thence east along the south line of Lake county to the western line of Hinsdale county; thence southerly along the western boundary of Hinsdale county to the place of beginning.
G.L. § 385. G.S. § 462. R.S. 08: § 1143. C.L. § 8627. CSA: C. 44, § 69. CRS 53: § 34-1-64. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-64.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-165 - San Miguel and Dolores - boundary

The boundary line between San Miguel and Dolores counties is hereby established as follows:
Commencing at the common section corner of sections twenty-seven, twenty-eight, thirty-three and thirty-four, township forty-one north, range nine west, New Mexico principal meridian, being the point of intersection of the said line with the west boundary line of the county of San Juan; thence north and west along the summit of the range dividing the waters of the San Miguel and Dolores rivers to the summit of Lone Cone mountain; thence northwesterly to the northeast corner of section twenty-three, township forty-two, north, range thirteen west New Mexico principal meridian; thence westerly following the section lines three miles north of the south boundary line of township forty-two to the west bank of the Dolores river on the boundary line between sections fourteen and twenty-three of said township forty-two north range eighteen west New Mexico principal meridian; thence south along the east boundary line of said section twenty-three to the southwest corner of said section twenty-three; thence west along the section lines two miles north of the south boundary of said township forty-two to the west boundary line of the state of Colorado.
L. 27: p. 278, § 1. CSA: C. 44, § 70. CRS 53: § 34-1-65. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-65.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-166 - San Miguel and Ouray - names changed

The name of the county of Uncompahgre is hereby changed to Ouray, and the name of Ouray county is hereby changed to San Miguel county.
L. 1883: p. 123, § 1. G.S. § 483. R.S. 08: § 1144. C.L. § 8628. CSA: C. 44, § 71. CRS 53: § 34-1-66. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-66.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-167 - Sedgwick

Beginning at the northeast corner boundary of Colorado; thence west on the north boundary line of Colorado to its intersection with the west line of range forty-seven west; thence south on said range line to its intersection with the southern boundary of the northern half of township nine north; thence east on said southern boundary to the east boundary line of Colorado; and thence north on said boundary line to the place of beginning. Said public land survey lines are based upon the sixth principal meridian.
L. 1889: p. 340, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1145. C.L. § 8629. CSA: C. 44, § 72. CRS 53: § 34-1-67. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-67. L. 81: Entire section R&RE, p. 1433, § 20, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-168 - Summit

Summit county: All that portion of the state bounded on the south by the county of Lake, and on the east by the summit of the snowy range, and on the north and west by the state boundary.
R.S. p. 162, § 37. G.L. § 369. G.S. § 444. R.S. 08: § 1146. C.L. § 8630. CSA: C. 44, § 73. CRS 53: § 34-1-68. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-68.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-169 - Teller

So much of the counties of El Paso and Fremont 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 Teller:
Beginning at the northeast corner of Fremont county at the intersection of the line between ranges sixty-seven and sixty-eight west of the sixth principal meridian, with the line between townships fifteen and sixteen south; thence north on the line between ranges sixty-seven and sixty-eight, seven miles, more or less, to the corner common to sections thirty and thirty-one, township fourteen south, range sixty-seven west, and sections twenty-five and thirty-six, township fourteen south of range sixty-eight west; thence westerly along section lines seven miles, more or less, to the corner common to sections twenty-five, twenty-six, thirty-five and thirty-six, in township fourteen south, range sixty-nine west; thence north on section lines, five miles, more or less, to the corner common to sections one and two, township fourteen south, range sixty-nine west, and sections thirty-five and thirty-six, township thirteen south, range sixty-nine west; thence east two miles along township line to corner common to sections five and six, township fourteen south, range sixty-eight west, and sections thirty-one and thirty-two, township thirteen south, range sixty-eight west; thence north along section lines eighteen miles, more or less, to the north section corner common to sections five and six, township eleven south, range sixty-eight west; thence west along the south boundary line of Douglas county sixteen miles, more or less, to the northwest corner of section three, township eleven south, range seventy-one west, being a point in the easterly boundary line of the county of Park; thence south along the easterly boundary line of Park county thirty miles, more or less, to the line between townships fifteen and sixteen south, being a point on the north boundary line of the county of Fremont; thence east along the north boundary line of Fremont county five miles, more or less, to the northeast corner of section five, township sixteen south, range seventy west; thence south along section lines three miles, more or less, to the corner common to sections sixteen and seventeen, twenty and twenty-one of township sixteen south of range seventy west; thence east along section lines, sixteen miles, more or less, to line between ranges sixty-seven and sixty-eight west; thence north on said range line, three miles, more or less, to the place of beginning.
L. 1899: p. 359, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1147. C.L. § 8631. CSA: C. 44, 74. CRS 53: § 34-1-69. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-69.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-170 - Washington

(1)
The county of Washington is hereby established, with the same legal capacity and functions as other counties of this state, and the boundaries are as follows:
Beginning at the southeast corner of Weld county, and running thence west along the south boundary of Weld county to a point at the west line of range fifty-four west of the sixth principal meridian; thence north along the west line of said range fifty-four to a point on said range line at the north line of township five, north of range fifty-four west; thence east along said north line of township five north, and continuing on said course direct to a point on the east boundary line of the state, and of said Weld county; thence south along the east boundary line of the state and Weld county to the place of beginning.
(2)
There is hereby stricken from the county of Adams, formerly a part of the county of Arapahoe, and annexed to the county of Washington, all that territory now a part of Adams county, formerly a part of Arapahoe county, described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the east boundary line of range forty-nine west and the north boundary line of Adams county; thence west along the north boundary line of said Adams county to the east boundary line of range fifty-seven west; thence south along said line to the south boundary line of said Adams county; thence east along the southern boundary of said Adams county to the east boundary line of range forty-nine west; thence north along said line to the place of beginning.
L. 1887: p. 251, § 1. L. 03: p. 169, § 1. R.S. 08: §§ 1148, 1149. C.L. §§ 8632, 8633. CSA: C. 44, §§ 75, 76. CRS 53: § 34-1-70. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-70.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-171 - Weld

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, beginning at the intersection of the west line of range sixty-eight west with the base line; thence north on said range line to its intersection with the north line of township four north; thence east on said township line to its intersection with the west line of range sixty-seven west; thence north on said range line to its intersection with the north boundary line of Colorado; thence east along said north boundary line to its intersection with the west line of range fifty-five west; thence south on said range line to the southeast corner of township nine north, range fifty-six west; thence west on the south line of said township and range to the northeast corner of township eight north, range fifty-six west; thence south on the west line of range fifty-five west to its intersection with the north line of township six north; thence west on said township line to its intersection with the west line of range sixty west; thence south on said range line to the southeast corner of township five north, range sixty-one west; thence west on the south line of said township and range to the northeast corner of township four north, range sixty-one west; thence south on the east line of range sixty-one west to its intersection with the base line; and thence west on the base line to the place of beginning. Said public land survey lines are based upon the sixth principal meridian.
R.S. p. 160, § 21. G.L. § 361. G.S. § 436. R.S. 08: § 1150. C.L. § 8634. CSA: C. 44, § 77. CRS 53: § 34-1-71. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-71. L. 81: Entire section R&RE, p. 1433, § 21, effective July 1. L. 2004: Entire section amended, p. 640, § 5, effective April 23.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 5 - COUNTY BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-5-172) › Section 30-5-172 - Yuma

(1)
The county of Yuma is hereby established, with the same legal capacities and functions as other counties of this state, and the boundaries are as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of Washington county; thence running west along the north line of Washington county to the range line between ranges forty-eight and forty-nine west of the sixth principal meridian, in said Washington county; thence south along said range line to the south line of Washington county; thence east along said south line of Washington county to the southeast corner of Washington county; thence north along the east line of said Washington county to the place of beginning.
(2)
There is hereby stricken from the county of Adams, formerly a part of Arapahoe county, and annexed to the county of Yuma, all that territory now a part of Adams county described as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of Adams county, thence west along the north boundary of said county to the range line dividing ranges forty-eight and forty-nine west; thence along said range line to the south boundary of said county; thence east along the south boundary of said county to the southeast corner of said county; thence north along the eastern boundary of said county to the place of beginning.
L. 1889: p. 476, § 1. L. 03: p. 173, § 1. R.S. 08: §§ 1151, 1152. C.L. §§ 8635, 8636. CSA: C. 44, §§ 78, 79. CRS 53: § 34-1-72. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-1-72.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-100.3 - Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "county" means any county or city and county.
L. 86: Entire section added, p. 1034, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-101 - Survey of boundaries - arbitration

Wherever the boundary lines of any county are so indefinite as to make it impossible to determine where such lines are, and when a portion of territory by reason of such indefinite description is claimed by two counties, the board of county commissioners of each county so claiming said territory is authorized to have a survey made to define the boundaries. If it occurs that either county is dissatisfied with the boundary line as thus determined, it may be entitled to require of the other an arbitration for the settlement of the matter, from which arbitration there shall be no appeal, and the decision shall be final.
G.L. § 420. G.S. § 479. R.S. 08: § 1153. C.L. § 8637. CSA: C. 44, § 80. CRS 53: § 34-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-102 - Board of arbitration

When such arbitration is required, the board of county commissioners of each county shall choose one person from their county, and such persons shall select a third person who shall not be a resident of either county, and such three persons so chosen shall constitute a board of arbitration for the purposes mentioned in section
30-6-101
.
G.L. § 421. G.S. § 480. R.S. 08: § 1154. C.L. § 8638. CSA: C. 44, § 81. CRS 53: § 34-2-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-103 - Arbitration - agreements - oaths - expenses

All counties, before entering into such arbitration by their boards of county commissioners, shall sign such agreements as required by law concerning arbitrations, and the board of arbitrators, before acting in such capacity, shall take such oath as prescribed by law. The expense of survey and arbitration shall be equally borne by each county, to be paid out of the county general fund.
G.L. § 422. G.S. § 481. R.S. 08: § 1155. C.L. § 8639. CSA: C. 44, § 82. CRS 53: § 34-2-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-104 - Boundaries not changed

Nothing in sections
30-6-101
to
30-6-103
shall be construed to authorize a change of county lines.
G.L. § 423. G.S. § 482. R.S. 08: § 1156. C.L. § 8640. CSA: C. 44, § 83. CRS 53: § 34-2-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-105 - Annexation - petition - notice to voters

When a majority of the taxpaying electors residing in that portion of the territory of any county proposed to be stricken off and annexed to an adjoining county shall petition the board of county commissioners of the county in which such territory is situate to have such portion stricken off and annexed to the adjoining county, giving the area and general boundaries of such territory by natural objects and monuments as near as may be, and shall deposit with such board of county commissioners an amount of money sufficient to pay the expenses of the surveying and platting of such territory, it is the duty of the said commissioners to have such territory surveyed and platted in a suitable manner and to cause to be submitted to the registered electors of such county at the general election next after the filing of such petition and plat with them the question of whether such portion of the territory of their county shall be so stricken off. The board of county commissioners shall also require the county clerk and recorder, in giving the notice required by law of the general election then next ensuing, to insert therein a notice to said registered electors that the question of striking off such territory from their county, particularly describing such territory by metes and bounds as shown by said survey, will be submitted to them for their approval or rejection and that they should designate on their ballots their approval thereof, which shall be expressed by the words "for the new county line", or their dissent thereto, expressed by the words "against the new county line". The board of county commissioners of the county to which such territory has been annexed may, in their discretion, pay the necessary expenses of such survey and plat by warrant on the treasury as in other cases.
L. 1887: p. 71, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1157. C.L. § 8641. CSA: C. 44, § 84. CRS 53: § 34-2-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-5. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1342, § 4, effective April 30.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-106 - Annexation - adjoining county

Upon the receipt of the said petition and deposit by the board of county commissioners, they shall immediately give notice of the fact to the board of county commissioners of the adjoining county to which the petitioners desire said territory should be annexed, and the board of county commissioners of the adjoining county shall, upon receipt of the same, require the county clerk of that county, in giving notice of the next general election, to notify the electors of that county of the proposed annexation, particularly setting forth by metes and bounds in said notice the description of the said territory, that the question of such annexation will be submitted to them at said election, and that said electors shall designate on their ballots their dissent from or agreement thereto, which dissent or agreement shall be expressed as is provided in section
30-6-105
.
L. 1887: p. 72, § 2. R.S. 08: § 1158. C.L. § 8642. CSA: C. 44, § 85. CRS 53: § 34-2-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-107 - Annexation - election result - proclamation

When the votes cast at the annexation election have been duly canvassed, the county clerk of each of said counties shall transmit the result of said election, as to this question, along with the other returns, to the secretary of state, and if such canvass shows that a majority of the votes cast at said election in each of the said counties was in favor of the question submitted in the respective counties mentioned in section
30-6-106
, the secretary of state shall immediately make proclamation thereof, setting forth a description of said territory, as it is described in said notice, plat, and survey, and that by virtue of such majority vote in said counties such territory has been stricken off from the one county, naming it, and annexed to the other county, naming it.
L. 1887: p. 72, § 3. R.S. 08: § 1159. C.L. § 8643. CSA: C. 44, § 86. CRS 53: § 34-2-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-108 - County clerk and recorders to record

It is the duty of the county clerk and recorders of the said counties to record at length said proclamation of the secretary of state, together with said survey and plat, in the deed records of his county, and thereafter the county line so established shall be the lawfully constituted line between said counties, and the said territory so annexed to such county shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the county to which it has been so added, and shall be a part and parcel thereof.
L. 1887: p. 73, § 4. R.S. 08: § 1160. C.L. § 8644. CSA: C. 44, § 87. CRS 53: § 34-2-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-109 - Liabilities of annexed territory

The territory so stricken off from any county and annexed to the adjoining county shall be held to pay its ratable proportion of all then existing liabilities of the county from which it has been taken. Such ratable proportion of liabilities, as soon as the proclamation has been made, shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners of the county from which it is taken, and certified to the board of county commissioners of the county of which it becomes a part; and said board of county commissioners of the last mentioned county shall cause a special tax to be levied upon the property subject to taxation in such annexed territory for one, two, or three years, until such ratable proportion has been fully collected and paid, and the money, when collected, shall be refunded to the county from which the territory has been taken.
L. 1887: p. 73, § 5. R.S. 08: § 1161. C.L. § 8645. CSA: C. 44, § 88. CRS 53: § 34-2-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-9.
For effect on pending actions of the merger of a municipality into the city and county of Denver, see § 30-11-201.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-109.5 - Annexation - county airports - agreements between governing bodies - approval

(1)
Any provision of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the territory of one county may be stricken off and annexed to an adjoining county, whether such territory is contiguous to such adjoining county or not, for the purpose of building and operating a major air carrier airport if the annexing county has a population of more than four hundred thousand and the boards of county commissioners of the two counties enter into an agreement for such annexation and the annexation agreement is subsequently ratified pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(2)
Any such annexation agreement shall include, at a minimum:
(a)
A description of the boundaries of the territory to be stricken off and annexed;
(b)
A provision for the reversion of such territory to the county from which it is to be stricken off if the purposes of the annexation are not achieved;
(c)
A provision that any consideration paid by the annexing county go to or for the benefit of the county and any school district from which the annexed territory is to be stricken off; and
(d)
A provision designating either the next general election or a special election on a date certain as the ratification election for the proposed annexation agreement.
(3)
In order to enter into such an agreement for the striking off and annexation of territory, each board of county commissioners shall be required to approve the agreement by a majority vote at a regular board meeting after not less than seven days' notice to the public and the opportunity for oral and written public comment on the agreement. Such notice shall be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties involved.
(4)
After approval of the annexation agreement pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the board of county commissioners of the county from which the territory is proposed to be stricken off shall submit such proposed annexation agreement to the registered electors of such county, pursuant to section 3 of article XIV of the state constitution, at the next general election or at a special election. Such election shall be governed by the provisions of the "Uniform Election Code of 1992", articles
1
to
13
of title
1
, C.R.S., and shall be paid for by the county in which it is held.
(5)
Failure of the registered electors to ratify the annexation agreement by majority vote shall defeat the proposed annexation, and the territory shall not be stricken off. The agreement shall be null and void.
L. 86: Entire section added, p. 1034, § 1, effective July 1. L. 92: (4) amended, p. 873, § 101, effective 1/1/1993.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-110 - Boundaries - survey - action to settle

When the boundary lines of any county in this state are so indefinite that a portion of territory, by reason of such indefinite description, is claimed by two counties, and such fact appears by petition of the board of county commissioners of either county to the state engineer, it is the duty of such state engineer, in connection with the county surveyor of each of such counties, to run out and establish such lines as nearly as may be in accordance with such defective description, fix and define such boundary line by monuments in accordance with rules issued by the state board of licensure for architects, professional engineers, and professional land surveyors, and to furnish the board of county commissioners of each of said counties with a description of such line as soon thereafter as may be practical, deposit such survey as a land survey plat in each county, and file a Colorado land survey monument record on each monument found or set, as specified in section
38-53-104
. When such line is established it shall be the boundary line between said counties, unless one of said counties, within six months from the day of filing the description of said line by the state engineer with the board of county commissioners of such county, commences an action in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state to determine and settle such disputed line, and prosecute the same with due diligence until its final determination, or has settled such disputed line, within said six months, by arbitration. If the county surveyor of either of such counties shall not appear or assist the state engineer in making such survey after due notice so to do, it shall in no manner affect or invalidate such survey, or the boundary lines as they may be fixed by such state engineer.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 15,§ 4, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 1887: p. 238, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1162. C.L. § 8646. CSA: C. 44, § 89. CRS 53: § 34-2-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-10. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (HB 17-1017), ch. 15, p. 44, § 4, effective August 9.
Rule 109, C.R.C.P., referenced in this section, was repealed March 17, 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-111 - State engineer - reimbursement for expenses

The office of the state engineer shall be reimbursed for the expenses of any survey conducted in connection with a boundary dispute pursuant to section
30-6-110
, and such expenses shall be borne equally by the counties involved in the boundary dispute.
L. 1887: p. 239, § 2. R.S. 08: § 1163. C.L. § 8647. CSA: C. 44, § 90. CRS 53: § 34-2-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-11. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 383, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-112 - Boundaries - not changed

Nothing in this section and sections
30-6-110
and
30-6-111
shall be so construed as to authorize a change of any county line.
L. 1887: p. 239, § 3. R.S. 08: § 1164. C.L. § 8648. CSA: C. 44, § 91. CRS 53: § 34-2-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-2-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 6 - LOCATION, CHANGE, AND SETTLEMENT OF BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-6-100.3 — 30-6-113) › Section 30-6-113 - Compliance with boundary control commission requirements

In addition to any other requirements, a decision approving the proposed annexation by a majority vote of the six-member boundary control commission established by section 1 of article XX of the state constitution shall be made prior to the initiation of any annexation procedures pursuant to this article to annex land from the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, or Jefferson to the city and county of Denver.
L. 86: Entire section added, p. 1035, § 1, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 7 - COUNTY SEATS DESIGNATED (§§ 30-7-101 — 30-7-102) › Section 30-7-101 - County seats designated

The county seats of the several counties of the state of Colorado as heretofore established by statutes or statutory election proceedings are hereby confirmed, validated, and established from the date of such statutory enactment or proceeding as follows:
County County Seat
(1)
Adams Brighton
(2)
Alamosa Alamosa
(3)
Arapahoe Littleton
(4)
Archuleta Pagosa Springs
(5)
Baca Springfield
(6)
Bent Las Animas
(7)
Boulder Boulder
(8)
Broomfield, city and county of Broomfield
(9)
Chaffee Salida
(10)
Cheyenne Cheyenne Wells
(11)
Clear Creek Georgetown
(12)
Conejos Conejos
(13)
Costilla San Luis
(14)
Crowley Ordway
(15)
Custer Westcliffe
(16)
Delta Delta
(17)
Denver, city and county of Denver
(18)
Dolores Dove Creek
(19)
Douglas Castle Rock
(20)
Eagle Eagle
(21)
Elbert Kiowa
(22)
El Paso Colorado Springs
(23)
Fremont Cañon City
(24)
Garfield Glenwood Springs
(25)
Gilpin Central City
(26)
Grand Hot Sulphur Springs
(27)
Gunnison Gunnison
(28)
Hinsdale Lake City
(29)
Huerfano Walsenburg
(30)
Jackson Walden
(31)
Jefferson Golden
(32)
Kiowa Eads
(33)
Kit Carson Burlington
(34)
Lake Leadville
(35)
La Plata Durango
(36)
Larimer Fort Collins
(37)
Las Animas Trinidad
(38)
Lincoln Hugo
(39)
Logan Sterling
(40)
Mesa Grand Junction
(41)
Mineral Creede
(42)
Moffat Craig
(43)
Montezuma Cortez
(44)
Montrose Montrose
(45)
Morgan Fort Morgan
(46)
Otero La Junta
(47)
Ouray Ouray
(48)
Park Fairplay
(49)
Phillips Holyoke
(50)
Pitkin Aspen
(51)
Prowers Lamar
(52)
Pueblo Pueblo
(53)
Rio Blanco Meeker
(54)
Rio Grande Del Norte
(55)
Routt Steamboat Springs
(56)
Saguache Saguache
(57)
San Juan Silverton
(58)
San Miguel Telluride
(59)
Sedgwick Julesburg
(60)
Summit Breckenridge
(61)
Teller Cripple Creek
(62)
Washington Akron
(63)
Weld Greeley
(64)
Yuma Wray
L. 55: p. 244, § 1. CRS 53: § 34-4-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-4-1. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 256, § 3, effective November 15.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 7 - COUNTY SEATS DESIGNATED (§§ 30-7-101 — 30-7-102) › Section 30-7-102 - Relocation not affected

Nothing in this article shall affect the right of any county to change the location of its county seat as provided by law.
L. 55: p. 244, § 1. CRS 53: § 34-4-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-4-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 8 - LOCATION AND REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS (§§ 30-8-101 — 30-8-109) › Section 30-8-101 - County seat - removal - election

When an election is ordered by the board of county commissioners of any county on the question of removal or location of the county seat, it is the duty of such board of county commissioners to appoint special judges and registers of such elections, and to provide a special ballot box in each voting precinct in which shall be deposited all the ballots cast at such election in such precinct on the question of location or removal of the county seat.
L. 1881: p. 103, § 1. G.S. § 1284. R.S. 08: § 1171. C.L. § 8649. CSA: C. 44, § 92. CRS 53: § 34-3-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 8 - LOCATION AND REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS (§§ 30-8-101 — 30-8-109) › Section 30-8-102 - Special registration

It is the duty of the judges and registers so appointed to make a special registration of the voters of each precinct who have resided in the county at least six months, and in such precinct at least ninety days, prior to the day designated for holding such election, which day shall be the day designated by law for holding a general election, and no other.
L. 1881: p. 103, § 2. G.S. § 1285. R.S. 08: § 1172. C.L. § 8650. CSA: C. 44, § 93. CRS 53: § 34-3-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 8 - LOCATION AND REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS (§§ 30-8-101 — 30-8-109) › Section 30-8-103 - Polling places - special ballot

The election shall be held at the same places at which the general election is ordered to be held, but the vote for or against removal or location of the county seat shall be by a special ballot, separate and distinct from the general ticket voted at said election, which ballot shall be deposited in the special ballot box provided for in section
30-8-101
, and no vote shall be counted for or against said removal or location which is not deposited in such special ballot box.
L. 1881: p. 103, § 3. G.S. § 1286. R.S. 08: § 1173. C.L. § 8651. CSA: C. 44, § 94. CRS 53: § 34-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 8 - LOCATION AND REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS (§§ 30-8-101 — 30-8-109) › Section 30-8-104 - Removal - when

No county seat shall be removed until the expiration of thirty days after the canvass of the votes by the county canvassers upon the question of location or removal, nor until the board of county commissioners of such county has made and entered of record on its journal an order directing such removal. The board shall make such order within thirty days after the county canvass is completed, unless enjoined or restrained from so doing by an order of the district court of said county or by the supreme court.
L. 1881: p. 104, § 4. G.S. § 1287. R.S. 08: § 1174. C.L. § 8652. CSA: C. 44, § 95. CRS 53: § 34-3-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 8 - LOCATION AND REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS (§§ 30-8-101 — 30-8-109) › Section 30-8-105 - Elections - laws applicable

All laws now in force relating to elections shall apply to elections held upon the question of removal or location of county seats, except that the question of location of such county seats shall be contested in the district court of said county in the first instance, but may be removed to the district court of any other county under the provisions of the Colorado rules of civil procedure relating to change of the place of trial, and shall be also subject to appeal as provided by law and the Colorado appellate rules. Not less than two-thirds of all the legal votes cast shall be necessary to effect the removal of the county seat of any county in this state.
L. 1881: p. 104, § 5. G.S. § 1288. R.S. 08: § 1175. C.L. § 8653. CSA: C. 44, § 96. CRS 53: § 34-3-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-5.
For the laws governing elections, see title 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 8 - LOCATION AND REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS (§§ 30-8-101 — 30-8-109) › Section 30-8-106 - Election contests - laws applicable

All laws governing contests of elections shall be applicable to contests of county seat elections; except that the board of county commissioners of the county shall in all cases be the contestee, and that the contest shall be conducted in the district court of the proper county. Such district court may appoint a magistrate to take testimony in relation to the grounds of contest alleged by the contestor, which magistrate may sit to take evidence in any precinct of his county.
L. 1881: p. 104, § 6. G.S. § 1289. R.S. 08: § 1176. C.L. § 8654. CSA: C. 44, § 97. CRS 53: § 34-3-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-6. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 365, § 40, effective April 9.
For the laws governing contests of elections, see § 1-11-201 et seq.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 8 - LOCATION AND REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS (§§ 30-8-101 — 30-8-109) › Section 30-8-107 - County seats - removal - petition - election

(1)
When the taxpaying electors of any county in this state are desirous of changing the county seat of the county in which they reside from the place where such county seat has been permanently located, they may at any time present to the board of county commissioners of such county a petition signed by a majority of such taxpaying electors whose names shall appear on the last tax roll. No names shall be withdrawn from said petition after the same has been presented to the board of county commissioners, except in cases of actual fraud in the procuring of signatures to the same.
(2)
Thereupon it is the duty of the board to require the county clerk and recorder, in giving notice for the next general election, to notify the registered voters of said county to designate upon their ballots at such election the place of their choice; and, if upon canvassing the votes polled or given it appears that any one place has two-thirds of all legal votes polled or given, such place shall be the county seat, and notice of any change thereby made shall be given as provided by law. Where there are no county buildings and the petition so states, it shall not be necessary for such majority to be more than a mere majority of all the legal votes cast to effect such removal.
(3)
The term "taxpaying electors" as used in this section means only those persons who are qualified voters under the registration and election laws of this state, and who in the calendar year last preceding the year in which such petition is presented as aforesaid have paid a tax, or are liable for the payment of such tax, on real or personal property assessed to them and owned by them in the county in which such petition is presented.
R.S. p. 162, § 42. G.L. omitted. G.S. § 685. L. 1885: p. 163, § 1. L. 1891: p. 117, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1167. L. 11: p. 263, § 1. L. 13: p. 229, § 1. C.L. § 8655. CSA: C. 44, § 98. CRS 53: § 34-3-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-7. L. 85: (2) amended, p. 1343, § 5, effective April 30.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 8 - LOCATION AND REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS (§§ 30-8-101 — 30-8-109) › Section 30-8-108 - Commissioners' surveys - county buildings

The board of county commissioners has the power to make all needful arrangements for having such county seat surveyed into lots, squares, streets, and alleys, selling and disposing of the same, and erecting a jailhouse, courthouse, or other county buildings as to the board seems best.
R.S. p. 163, § 44. G.L. § 372. G.S. § 687. R.S. 08: § 1169. C.L. § 8656. CSA: C. 44, § 99. CRS 53: § 34-3-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES (§§ 30-5-101 — 30-8-109) › Article 8 - LOCATION AND REMOVAL OF COUNTY SEATS (§§ 30-8-101 — 30-8-109) › Section 30-8-109 - Attached territory - tax liability

No tax shall be levied against the people of any county to erect any public building in another county, in the same judicial district.
G.L. § 568. G.S. § 561. R.S. 08: § 1184. C.L. § 8657. CSA: C. 44, § 100. CRS 53: § 34-3-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 34-3-9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 30-10-101 — 30-10-1001) › Article 10 - COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 30-10-101 — 30-10-1001) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 30-10-101 — 30-10-113) › Section 30-10-102 - All money delivered to treasurer - penalty for failure

(1)
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every county clerk and recorder, district attorney, sheriff, or other state or county officer appointed by law, required or permitted to receive and pay over to the county treasurer any taxes, fines, fees, or other moneys whatsoever, within thirty days after the receipt of such moneys, shall pay the same over to the county treasurer, and together therewith such officer so paying over the same shall deliver to the county treasurer a statement of the amount of such moneys so collected by him and paid over, which statement shall be signed by the person paying the same, sworn to before the county treasurer, and then filed and preserved in the office of such treasurer. Every person falsely swearing in any such statement is guilty of perjury in the second degree. The county treasurer shall not demand or receive any fee for administering the oath required by this section.
(2)
Fines and fees levied and collected in state courts for which no specific disposition is provided shall be paid to the department of the treasury for deposit in the general fund.
G.L. § 558. G.S. § 658. R.S. 08: § 1356. C.L. § 8833. CSA: C. 45, § 180. CRS 53: § 35-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-1-2. L. 64: p. 221, § 46. L. 72: p. 556, § 9. L. 73: p. 1401, § 24. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1062), ch. 161, p. 556, §2, effective August 11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 30-10-101 — 30-10-1001) › Article 10 - COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 30-10-101 — 30-10-1001) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 30-10-101 — 30-10-113) › Section 30-10-103 - Copies prima facie evidence

Copies of all documents, writs, proceedings, instruments, papers, and writings duly filed or deposited in the office of any county judge, county clerk and recorder, or county treasurer, and transcripts from books of record or proceedings kept by any of said officers, with the seal of his office affixed, shall be prima facie evidence in all cases.
G.L. § 559. G.S. § 659. R.S. 08: § 1357. C.L. § 8834. CSA: C. 45, § 181. CRS 53: § 35-1-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-1-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 30 - GOVERNMENT - COUNTY (§§ 30-1-101 — 30-35-906) › COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 30-10-101 — 30-10-1001) › Article 10 - COUNTY OFFICERS (§§ 30-10-101 — 30-10-1001) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 30-10-101 — 30-10-113) › Section 30-10-104 - Resignations of officers, to whom made

All county officers who hold their office by election shall make their resignation to the officer authorized by law to fill such vacancies in such office, respectively.
G.L. § 560. G.S. § 660. R.S. 08: § 1358. C.L. § 8835. CSA: C. 45, § 182. CRS 53: § 35-1-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-1-4.