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Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 30-10-101. Offices - Inspection of Records - Failure to Comply - Penalty - Source: G.L. § 554. L. 1885: p. 157, § 1....
§ 30-10-102. All Money Delivered to Treasurer - Penalty for Failure - Source: G.L. § 558. G.S. § 658. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-103. Copies Prima Facie Evidence - Copies of all documents, writs, proceedings, instruments, papers, and writings...
§ 30-10-104. Resignations of Officers, to Whom Made - All county officers who hold their office by election shall...
§ 30-10-105. When Office Becomes Vacant - Source: G.L. § 561. G.S. § 661. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-106. Substitute Officers Have Same Powers and Compensation - When any coroner is required to act as sheriff, or...
§ 30-10-107. Penalty for Refusing to Qualify - Any person elected or appointed to any county office in...
§ 30-10-108. Fines Appropriated to School Fund of County - All fines contemplated in section 30-10-107 shall be recoverable before...
§ 30-10-109. Office Hours - All county offices shall be kept open for the transaction...
§ 30-10-110. Bonds or Insurance of Officers - Oath or Affirmation - Source: G.L. § 555. G.S. § 668. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-111. Oath of Deputy - A deputy appointed to office, before entering upon the deputy's...
§ 30-10-112. Officer to Act Until Successor Qualifies - When the term of office of any sheriff, coroner, county...
§ 30-10-113. Contribution Limits for County Offices - Definitions - Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (HB 19-1007), ch. 97,...
Part 3 - County Commissioners
§ 30-10-301. Oath or Affirmation of Commissioners - Each person elected as commissioner, on receiving a certificate of...
§ 30-10-302. County Seal - Open Meetings - Rules - The seal of the county shall be the seal of...
§ 30-10-303. Meetings of Board - Source: G.L. § 439. G.S. § 531. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-304. Meetings of Board in Counties Over One Hundred Thousand - Source: L. 07: p. 319, § 3. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-305. Penalty for Absence From Meetings in Counties Over One Hundred Thousand - If any member of the board of county commissioners of...
§ 30-10-306. Commissioners' Districts - Vacancies - Definitions - Source: G.L. § 438. L. 1881: p. 100, § 1....
§ 30-10-306.1. Commission Created - Commission Composition and Appointment - Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1047), ch. 70,...
§ 30-10-306.2. Commission Organization - Procedures - Transparency - Voting Requirements - Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1047), ch. 70,...
§ 30-10-306.3. Criteria for Determination of County Commissioner Districts - Definition - Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1047), ch. 70,...
§ 30-10-306.4. Deadlines for Preparation, Amendment, and Approval of Plans - Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1047), ch. 70,...
§ 30-10-306.5. Procedure to Increase Number of County Commissioners - Source: L. 80: Entire section added, p. 411, § 19,...
§ 30-10-306.7. Procedure for Electing County Commissioners - . Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. 1111, §...
§ 30-10-307. Chairman - Temporary Chairman - At the first meeting after election, the board of county...
§ 30-10-308. Oaths Administered and Orders Signed by Chairman - The chairman of said board of county commissioners has the...
§ 30-10-310. Committee of Commissioners - Report - If the board of county commissioners sees fit to refer...
§ 30-10-311. Bonds or Insurance of County Commissioners - Source: L. 1881: p. 96, § 1. G.S. § 564....
§ 30-10-312. Amount of Bond or Insurance - County Commissioners - The bond executed by the county commissioners in counties with...
§ 30-10-313. Bond Executed or Insurance Purchased Before Duties Assumed - No county commissioner shall enter upon the duties of the...
§ 30-10-314. Where Bond Filed - If a county commissioner executes a bond pursuant to section...
§ 30-10-315. Penalty for Acting Without Bond or Insurance - [ Editor's note: This version of this section is effective...
§ 30-10-316. Suits on Bond or Insurance - Upon default or breach of any of the conditions of...
§ 30-10-317. County to Recover All Damages - Execution Against Body - In any action filed pursuant to section 30-10-316, the county...
§ 30-10-318. Recovery for All Damage - Liability - In all suits upon the official bonds or insurance policies...
§ 30-10-319. Clerk of Board - Duties - Source: G.L. § 469. G.S. § 554. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-320. Clerk to Designate Amount - Copies of Records - It is the duty of such clerk to designate upon...
§ 30-10-321. Orders - Dated and Numbered - Records of Issuance - Such clerk shall not sign or issue any county order,...
§ 30-10-322. Penalty for Failure to Perform Duty - If any commissioner refuses or neglects to perform any of...
Part 4 - County Clerk and Recorder
§ 30-10-401. County Clerk - Term - Bond - Insurance - Source: G.L. § 478. G.S. § 573. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-402. Clerk for Board of Commissioners - The county clerk shall be, in and for his county,...
§ 30-10-403. Deputy Clerk - Duties - Every county clerk shall appoint a deputy, in writing, under...
§ 30-10-404. Vacancy in Office - How Filled - If a vacancy in the office of county clerk should...
§ 30-10-405. Office at County Seat - Seal - Records - Source: G.L. § 482. G.S. § 577. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-405.5. Electronic Filings - The county clerk and recorder may accept by electronic filing...
§ 30-10-406. County Clerk and Recorder - Duties - Filing Requirements - Source: G.L. § 483. G.S. § 578. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-406.5. Redaction of First Five Digits of Social Security Numbers on Public Documents - Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (HB 14-1112), ch. 28,...
§ 30-10-407. Microfilm and Optical Imaging Records - When - Standards for Optical Imaging Systems - (4.3) Regardless of the method by which a document is...
§ 30-10-408. Grantor and Grantee Indices to Be Kept by County Clerk and Recorder - (2.5) The county clerk and recorder shall properly enter a...
§ 30-10-409. Reception Book - Form - Contents - Acceptance for Recording - Time Names Names To of of of Whom Fees Reception...
§ 30-10-410. File of Plats or Maps - Index - Names - The clerk and recorder shall maintain a file of all...
§ 30-10-413. Certified Copies Prima Facie Evidence - Copies of all documents recorded or filed in the office...
§ 30-10-415. Tax Sales Excepted - Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the...
§ 30-10-416. Clerk to Administer Oaths or Affirmations - Take Affidavit or Deposition - The county clerk and recorders of the several counties in...
§ 30-10-417. False Oaths, Perjury - Oaths and affirmations, affidavits, and depositions administered or taken as...
§ 30-10-418. Fees of County Clerk and Recorder for Administering Oaths - For administering oaths and taking affidavits or depositions, as provided...
§ 30-10-420. Maintenance of Trade Name Registration - Every county clerk and recorder shall maintain trade name registration...
§ 30-10-421. Filing Surcharge - Definitions - (1.5) The surcharge described in subsection (1) of this section...
Part 5 - Sheriff
§ 30-10-501. Sheriff - Election - Bond - Insurance - Source: G.L. § 489. G.S. § 593. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-501.5. Qualifications - Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1444, § 1,...
§ 30-10-501.6. Training - Source: L. 97: Entire section added, p. 926, § 2,...
§ 30-10-501.7. Enforcement - Source: L. 97: Entire section added, p. 926, § 2,...
§ 30-10-502. Form of Bond - If a sheriff executes a bond pursuant to section 30-10-501...
§ 30-10-503. Sheriff Assumes Duties - When - When the term of office of any sheriff expires and...
§ 30-10-504. Undersheriff - Duties - Vacancy - The sheriff of each county, as soon as may be...
§ 30-10-505. Vacancy in Office - Powers of Undersheriff - When a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff of...
§ 30-10-506. Deputies - Each sheriff may appoint as many deputies as the sheriff...
§ 30-10-509. Liability of Sheriff for Neglect - When any sheriff neglects to make due return of any...
§ 30-10-511. Sheriff Custodian of Jail - Except as provided in section 16-11-308.5, C.R.S., the sheriff shall...
§ 30-10-512. Sheriff to Act as Fire Warden - Subject to the provisions of the community wildfire protection plan...
§ 30-10-513. Duties of Sheriff - Coordination of Fire Suppression Efforts for Forest, Prairie, or Wildland Fire - Expenses - Source: L. 03: p. 176, § 2. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-513.5. Authority of Sheriff Relating to Fires Within Unincorporated Areas of County - Liability for Expenses - Source: L. 89: Entire section added, p. 1279, § 1,...
§ 30-10-514. Sheriff to Transport Prisoners - It is the duty of any sheriff transporting prisoners to...
§ 30-10-515. Sheriff to Execute Writs - Attend Court - The sheriff, in person or by his undersheriff or deputy,...
§ 30-10-516. Sheriffs to Preserve Peace - Command Aid - It is the duty of the sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputies...
§ 30-10-517. Outgoing Sheriff May Proceed With Writs - Every sheriff going out of office at the expiration of...
§ 30-10-518. Coroner When Acting as Sheriff - The provisions of sections 30-10-503 and 30-10-517 shall apply to...
§ 30-10-519. Service on Sheriff, Made How - Every paper required by law to be served on the...
§ 30-10-520. Sheriff Not to Act as Attorney - No sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy shall appear or advise as...
§ 30-10-521. Illegal Fees - Penalty - No sheriff shall directly or indirectly ask, demand, or receive...
§ 30-10-522. Actions Against Sheriff - Sureties Liable - When - Except in the case of a sheriff covered by insurance...
§ 30-10-523. Sheriff - Permits for Concealed Handguns - The sheriff of each county and the official who has...
§ 30-10-524. Sheriff to Provide Identification Cards to Retired Peace Officers Upon Request - Definitions - Source: L. 2013: Entire section added, (HB 13-1118), ch. 81,...
§ 30-10-525. Disclosure of Knowing Misrepresentation by a Peace Officer Required - Disclosure Waivers - Reports - Definitions - Source: L. 2015: Entire section added, (SB 15-218), ch. 209,...
§ 30-10-526. Sheriff Office Hiring - Required Use of Waiver - Definitions - Source: L. 2016: Entire section added, (HB 16-1262), ch. 339,...
§ 30-10-527. Behavioral Health Professionals - Grant Applications Encouraged - Definition - Repeal - Source: L. 2017: Entire section added, (HB 17-1215), ch. 150,...
Part 6 - Coroner
§ 30-10-601. Coroner - Election - Bond - Insurance - Authority - (1.5) In lieu of the bond required by subsection (1)...
§ 30-10-601.5. Qualifications - Fingerprints - Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 1831, § 3,...
§ 30-10-601.6. Coroners Standards and Training Board - Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 1831, § 3,...
§ 30-10-601.7. Duties of the Colorado Coroners Standards and Training Board - Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 1833, § 3,...
§ 30-10-601.8. Training - Fees - Coroner Training Fund - Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 1833, § 3,...
§ 30-10-601.9. Enforcement - Source: L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 1834 § 3,...
§ 30-10-602. Coroner and Deputy Coroner - Duties - Oath or Affirmation - Bond - Insurance - Source: L. 07: p. 307, § 1. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-603. Deputy Coroner - Appointment - Every appointment of a deputy coroner and every revocation thereof...
§ 30-10-604. Coroner Shall Act as Sheriff, When - When there is no sheriff in any county, it is...
§ 30-10-605. When Sheriff a Party or Disqualified - Source: G.L. §§ 509, 510. G.S. §§ 613, 614. R.S....
§ 30-10-606. Coroner - Inquiry - Grounds - Postmortem - Jury - Certificate of Death - (1.1) The coroner shall request that jurisdiction of a death...
§ 30-10-606.5. When Autopsy Performed - Jurisdiction - Qualifications to Perform - Definition - Source: L. 2011: Entire section added, (HB 11-1258), ch. 137,...
§ 30-10-608. Coroner May Issue Subpoenas - The coroner may issue subpoenas within his county for witnesses,...
§ 30-10-610. Oath of Witnesses - An oath shall be administered to the witness in attendance...
§ 30-10-611. Testimony Written and Subscribed - Fees - The testimony shall be reduced to writing, under the coroner's...
§ 30-10-612. Verdict of Jury - Form - The jurors, having heard the testimony and having made all...
§ 30-10-613. When Verdict Kept Secret - If the inquisition finds that a crime has been committed...
§ 30-10-614. Coroner May Order Arrest - Warrant - Source: G.L. §§ 518, 519. G.S. §§ 622, 623. R.S....
§ 30-10-615. Warrant - Effect - The warrant of a coroner in the above cases shall...
§ 30-10-616. Contents of Warrant - The warrant of the coroner shall recite substantially the transactions...
§ 30-10-617. Coroner to Make Return to District Court - The coroner shall then return to the district court the...
§ 30-10-618. Burial Expenses - When Paid by County - The coroner shall cause the body of a deceased person...
§ 30-10-619. Conflicts of Interest of County Coroners - (4) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (4) is...
§ 30-10-622. Unidentified Human Remains - Dna Samples - Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 396, § 2,...
§ 30-10-623. Department of Corrections - Reimbursement for Expenses of Coroner - The department of corrections, from appropriations made by the general...
§ 30-10-624. Required Toxicology Screening for a Suicide, Overdose Death, or Accidental Death - Annual Report - Working Group - Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1317), ch. 313,...
Part 7 - Treasurer
§ 30-10-701. Election - Term - Bond - Insurance - Source: G.L. § 526. G.S. § 630. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-702. Term of Office - The regular term of office of all county treasurers shall...
§ 30-10-703. Form of Bond - If a treasurer executes a bond pursuant to section 30-10-701...
§ 30-10-704. Chief Deputy Treasurer - Duties - The county treasurer may appoint a chief deputy, who in...
§ 30-10-705. Vacancy in Office - How Filled - Source: G.L. § 529. G.S. § 633. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-706. Officers Who Cannot Be Treasurer - No person holding the office of sheriff, county judge, or...
§ 30-10-707. Treasurer to Receive and Pay Moneys - It is the duty of the county treasurer to receive...
§ 30-10-708. Deposit of Funds in Banks and Savings and Loan Associations - Source: L. 19: p. 366, § 1. C.L. § 8796....
§ 30-10-709. Treasurer to Keep Accounts - Settlement of Accounts - Resolution of Findings - Report to Board of County Commissioners - Contempt - Source: G.L. § 532. G.S. § 636. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-710. Apportionment and Separation of Funds - It is the duty of the county treasurer to apportion...
§ 30-10-711. Payment of Warrants - Call Published - Source: G.L. § 533. G.S. § 637. L. 1887: p....
§ 30-10-712. Funds Payable in Order of Presentment - Every fund in the hands of the county treasurer for...
§ 30-10-713. Delivery of Books to Successor - Penalty - Upon the resignation or removal from office of any county...
§ 30-10-714. Treasurer Collector of Taxes - The county treasurer of each county shall be, by virtue...
§ 30-10-715. Treasurer to Issue Receipt for Money Collected - Upon payment of any money to him or her and...
§ 30-10-716. Treasurer to Assess Property, When - It is the duty of the county treasurer to assess,...
§ 30-10-718. Registry of Orders - Open to Inspection - Every county treasurer shall keep in his or her office...
§ 30-10-726. Failure of Treasurer to Perform Duties - Penalty - Every county treasurer who fails, neglects, or refuses to perform...
Part 8 - Assessor
§ 30-10-801. Assessor - Election - Bond - Insurance - Term - Oath or Affirmation - Source: G.L. § 548. L. 1881: p. 99, § 1....
§ 30-10-802. Assessment District - Deputy in Each - Oath or Affirmation - Bond - Source: G.L. § 549. L. 1879: p. 40, § 1....
§ 30-10-803. Office and Supplies - Expenses - Source: L. 13: p. 527, § 1. C.L. § 8819....
Part 9 - Surveyor
§ 30-10-901. Surveyor - Election - Bond - Insurance - Source: G.L. § 543. G.S. § 650. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-902. Deputies - Certificates Admitted as Evidence - The county surveyor may appoint as many deputies as he...
§ 30-10-903. Duties and Powers of the County Surveyor - Source: G.L. § 545. G.S. § 652. R.S. 08: §...
§ 30-10-904. Vacancy - How Filled - If the office of county surveyor is at any time...
§ 30-10-905. Remuneration - Expenses - Source: L. 63: p. 266, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: §...
§ 30-10-906. Disputed Boundaries - Notice - Establishment of Legal Corner Monument - Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 1508, § 42,...
§ 30-10-907. County Surveyor to Administer Oaths - County surveyors shall have the authority to administer an oath...