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2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure
Courts of Record
Article 6 - County Courts
Part 4 - County Court - Small Claims Division
§ 13-6-411.5. Place of trial

Universal Citation:
CO Rev Stat ยง 13-6-411.5 (2017)
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all actions in the small claims court shall be brought in the county in which any defendant at the time of filing of the claim resides, is regularly employed, is a student at an institution of higher education, or has an office for the transaction of business.

(2) Actions to enforce restrictive covenants and actions arising under part 1 of article 12 of title 38, C.R.S., including, but not limited to, actions involving claims for the recovery of a security deposit or for damage to property arising from a landlord-tenant relationship, may be brought in the county in which the defendant's property that is the subject of the action is situated.

(3) If a defendant appears and defends a small claims action on the merits at trial, such defendant shall be deemed to have waived any objection to the place of trial permitted under this section.

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