2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 13 - Courts And Court Procedure
Article 40. Forcible Entry and Detainer - General Provisions
Section 13-40-110.5. Automatic suppression of court records - definition. [Editor's note: This section is effective December 1, 2020.]
(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "suppressed court record" means a court record that is accessible only to judges; court staff; a party to the case and, if represented, the party's attorneys; authorized judicial department staff; and a person with a valid court order authorizing access to the court record.
Upon the commencement of an action pursuant to this article 40, any court record ofthe action is a suppressed court record.
When an order granting the plaintiff possession of the premises is entered in an action to which this section applies, the record is no longer a suppressed court record and the court shall make the record available to the public unless the parties to the action agree that the record should remain suppressed. If the parties agree that the record should remain suppressed, the record remains a suppressed court record.
The names of the parties included in a court record that is suppressed pursuant to thissection may be used by the court for administrative purposes, but the court shall not, for any reason, publish the names of the parties online.
Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1009), ch. 37, p. 120, § 1, effective December 1.
Editor's note: Section 4(2) of chapter 37 (HB 20-1009), Session Laws of Colorado 2020, provides that the act adding this section applies to actions commenced on or after December 1, 2020.
