2021 Colorado Code
Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure
Article 5 - Judicial Districts
Part 1 - Judges - Terms
§ 13-5-101. Judicial Districts and Terms
[ ] The state is divided into twenty-two judicial districts as prescribed by this part 1. Terms of court shall be fixed by rules adopted by the district court in each district; except that at least one term of court shall be held each calendar year in each county within the district, at the county seat of such county.
Editor's note: This version of this section is effective until January 7, 2025.History. Source: L. 64: P. 398, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-12-1 . L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 600, § 2, effective May 20. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1026), ch. 40, p. 136, § 2, effective January 7, 2025.
Cross references:
- For the constitutional authority for general assembly's changing of boundaries of judicial districts by a two-thirds vote of each house, see § 10(1) of art. VI, Colo. Const.
- For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1026, see section 1 of chapter 40, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.
Law reviews. For article, “Colorado's New Court System”, see 41 Den. L. Ctr. J. 140 (1964).
This statute is irreconcilable with § 13-5-119 (2) ; however, under rules of statutory construction § 13-5-119 (2) controls since it was enacted later. City of Littleton v. County Comm'rs, 787 P.2d 158 (Colo. 1990).