2021 Colorado Code
Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Article 23 - Colorado Electronic Preservation of Abandoned Estate Planning Documents Act
§ 15-23-114. Duties of the State Court Administrator

1. [ ] The state court administrator shall provide the forms required to administer the provisions of this article 23.
2. The state court administrator shall create an index of creator names that is a searchable database of all names, aliases, and last-known physical addresses of all creators for whom electronic estate planning documents are filed with the state court administrator as provided in this article 23.
3. Upon receipt of a filing statement with an electronic estate planning document of a creator, the state court administrator shall:
   1. Provide the custodian with a date-stamped copy of the filing statement acknowledging receipt of the filing statement and the attached electronic estate planning document;
   2. Add to the index of creator names the name of each creator and the aliases of the creator cross-referenced to the creator's name, last name first, and the last-known physical address of the creator as set forth in the filing statement;
   3. Create and maintain a computer folder for each creator;
   4. Create a profile for each creator, which must be filed in the computer folder of each creator and which must contain the date of filing, information provided in the filing statement, and declarations made in the filing statement; and
   5. Create and maintain a separate electronic record of each electronic estate planning document filed for the creator identified in the filing statement and store the electronic record in a computer folder under the creator's name, last name first.

4. 1. The state court administrator may enter into an interagency agreement with another state agency to maintain any computer folder or profile required by this article 23. Any computer folder or profile maintained pursuant to such an agreement is considered to be maintained by the state court administrator for the purposes of this article 23.
   2. An interagency agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (4) must require any parties to the agreement to deliver any information or electronic record maintained by the department pursuant to the agreement to the state court administrator upon request.

5. The state court administrator shall adopt standards and procedures for the implementation of this article 23.

History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1229), ch. 252, p. 2440, § 1, effective January 1, 2023.