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2024 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104)
COURTS OF RECORD (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-9-124)
Article 6 - County Courts (§§ 13-6-101 — 13-6-504)
Part 2 - JUDGES AND OTHER PERSONNEL (§§ 13-6-201 — 13-6-219)
Section 13-6-203 - Qualifications of judges
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CO Rev Stat § 13-6-203 (2024)
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- (1) The county judge shall be a qualified elector of the county for which he is elected or appointed and shall reside there so long as he serves as county judge.
- (2) In counties of Class A and B, no person shall be eligible for election or appointment to the office of county judge unless he has been admitted to the practice of law in Colorado.
- (3) In counties of Class C and Class D, a person is not eligible for appointment to the office of county judge unless he or she has graduated from high school or has successfully completed a high school equivalency examination, as defined in section 22-33-102 (8.5), C.R.S.
- (4) Repealed.
- (5) Judges-elect who have not been admitted to the practice of law shall not take office for the first time as county judge until they have attended an institute on the duties and functioning of the county court to be held under the supervision of the supreme court, unless such attendance is waived by the supreme court. Judges who are attorneys and who are taking office for the first time as county judge may attend this institute if they wish. All judges are entitled to their actual and necessary expenses while attending this institute. The supreme court shall establish the institute to which this subsection (5) refers and shall provide that it be held when the appointment of a sufficient number of nonlawyer county judges warrants, as determined by the chief justice.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 102,§ 2, eff. 4/7/2014.
L. 64: p. 412, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-3. L. 67: p. 457, § 9. L. 69: p. 250, § 10. L. 72: p. 592, § 61. L. 73: p. 1402, § 30. L. 79: (3) amended and (4) repealed, pp. 599, 602, §§ 16, 30, effective July 1. L. 2014: (3) amended, (SB 14-058), ch. 102, p. 377, § 2, effective April 7.
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