Colorado § 13-6-219 Judge as party to a case - recusal of judge upon motion

Colorado Statutes

§ 13-6-219 — Judge as party to a case - recusal of judge upon motion

Colorado·Title 13 Courts·Art. County Courts

(1)If a judge or former judge of a county court is a party in his or her individual and private capacity in a case that is to be tried within any county court in the same judicial district in which the judge or former judge is or was a judge of a county court, any party to the case may file a timely motion requesting that the judge who is appointed to preside over the case recuse himself or herself from the case.

(2)If a county court receives a motion filed by a party pursuant to subsection

(1)of this section, the judge who is appointed to preside over the case shall recuse himself or herself if he or she is a judge of a county court in the same judicial district in which the judge or former judge who is a party to the case in his or her individual and private capacity is or w

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(1) If a
judge or former judge of a county court is a party in his or her individual and private
capacity in a case that is to be tried within any county court in the same judicial
district in which the judge or former judge is or was a judge of a county court, any
party to the case may file a timely motion requesting that the judge who is
appointed to preside over the case recuse himself or herself from the case.

(2) If a county court receives a motion filed by a party pursuant to subsection
(1) of this section, the judge who is appointed to preside over the case shall recuse
himself or herself if he or she is a judge of a county court in the same judicial
district in which the judge or former judge who is a party to the case in his or her
individual and private capacity is or was a judge of a county court.

(3) If a judge recuses himself or herself pursuant to subsection (2) of this
section, the chief justice of the Colorado supreme court or his or her designee shall
appoint a judge from outside the judicial district to preside over the case.

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