§ 15-23-114 — Duties of the state court administrator

Colorado § 15-23-114

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 15: Probate,
• Art.: Colorado Electronic Preservation of

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(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:

(a) 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;

(b) 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;

(c) Create and maintain a computer folder for each creator;

(d) 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

(e) 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) (a) 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.

(b) 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.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1229), ch. 252, p. 2440, � 1, effective January 1, 2023 (see editor's note following the heading for this article 23).