Colorado § 20-1-101 Bond and oath or affirmation of district attorney and staff

Colorado Statutes

§ 20-1-101 — Bond and oath or affirmation of district attorney and staff

Colorado § 20-1-101

Title 20District

Art.District Attorneys

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 20-1-101 (2026).

Text

(1)Every district attorney, chief deputy district attorney, deputy district attorney, special deputy district attorney, and assistant district attorney shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101. A district attorney shall also execute to the people of the state of Colorado a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars with a good and sufficient individual, schedule, or blanket corporate surety bond or other acceptable security, to be approved by the secretary of state, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his or her office, as the same are prescribed by law, and upon any breach of such bond, an action shall lie thereon for the benefit of any county fund or person injured thereby.

(2)As the district attorney may direct, the assistant

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(1)
Every district attorney, chief deputy district attorney, deputy district attorney,
special deputy district attorney, and assistant district attorney shall take an oath or
affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101. A district attorney shall also
execute to the people of the state of Colorado a bond in the sum of five thousand
dollars with a good and sufficient individual, schedule, or blanket corporate surety
bond or other acceptable security, to be approved by the secretary of state,
conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his or her office, as the same
are prescribed by law, and upon any breach of such bond, an action shall lie thereon
for the benefit of any county fund or person injured thereby.

(2) As the district attorney may direct, the assistant and deputy district
attorneys and other employees appointed pursuant to this title may be required to
file with the secretary of state the bond required by law to be filed by district
attorneys.

Legislative History

Source: R.S. p. 262, � 3. G.L. omitted. G.S. � 1061. R.S. 08: � 2095. C.L. � 5774. CSA: C. 55, � 1. CRS 53: � 45-1-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 45-1-1. L. 71: p. 516, � 1. L. 2018: (1) amended, (HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 693, � 6, effective August 8.