Colorado § 23-7-102 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 23-7-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 23-7-102

Title 23Postsecondary Education

Art.Classification of Students for

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-7-102 (2026).

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Repealed.

(2)Domicile means a person's true, fixed, and permanent home and place of habitation. It is the place where he intends to remain and to which he expects to return when he leaves without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere.

(3)Emancipated minor means a minor whose parents have entirely surrendered the right to the care, custody, and earnings of such minor, no longer are under any duty to support or maintain such minor, and have made no provision for the support of such minor.

(4)His applies to the female as well as the male sex.

(5)In-state student means a student who has been domiciled in Colorado for one year or more immediately preceding registration at any institution of higher edu

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Repealed.

(2) Domicile means a person's true, fixed, and permanent home and place
of habitation. It is the place where he intends to remain and to which he expects to
return when he leaves without intending to establish a new domicile elsewhere.

(3) Emancipated minor means a minor whose parents have entirely
surrendered the right to the care, custody, and earnings of such minor, no longer
are under any duty to support or maintain such minor, and have made no provision
for the support of such minor.

(4) His applies to the female as well as the male sex.

(5) In-state student means a student who has been domiciled in Colorado
for one year or more immediately preceding registration at any institution of higher
education in Colorado for any term or session for which domiciliary classification is
claimed, but attendance at an institution of higher education, public or private,
within the state of Colorado shall not alone be sufficient to qualify for domicile in
Colorado. In-state student includes a member of the armed forces of the United
States or his dependents who qualify under section 23-7-103 (1)(c).

(6) Institution means a Colorado college, university, or local district college
supported partially or entirely by appropriations made by the general assembly.

(7) Minor means a male or female person who has not attained the age of
twenty-two years.

(8) Parent-qualified student means an unemancipated minor who is not
domiciled in Colorado but who has a parent domiciled in Colorado.

(9) Qualified person means a person qualified to determine his or her own
domicile. A person twenty-two years of age or older, a student commencing a
postbaccalaureate degree-granting program, an emancipated minor, or an
unaccompanied homeless youth pursuant to section 23-7-103.5 is so qualified.

Legislative History

Source: L. 61: p. 718, � 2. CRS 53: � 124-19-2. C.R.S. 1963: � 124-18-2. L. 67: p. 822, � 1. L. 84: (1) repealed and (3), (8), and (9) amended, pp. 633, 631, �� 3, 1, effective April 5. L. 86, 2nd Ex. Sess.: (5) amended, p. 59, � 1, effective August 15. L. 93: (9) amended, p. 1865, � 2, effective July 1. L. 96: (7) and (9) amended, p. 732, � 1, effective May 22. L. 2016: (9) amended, (HB 16-1100), ch. 169, p. 536, � 2, effective May 17.