Colorado § 24-12-103 Who may administer oaths or affirmations

Colorado Statutes

§ 24-12-103 — Who may administer oaths or affirmations

Colorado·Title 24 Government·Art. Oaths and Affirmations

(1)All courts in this state and each judge, justice, magistrate, referee, clerk, and deputy clerk; court reporters who hold the registered professional reporter, certified verbatim reporter, or certified verbatim reporter - stenotype certification or higher; members and referees of the division of labor standards and statistics; members of the public utilities commission; and notaries public have power to administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses and others concerning a matter, thing, process, or proceeding pending, commenced, or to be commenced before them.

(2)The courts, judges, magistrates, referees, clerks, and deputy clerks within their respective districts or counties; court reporters who hold the registered professional reporter, certified verbatim reporter, or certi

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(1) All courts in this
state and each judge, justice, magistrate, referee, clerk, and deputy clerk; court
reporters who hold the registered professional reporter, certified verbatim reporter,
or certified verbatim reporter - stenotype certification or higher; members and
referees of the division of labor standards and statistics; members of the public
utilities commission; and notaries public have power to administer oaths or
affirmations to witnesses and others concerning a matter, thing, process, or
proceeding pending, commenced, or to be commenced before them.

(2) The courts, judges, magistrates, referees, clerks, and deputy clerks
within their respective districts or counties; court reporters who hold the registered
professional reporter, certified verbatim reporter, or certified verbatim reporter -
stenotype certification or higher; a person designated by the governing body, or an
officer of the body; and notaries public within a county of this state have the power
to administer all oaths or affirmations of office and other oaths or affirmations
required to be taken by a person upon a lawful occasion and to take affidavits and
depositions concerning a matter or thing, process, or proceeding pending,
commenced, or to be commenced in a court or on an occasion an affidavit or a
deposition is authorized or by law required to be taken.

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Legislative History

Source: R.S. p. 482, � 3. G.L. � 1927. G.S. � 2473. R.S. 08: � 4671. C.L. � 7960. CSA: C. 115, � 3. L. 45: p. 495, � 1. CRS 53: � 98-1-3. C.R.S. 1963: � 98-1-3. L. 64: p. 293, � 235. L. 65: p. 893, � 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 365, � 38, effective April 9. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1323), ch. 131, p. 380, � 17, effective August 10. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 692, � 4, effective August 8. L. 2022: Entire section amended, (SB 22-020), ch. 57, p. 263, � 1, effective March 30. L. 2025: Entire section amended, (HB 25-1301), ch. 306, p. 1604, � 1, effective May 30.