§ 25.5-10-217 — Conduct of court proceedings

Colorado § 25.5-10-217

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25.5: Health
• Art.: Community Living

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All court proceedings arising
under section 25.5-10-216 shall be conducted by the district attorney of the county
where the proceeding is held or by a qualified attorney acting for the district
attorney appointed by the district court for that purpose; except that, in any county
or in any city and county having a population exceeding one hundred thousand
persons, the proceedings shall be conducted by the county attorney or by a
qualified attorney acting for the county attorney appointed by the district court. In
any case in which there has been a change of venue to a county other than the
county of residence of the respondent or the county in which the proceeding was
commenced, the county from which the proceeding was transferred shall either
reimburse the county in which the proceeding was held for the reasonable costs
incurred in conducting the proceeding or conduct the proceeding itself using its
own personnel and resources, including its own district or county attorney, as the
case may be.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1769, � 1, effective March 1, 2014.