(1)
(a)Every sheriff, county clerk and recorder, and county treasurer shall keep his or
her respective office at the county seat of the county and in the office provided by
the county, if any such has been provided, or, if there is none provided, then at such
place as the board of county commissioners shall direct. Subject to the provisions
of part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S., and any judicially recognized right of
privacy, all books and papers required to be in such offices shall be open to the
examination of any person, but no person, except parties in interest, or their
attorneys, shall have the right to examine pleadings or other papers filed in any
cause pending in such court.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), the
sheriff,
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(1)
(a) Every sheriff, county clerk and recorder, and county treasurer shall keep his or
her respective office at the county seat of the county and in the office provided by
the county, if any such has been provided, or, if there is none provided, then at such
place as the board of county commissioners shall direct. Subject to the provisions
of part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S., and any judicially recognized right of
privacy, all books and papers required to be in such offices shall be open to the
examination of any person, but no person, except parties in interest, or their
attorneys, shall have the right to examine pleadings or other papers filed in any
cause pending in such court.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), the
sheriff, county clerk and recorder, county treasurer, and clerk of the district and
county courts may maintain his or her office at a location other than the county seat
when authorized to do so pursuant to part 1 of article 5 of title 13, C.R.S.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the sheriff,
county clerk and recorder, and county treasurer may keep one or more offices
outside of the county seat or such other place authorized pursuant to part 1 of
article 5 of title 13, C.R.S. Any such office shall be in addition to his or her
respective office kept pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) and shall be
within the same county. Any such additional office may be kept only if the board of
county commissioners of such county makes office space or funding available to
provide for the office.
(d) As used in this section, office shall mean a place where some or all of
the duties of a sheriff, county clerk and recorder, county treasurer, or clerk of the
district and county courts are conducted.
(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2.5) of this section, any person or
corporation and their employees engaged in making abstracts or abstract books or
in the business of title insurance, as defined in section 10-11-102 (3), C.R.S., shall
have the right, during usual business hours and subject to such rules and
regulations as the officer having the custody of such records may prescribe, to
inspect and make memoranda, copies, or photographs of the contents of all such
books and papers for the purpose of their business; but any such officer may make
reasonable and general regulations concerning the inspection of such books and
papers by the public or by such abstractors or title insurance personnel. If, for the
purpose of making such copies, it becomes necessary to remove such records from
the room where they are usually kept to some other room in the courthouse where
such copying apparatus may be installed for such purpose, the county clerk and
recorder, in his or her discretion, may charge to the person or corporation making
such copies a fee of ten dollars per hour for the service of the deputy who has
charge of such records while they are being so copied; but such fees shall not be
charged to one person or corporation unless the same fee is likewise charged to
every person or corporation copying such records.
(2.5) (a) In lieu of affording the right of inspection and copying set forth in
subsection (2) of this section, any clerk and recorder may make available to
abstractors, title insurance personnel, and others, by subscription and on such
medium as the clerk and recorder shall determine in accordance with the provisions
of section 30-10-407, a daily copy in bulk of all documents recorded and filed in
such office or less than all if the clerk and recorder determines it to be feasible to
sort the bulk as requested. Such bulk copy shall be available to the subscriber no
later than the third business day following the date of recording or filing. The fee to
be charged by the clerk and recorder for bulk copies supplied in accordance with
this subsection (2.5) shall be sufficient to cover the direct and indirect costs of
production incurred by the clerk and recorder.
(b) Upon tender of the appropriate fee as provided in section 30-1-103 (2)(j),
the clerk and recorder shall furnish single copies of documents upon demand.
(c) The clerk and recorder shall not be required to conduct a search of the
real estate records in order to locate any document for copying or for any other
purpose.
(3) If any person or officer refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions
of this section, he shall forfeit for each day he so refuses or neglects the sum of five
dollars, to be collected by civil action, in the name of the people of the state of
Colorado, and pay it into the school fund; but this shall not interfere with or take
away any right of action for damages by any person injured by such neglect or
refusal.