Colorado § 30-10-601 Coroner - election - bond - insurance - authority

Colorado Statutes

§ 30-10-601 — Coroner - election - bond - insurance - authority

Colorado § 30-10-601

Title 30Government

Art.County Officers

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 30-10-601 (2026).

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(1)(a) Repealed.

(b)A coroner shall be elected in each county for the term of four years, who, except as provided in subsection (1.5) of this section, before entering upon the duties of office, shall give bond to the people of the state of Colorado of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of county commissioners or, if the board is not in session, by the county clerk and recorder, subject to the approval of such board, the condition of which bond shall be in substance the same as that given by the sheriff. Such bond shall be filed with the county clerk and recorder of the proper county. (1.5) In lieu of the bond required by subsection (1) of this section, a county may purchase crime insurance coverage in an amount not

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(1) (a) Repealed.

(b) A coroner shall be elected in each county for the term of four years, who,
except as provided in subsection (1.5) of this section, before entering upon the
duties of office, shall give bond to the people of the state of Colorado of not less
than twenty-five thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the
board of county commissioners or, if the board is not in session, by the county clerk
and recorder, subject to the approval of such board, the condition of which bond
shall be in substance the same as that given by the sheriff. Such bond shall be filed
with the county clerk and recorder of the proper county.

(1.5) In lieu of the bond required by subsection (1) of this section, a county
may purchase crime insurance coverage in an amount not less than twenty-five
thousand dollars on behalf of the coroner to protect the people of the county from
any malfeasance on the part of the coroner while in office.

(2) The coroner may declare an individual dead if the coroner finds the
individual has sustained irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory
function.

Legislative History

Source: G.L. � 507. G.S. � 611. R.S. 08: � 1294. C.L. � 8769. CSA: C. 45, � 116. CRS 53: � 35-6-1. L. 56: p. 129, � 3. C.R.S. 1963: � 35-6-1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1439, � 1, effective June 4. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 1275, � 2, effective April 18. L. 2003: (1)(a) repealed, p. 1834, � 4, effective August 6; (1)(a)(II) added by revision, pp. 1834, 1835, �� 4, 5. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1062), ch. 161, p. 561, � 21, effective August 11.