Colorado § 37-92-204 Water clerks - duties

Colorado Statutes

§ 37-92-204 — Water clerks - duties

Colorado·Title 37 Water and·Art. Water Right Determination and Administration

(1)(a) There is established in each water division the office of water clerk, who shall be an associate clerk of the district court and shall be appointed in the same manner as clerks of the various district courts. The water clerk may be a part-time employee, or an existing clerk of the district court may be assigned additional duties as water clerk. Any reference in this article to a filing with the water clerk means a filing in the district court where such clerk serves.

(b)The water clerk shall maintain his office in the offices of the clerk of the district court of the county in each division as follows: Division 1 Weld Division 2 Pueblo Division 3 Alamosa Division 4 Montrose Division 5 Garfield Division 6 Routt Division 7 La Plata

(2)The water clerk shall maintain

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(1) (a) There is established in each water
division the office of water clerk, who shall be an associate clerk of the district
court and shall be appointed in the same manner as clerks of the various district
courts. The water clerk may be a part-time employee, or an existing clerk of the
district court may be assigned additional duties as water clerk. Any reference in
this article to a filing with the water clerk means a filing in the district court where
such clerk serves.

(b) The water clerk shall maintain his office in the offices of the clerk of the
district court of the county in each division as follows:

Division 1 Weld

Division 2 Pueblo

Division 3 Alamosa

Division 4 Montrose

Division 5 Garfield

Division 6 Routt

Division 7 La Plata

(2) The water clerk shall maintain the records of all proceedings related to
appropriations, determinations of water rights and conditional water rights and the
amount and priority thereof, changes of water rights, plans for augmentation,
abandonment of water rights and conditional water rights, and the records of all
proceedings of the water judge and of all rulings and actions of the referee
required by this article to be filed with the water clerk. The clerks of the various
district courts in each division, if requested by the water clerk of that division, shall
transfer to the water clerk duplicate copies of any of the files, or parts thereof, of
cases relating to water rights. The water clerk shall perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by the water judge or the supreme court.

(3) Subject to the approval of the water judge, the water clerk in each
division shall employ such assistants and deputies as may be necessary for him or
her to carry out his or her duties. The water clerk, assistants, and deputies shall
take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101 and file such bond
as may be prescribed by the supreme court.

(4) The expense of the office and staff of the water clerk shall be provided
for out of state funds appropriated to the supreme court, and each county in which
a water clerk's office is located shall be reimbursed for the cost thereof to the
county.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 69: p. 1205, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 148-21-11. L. 70: p. 431, � 2. L. 2018: (3) amended, (HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 704, � 45, effective August 8.