§ 13-90-105. Incompetent Not Restored by Release
In any civil action, suit, or proceeding, no person who would, if a party thereto, be incompetent to testify therein under the provisions of section 13-90-102 shall become competent by reason of any assignment or release of his claim made for the purpose of allowing such person to testify. Source: L. 1870: p. 65, § […]
§ 13-90-106. Who May Not Testify
The following persons shall not be witnesses: Persons who are of unsound mind at the time of their production for examination; Children under ten years of age who appear incapable of receiving just impressions of the facts respecting which they are examined or of relating them truly. This proscription does not apply to a child […]
§ 13-90-107. Who May Not Testify Without Consent – Definitions
There are particular relations in which it is the policy of the law to encourage confidence and to preserve it inviolate; therefore, a person must not be examined as a witness in the following cases: Except as otherwise provided in section 14-13-310 (4), C.R.S., a husband shall not be examined for or against his wife […]
§ 13-90-108. Offer Taken as Consent
The offer of a person of himself as a witness shall be deemed a consent to the examination. The offer of a wife, husband, attorney, clergyman, physician, surgeon, certified public accountant, or certified psychologist as a witness shall be deemed a consent to the examination, within the meaning of section 13-90-107 (1)(a) to (1)(d), (1)(f), […]
§ 13-90-109. Estates of Deceased Persons, Infants, and Persons Who Have Been Declared Mentally Incompetent
Nothing in this article 90 in any manner affects the laws now existing relating to the settlement of estates of deceased persons, infants, or persons who have been declared mentally incompetent or to the acknowledgment or proof of deeds and other conveyances relating to real estate, in order to entitle the same to be recorded, […]
§ 13-90-110. Religious Opinions of Witness
No person shall be deemed incompetent to testify as a witness on account of his opinion in relation to the Supreme Being or a future state of rewards and punishments; nor shall any witness be questioned in regard to his religious opinions. Source: L. 1872: p. 95, § 1. G.L. omitted. G.S. § 3646. R.S. […]
§ 13-90-112. Power to Enforce Subpoena Duces Tecum
The provisions of article 90.5 of this title shall also apply to a subpoena duces tecum. Source: L. 1887: p. 448, § 2. R.S. 08: § 7280. C.L. § 6566. CSA: C. 177, § 12. CRS 53: § 153-1-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 154-1-12. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 198, § 3, effective August 5.
§ 13-90-113. Interpreters – Compensation
Except as provided in section 13-90-210, when the judge of any court of record in this state has occasion to appoint an interpreter for his court, it is his duty to fix the compensation to be paid such interpreter for each day his services are required. Source: L. 1891: p. 246, § 1. R.S. 08: […]
§ 13-90-114. Paid by State
Except as provided in section 13-90-210, it is the duty of the state court administrator to audit the accounts of such interpreter, except for the Denver county court, as allowed by the judges of the courts of record of a county and to cause warrants to be drawn upon the state controller in payment thereof, […]
§ 13-90-115. Service of Subpoena
The service of any subpoena in any of the courts of record in this state may be made by any person over the age of eighteen years not a party to the action or proceeding. Proof of service so made shall be by the affidavit of the person making the same showing the time, place, […]