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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure » Article 4 - Court of Appeals

§ 13-4-101. Establishment

There is hereby created the court of appeals, pursuant to section 1 of article VI of the state constitution. The court of appeals shall be a court of record. Judges of the court of appeals may serve in any state court with full authority as provided by law, when called upon to do so by […]

§ 13-4-102. Jurisdiction

Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the court of appeals shall have initial jurisdiction over appeals from final judgments of, and interlocutory appeals of certified questions of law in civil cases pursuant to section 13-4-102.1 from, the district courts, the probate court of the city and county of Denver, and the juvenile court […]

§ 13-4-103. Number of Judges – Qualifications

The number of judges of the court of appeals shall be sixteen. Effective July 1, 2006, the number of judges of the court of appeals shall be nineteen. Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of judges of the court of appeals shall be twenty-two. Judges of the court of appeals shall […]

§ 13-4-104. Term of Office – Selection

The term of office for a judge of the court of appeals is eight years. Judicial appointments to the court of appeals shall be made pursuant to section 20 of article VI of the state constitution. Source: L. 69: p. 266, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-21-4. L. 72: p. 592, § 65.

§ 13-4-104.5. Temporary Judicial Duties

Whenever the chief justice of the supreme court deems assignment of a judge necessary to the prompt disposition of judicial business, the chief justice may assign any judge of the court of appeals, or any retired judge of the court of appeals who consents, to temporarily perform judicial duties in any court of record. For […]

§ 13-4-105. Chief Judge

The chief justice of the supreme court shall appoint a judge of the court of appeals to serve as chief judge at the pleasure of the chief justice. The chief judge shall exercise such administrative powers as may be delegated to him by the chief justice. Source: L. 69: p. 266, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: […]

§ 13-4-106. Divisions

The court of appeals shall sit in divisions of three judges each to hear and determine all matters before the court. The chief judge, with the approval of the chief justice, shall assign judges to each division. Such assignments shall be changed from time to time as determined by the chief judge, with the approval […]

§ 13-4-107. Place of Court

The court of appeals shall be located in the city and county of Denver, but any division of the court of appeals may sit in any county seat for the purpose of hearing oral argument in cases before the division. Source: L. 69: p. 266, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-21-7.

§ 13-4-108. Supreme Court Review

Before application may be made for writ of certiorari, as provided in this section, application shall be made to the court of appeals for a rehearing if required by supreme court rule. Within twenty-eight days after a rehearing has been refused by the court of appeals, any party in interest who is aggrieved by the […]

§ 13-4-109. Certification of Cases to the Supreme Court

The court of appeals, prior to final determination, may certify any case before it to the supreme court for its review and final determination, if the court of appeals finds: The subject matter of the appeal has significant public interest; The case involves legal principles of major significance; or The case load of the court […]

§ 13-4-110. Determination of Jurisdiction – Transfer of Cases

When a party in interest alleges, or the court is of the opinion, that a case before the court of appeals is not properly within the jurisdiction of the court of appeals, the court of appeals shall refer the case to the supreme court. The supreme court shall decide the question of jurisdiction in a […]

§ 13-4-111. Employees – Compensation

Subject to the rules and regulations of the supreme court, the court of appeals shall appoint a clerk, a reporter of decisions, deputy clerks, and such other assistants as may be necessary. Each judge of the court of appeals may appoint a law clerk who shall be learned in the law and one secretary or […]

§ 13-4-112. Fees of the Clerk of Court of Appeals

Within the time allowed or fixed for transmission of the record, the appellant shall pay to the clerk of the court of appeals a docket fee of two hundred twenty-three dollars. The docket fee for the appellee shall be one hundred forty-eight dollars to be paid upon the entry of appearance of the appellee. Each […]

§ 13-4-113. Publication of Decisions

Repealed. Those court of appeals opinions to be published in full shall be selected as prescribed by supreme court rule. Source: L. 69: p. 268, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-21-13. L. 74: (1) repealed, p. 236, § 4, effective July 1. Cross references: For the duty of reporter to compile and publish decisions, see […]