C.R.S. § 13-32-101

Docket fees in civil actions

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(IV) The general assembly hereby declares that docket fees for actions filed in the small claims division of the county court should reflect the range of the monetary jurisdictional limit established for such actions and that such fees should promote access to the courts and reflect appropriate contributions from litigants using the court system based on the money judgment sought in an action. The general assembly hereby declares that it is appropriate to establish docket fees for the small claims division of the county court as follows:

(A) On and after July 1, 2008, when the money judgment sought by the plaintiff in an action filed in the small claims division of the county court is five hundred dollars or less, a plaintiff shall pay a fee of thirty-one dollars.

(B) On and after July 1, 2008, when the money judgment sought by the plaintiff in an action filed in the small claims division of the county court is five hundred dollars or less, a defendant filing an answer without a counterclaim in such an action shall pay a fee of twenty-six dollars.

(C) On and after July 1, 2008, when the money judgment sought in an action filed in the small claims division of the county court exceeds five hundred dollars and is no more than seven thousand five hundred dollars, a plaintiff shall pay a fee of fifty-five dollars.

(D) On and after July 1, 2008, when the money judgment sought in an action filed in the small claims division of the county court exceeds five hundred dollars and is no more than seven thousand five hundred dollars, a defendant filing an answer without a counterclaim in such an action shall pay a fee of forty-one dollars.

(E) On and after July 1, 2008, if a defendant files an answer with a counterclaim in an action in the small claims division of the county court and the amount sought in the action and amount sought in the counterclaim are each five hundred dollars or less, the fee for such answer and counterclaim shall be thirty-one dollars.

(F) On and after July 1, 2008, if a defendant files an answer with a counterclaim in an action in the small claims division of the county court and the amount sought in either the action or the counterclaim is more than five hundred dollars and is not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars, the fee for such answer and counterclaim shall be forty-six dollars.

(III.5) Except as provided in subsection (1)(c)(IV) of this section:

(I) Fifteen dollars shall be deposited in the Colorado children's trust fund created in section 19-3.5-106, C.R.S.;

(II) One hundred fifteen dollars shall be deposited in the performance-based collaborative management incentive cash fund created in section 24-1.9-104, C.R.S.;

(III) Fifty dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section;

(IV) Five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204;

(V) Twenty-six dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of this section;

(III.5) Except as provided in subsection (1)(c)(IV) of this section:

(h) Repealed.

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after July 1, 2010, fourteen dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section, five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204, eleven dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of this section, and one dollar shall be deposited in the general fund pursuant to section 2-5-119, C.R.S.

(j) Each fee collected pursuant to sub-subparagraph (B) of subparagraph (IV) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and divided as follows:

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after July 1, 2010, ten dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section, five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204, and eleven dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of this section.

(k) Each fee collected pursuant to sub-subparagraph (C) of subparagraph (IV) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and divided as follows:

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after July 1, 2010, thirty-eight dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section, five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204, eleven dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of this section, and one dollar shall be deposited in the general fund pursuant to section 2-5-119, C.R.S.

(l) Each fee collected pursuant to sub-subparagraph (D) of subparagraph (IV) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and divided as follows:

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after July 1, 2010, twenty-five dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section, five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204, and eleven dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of this section.

(m) Each fee collected pursuant to sub-subparagraph (E) of subparagraph (IV) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and divided as follows:

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after July 1, 2010, fifteen dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section, five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204, and eleven dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of this section.

(n) Each fee collected pursuant to sub-subparagraph (F) of subparagraph (IV) of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and divided as follows:

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after July 1, 2010, thirty dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section, five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204, and eleven dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of this section.

(o) Each fee collected pursuant to subsection (1)(d) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and divided as follows:

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after January 1, 2019, one hundred sixty-one dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section, five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204, sixty-eight dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in subsection (7)(a) of this section, and one dollar shall be deposited in the general fund pursuant to section 2-5-119.

(p) Each fee collected pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and divided as follows:

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after July 1, 2010, ninety dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section, five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204, and sixty-eight dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of this section.

(q) Each fee collected pursuant to subsection (1)(f) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and divided as follows:

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after January 1, 2019, one hundred nineteen dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section, five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204, and sixty-eight dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in subsection (7)(a) of this section.

(r) Each fee collected pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and divided as follows:

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after July 1, 2010, one hundred forty-three dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section, five dollars shall be deposited in the court security cash fund established pursuant to section 13-1-204, fifteen dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of this section, one dollar shall be deposited in the general fund pursuant to section 2-5-119, C.R.S., and three dollars shall be deposited in the vital statistics records cash fund created in section 25-2-121, C.R.S.

(s) Each fee collected pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and divided as follows:

(I) Repealed.

(II) On and after July 1, 2010, ninety-five dollars shall be deposited in the judicial stabilization cash fund created in subsection (6) of this section and ten dollars shall be deposited in the justice center cash fund created in paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of this section.

Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.

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Jun 23, 2021 – presentcurrentviewing
CRS Release 75 (Official Code of Colorado Annotated, public.resource.org CC0) — released 2021-06-23
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L. 21: P. 227, § 1. C.L. § 7873. L. 23: P. 249, § 1. CSA: C. 66, § 4. L. 47: P. 456, § 1. CRS 53: § 56-5-1. L. 58: Pp. 241, 249, § § 6, 19, 20. L. 60: P. 144, § 2. L. 61: P. 384, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 56-5-1. L. 64: P. 463, § 4. L. 67: P. 991, § 1. L. 69: P. 388, § § 3, 4. L. 72: P. 598, § 84. L. 73: P. 1405, § § 41, 42. L. 75: (1)(c) amended, p. 579, § 1, effective July 1; (1)(d) amended, p. 581, § 1, effective July 1; (2) amended, p. 924, § 17, effective July 1; (2) amended, p. 209, § 22, effective July 16. L. 76: (1)(c) amended, p. 302, § 31, effective May 20; (1)(c) amended, p. 520, § 2, effective October 1. L. 79: (4) amended, p. 621, § 1, effective June 1; (4)(a) and IP(4)(b) amended, p. 600, § 22, effective July 1. L. 80: (4) amended, p. 515, § 1, effective January 29. L. 81: (1)(c) amended, p. 2031, § 43, effective July 14. L. 82: (1)(c) amended, p. 294, § 1, effective July 1; (1)(d) amended, p. 295, § 1, effective July 1. L. 83: (1)(c) amended, p. 2047, § 3, effective October 14. L. 84: (1)(a), (1)(b), and (1)(f) amended, p. 455, § 6, effective July 1. L. 87: (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c)(I), (1)(d), and (1)(f) amended, p. 562, § 4, effective July 1; (1)(c)(II) amended, p. 544, § 3, effective July 1. L. 90: (1)(c)(I) amended and (1)(c)(II) R&RE, p. 851, § § 12, 13, effective May 31; (1)(c)(I) amended and (1)(c)(II) R&RE, p. 856, § § 5, 6, effective July 1. L. 91: (1)(a), (1)(c)(I), and (1)(d) amended and (1)(a.5) and (5) added, pp. 386, 379, § § 1, 3, effective July 1. L. 92: (1)(a.5)(I) amended, p. 218, § 23, effective August 1. L. 94: (1)(a.5) amended, p. 1691, § 1, effective July 1. L. 95: (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(f), and (5) amended, p. 740, § 2, effective July 1; (1)(c)(II)(D) and (1)(c)(III) added, pp. 728, 729, § § 2, 3, effective January 1, 1996. L. 98: (1)(a.5)(III) added by revision, pp. 767, 769, § § 18, 23. L. 99: (1)(a.5) amended, p. 1084, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1)(a) amended, p. 1571, § 9, effective July 1; (2) amended, p. 1832, § 4, effective January 1, 2001. L. 2001: (1)(a) amended, p. 741, § 6, effective June 1; (1)(c)(I), (1)(c)(II), and (1)(c)(III) amended, pp. 1518, 1516, § § 12, 10, effective September 1. L. 2002: (1)(a) amended, p. 529, § 3, effective May 24; (6) added, p. 671, § 1, effective May 28. L. 2003: (1)(a) amended, p. 386, § 2, effective March 5; (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(f), and (5) amended and (1.5) added, p. 568, § 1, effective March 18. L. 2004: (1)(a) amended, p. 1555, § 4, effective May 28. L. 2007: (7) added, p. 1268, § 2, effective May 25; (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(f), (2), and (5) amended, p. 1530, § 19, effective May 31. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 2114, § 7, effective June 4; (8) added, p. 1658, § 5, effective August 15. L. 2009: (1)(a), (1)(b), (5)(a)(VII), (5)(a)(VIII), and (5)(b) amended and (5)(a)(IX) and (5)(a)(X) added, (SB 09-068), ch. 264, p. 1210, § 4, effective July 1; (1)(c)(III)(C) repealed, (SB 09-038), ch. 119, p. 498, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1)(a.5) and (1)(b.5) added and IP(5)(a), (5)(a)(VII), and IP(5)(b) amended, (SB 13-011), ch. 49, pp. 160, 161, § § 8, 9, effective May 1; (7)(c) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1674, § 33, effective August 7. L. 2015: (7)(b)(II) repealed, (SB 15-264), ch. 259, p. 949, § 30, effective August 5. L. 2018: (7)(b)(III) and (7)(d) added, (SB 18-267), ch. 407, p. 2392, § 1, effective August 8; IP(1)(c)(III), (1)(c)(III)(A), (1)(c)(III)(B), (5)(g), and (5)(h) repealed, (1)(c)(III.5), (5)(g.5), and (5)(h.5) added, (1)(d), (1)(f), IP(5)(o), (5)(o)(II), IP(5)(q), and (5)(q)(II) amended, (SB 18-056), ch. 298, p. 1817, § 3, effective January 1, 2019; (1)(c)(III)(D), (5)(g)(II), and (5)(h)(II) added by revision, (SB 18-056), ch. 298, pp. 1817, 1820, § § 3, 5.
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L. 21: p. 227, § 1. C.L. § 7873. L. 23: p. 249, § 1. CSA: C. 66, § 4. L. 47: p. 456, § 1. CRS 53: § 56-5-1. L. 58: pp. 241, 249, §§ 6, 19, 20. L. 60: p. 144, § 2. L. 61: p. 384, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 56-5-1. L. 64: p. 463, § 4. L. 67: p. 991, § 1. L. 69: p. 388, §§ 3, 4. L. 72: p. 598, § 84. L. 73: p. 1405, §§ 41, 42. L. 75: (1)(c) amended, p. 579, § 1, effective July 1; (1)(d) amended, p. 581, § 1, effective July 1; (2) amended, p. 924, § 17, effective July 1; (2) amended, p. 209, § 22, effective July 16. L. 76: (1)(c) amended, p. 302, § 31, effective May 20; (1)(c) amended, p. 520, § 2, effective October 1. L. 79: (4) amended, p. 621, § 1, effective June 1; (4)(a) and IP(4)(b) amended, p. 600, § 22, effective July 1. L. 80: (4) amended, p. 515, § 1, effective January 29. L. 81: (1)(c) amended, p. 2031, § 43, effective July 14. L. 82: (1)(c) amended, p. 294, § 1, effective July 1; (1)(d) amended, p. 295, § 1, effective July 1. L. 83: (1)(c) amended, p. 2047, § 3, effective October 14. L. 84: (1)(a), (1)(b), and (1)(f) amended, p. 455, § 6, effective July 1. L. 87: (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c)(I), (1)(d), and (1)(f) amended, p. 562, § 4, effective July 1; (1)(c)(II) amended, p. 544, § 3, effective July 1. L. 90: (1)(c)(I) amended and (1)(c)(II) R&RE, p. 851, §§ 12, 13, effective May 31; (1)(c)(I) amended and (1)(c)(II) R&RE, p. 856, §§ 5, 6, effective July 1. L. 91: (1)(a), (1)(c)(I), and (1)(d) amended and (1)(a.5) and (5) added, pp. 386, 379, §§ 1, 3, effective July 1. L. 92: (1)(a.5)(I) amended, p. 218, § 23, effective August 1. L. 94: (1)(a.5) amended, p. 1691, § 1, effective July 1. L. 95: (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(f), and (5) amended, p. 740, § 2, effective July 1; (1)(c)(II)(D) and (1)(c)(III) added, pp. 728, 729, §§ 2, 3, effective January 1, 1996. L. 98: (1)(a.5)(III) added by revision, pp. 767, 769, §§ 18, 23. L. 99: (1)(a.5) amended, p. 1084, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2000: (1)(a) amended, p. 1571, § 9, effective July 1; (2) amended, p. 1832, § 4, effective January 1, 2001. L. 2001: (1)(a) amended, p. 741, § 6, effective June 1; (1)(c)(I), (1)(c)(II), and (1)(c)(III) amended, pp. 1518, 1516, §§ 12, 10, effective September 1. L. 2002: (1)(a) amended, p. 529, § 3, effective May 24; (6) added, p. 671, § 1, effective May 28. L. 2003: (1)(a) amended, p. 386, § 2, effective March 5; (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(f), and (5) amended and (1.5) added, p. 568, § 1, effective March 18. L. 2004: (1)(a) amended, p. 1555, § 4, effective May 28. L. 2007: (7) added, p. 1268, § 2, effective May 25; (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(f), (2), and (5) amended, p. 1530, § 19, effective May 31. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 2114, § 7, effective June 4; (8) added, p. 1658, § 5, effective August 15. L. 2009: (1)(a), (1)(b), (5)(a)(VII), (5)(a)(VIII), and (5)(b) amended and (5)(a)(IX) and (5)(a)(X) added, (SB 09-068), ch. 264, p. 1210, § 4, effective July 1; (1)(c)(III)(C) repealed, (SB 09-038), ch. 119, p. 498, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1)(a.5) and (1)(b.5) added and IP(5)(a), (5)(a)(VII), and IP(5)(b) amended, (SB 13-011), ch. 49, pp. 160, 161, §§ 8, 9, effective May 1; (7)(c) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1674, § 33, effective August 7. L. 2015: (7)(b)(II) repealed, (SB 15-264), ch. 259, p. 949, § 30, effective August 5. L. 2018: (7)(b)(III) and (7)(d) added, (SB 18-267), ch. 407, p. 2392, § 1, effective August 8; IP(1)(c)(III), (1)(c)(III)(A), (1)(c)(III)(B), (5)(g), and (5)(h) repealed, (1)(c)(III.5), (5)(g.5), and (5)(h.5) added, (1)(d), (1)(f), IP(5)(o), (5)(o)(II), IP(5)(q), and (5)(q)(II) amended, (SB 18-056), ch. 298, p. 1817, § 3, effective January 1, 2019; (1)(c)(III)(D), (5)(g)(II), and (5)(h)(II) added by revision, (SB 18-056), ch. 298, pp. 1817, 1820, §§ 3, 5.

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