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Adopted & Proposed Rule Changes

Proposed Rule Changes

Note: Public hearings are held in person in the Supreme Court Courtroom at 2 E. 14th Ave, Denver CO 80203

If interest warrants a public hearing, a rule change public hearing will occur and be recorded. The public hearings can be found on the live streamed and archived webpage for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Video Archive, if you search for public hearing.

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Rule Change PDF documents first list rules with edits and strikethroughs, then the second half of the document shows the rules in their updated form after changes.

For information on and records of the rule making committees, please see our website at Supreme Court Committees.

Rule Change 1999 (17)

Rule Change 1999 (17) Colorado Rules of Criminal Procedure - Rule 7
(In .pdf format) Amended and Adopted November 4, 1999, effective January 1, 2000.

Rule Change 1999 (16)

Rule Change 1999 (16) Colorado Rules of Criminal Procedure - Rule 5
(In .pdf format) Amended and Adopted November 4, 1999, effective January 1, 2000.

Rule Change 1999 (15)

Rule Change 1999 (15) Colorado Rules of Criminal Procedure - Rule 17
(In .pdf format) Amended and Adopted November 4, 1999, effective January 1, 2000.

Rule Change 1999 (14)

Rule Change 1999 (14) Colorado Rules of Criminal Procedure - Rule 16
(In .pdf format) Amended and Adopted November 4, 1999, effective January 1, 2000.

Notice of Proposed New Rule re: Limited Monetary Claim Actions

Notice of Proposed New Rule re: Limited Monetary Claim Actions
(In .pdf format) Public Hearing November 30, 1999. Submit written comments by November 19, 1999. Click here to view the Report of the Committee.

Rule Change 1999 (3)

Rule Change 1999 (3) Public Access
(In .pdf format) Supreme Court policy on Public Access to court records affirming the policy set out in CJD 98-05.

Rule Change 1998 (16)

Rule Change 1998 (16) C.R.E. 801, 803, 804, and 807 are amended and adopted by the court, En
Banc, November 25, 1998, effective January 1, 1999. 
(In .pdf format)


 

Rule Change 1998 (14)

Rule Change 1998 (14) The entire existing C.A.R. Rule 21 is repealed and readopted as follows. This repeal and readoption is adopted November 19, 1998, effective January 1, 1999. 
(In .pdf format)