C.R.S. Section 24-72-102
District court to restore destroyed records

(1)

Whenever the public records of any plat or map or any tax list, assessment roll, or any public record or writing connected with the assessment and collection of the revenues of such county and of the state which is required to be kept by the county clerk and recorder of such county in his office is lost or destroyed by fire or otherwise, it is the duty of the county attorney of the county in which such loss or destruction occurs to file in the district court of such county an information in the name of the people of the state of Colorado, setting forth substantially the fact of such loss or destruction of such public records, or so much thereof as may be desired to be reproduced and reestablished or restored, with the circumstances attending the loss or destruction of the same, as nearly as may be, and thereupon the clerk of such court shall cause such information to be published in full in one or more newspapers published in such county for the period of four weeks, together with the notice addressed, “To all whom it may concern”, that the court, at a term therein designated to be held not less than four weeks from the first publication of such information and notice, will proceed to hear and determine the matters in said information set forth and will take testimony for the purpose of reproducing, reestablishing, or restoring such records as the court finds to be lost or destroyed. Upon such publication being made, all persons interested shall be deemed defendants and may appear in person or by counsel and be heard touching such proceedings.

(2)

If the court is satisfied that any public record has been lost or destroyed, an order to that effect shall be entered of record, and thereupon the court shall proceed to take testimony for the purpose of reproducing, reestablishing, or restoring the records so lost or destroyed. The proceedings may be continued from time to time and orders and decrees shall be made as to each record, map, plat, tax list, and assessment roll separately. The clerk shall cause all maps, plats, tax lists, assessment rolls, or other records adjudged by the court to be correct copies of the records lost or destroyed, as often and as soon as they are so adjudged, to be filed in the office of the county recorder, with a certified copy of the order or judgment of the court in the premises attached thereto and recorded in a book to be provided for that purpose, and the said record shall be deemed and taken in all courts and places as a public record and as a true and correct reproduction of the original record so lost or destroyed; but any tax list or assessment roll so reproduced and restored, or so much thereof as may be reproduced and restored under the provisions of this section, shall be sufficient authority for the treasurer of such county to collect all taxes contained therein, the same in all respects as if it were the original tax list or assessment roll and were made out, certified, and delivered to him within the time required by law.

Source: Section 24-72-102 — District court to restore destroyed records, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-24.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

24‑72‑101
Records destroyed - certified copies rerecorded 24‑72‑102
District court to restore destroyed records 24‑72‑103
Costs and expenses of proceeding 24‑72‑104
Purchase abstracts 24‑72‑105
Abstract books part of records - evidence 24‑72‑106
Abstract books - use - presumptions 24‑72‑107
Abstract books, when notice 24‑72‑108
Jurisdiction of courts to make inquiry 24‑72‑109
Special commissioners - fees 24‑72‑110
Evidence admissible, when - charges 24‑72‑111
Originals destroyed, prior abstracts as evidence 24‑72‑112
Public records free to servicemen 24‑72‑113
Limit on retention of passive surveillance records - definition 24‑72‑200.1
Short title 24‑72‑201
Legislative declaration 24‑72‑202
Definitions 24‑72‑203
Public records open to inspection 24‑72‑204
Allowance or denial of inspection - grounds - procedure - appeal - definitions - repeal 24‑72‑204.5
Adoption of electronic mail policy 24‑72‑205
Copy, printout, or photograph of a public record - imposition of research and retrieval fee 24‑72‑205.5
Public inspection of ballots - stay period - recounts - rules governing public inspection of ballots - legislative declaration - definitions 24‑72‑301
Legislative declaration 24‑72‑302
Definitions 24‑72‑303
Records of official actions required - open to inspection - applicability 24‑72‑304
Inspection of criminal justice records 24‑72‑305
Allowance or denial of inspection - grounds - procedure - appeal 24‑72‑305.3
Private access to criminal history records of volunteers and employees of charitable organizations 24‑72‑305.4
Governmental access to criminal history records of applicants in regulated professions or occupations 24‑72‑305.5
Access to records - denial by custodian - use of records to obtain information for solicitation - definitions 24‑72‑305.6
County clerk and recorder access to criminal history records of election judges and employees - rules 24‑72‑306
Copies, printouts, or photographs of criminal justice records - fees authorized 24‑72‑307
Challenge to accuracy and completeness - appeals 24‑72‑309
Violation - penalty 24‑72‑501
Definitions 24‑72‑502
Creation of a privacy policy for governmental entities 24‑72‑601
Definitions 24‑72‑602
Access to personal medical information prohibited - exceptions 24‑72‑701
Definitions 24‑72‑702
Expungement of arrest records in case of mistaken identity - definitions 24‑72‑703
Sealing of records - general provisions - order applicability - discovery and advisements 24‑72‑704
Sealing of arrest records when no charges filed - automatic sealing 24‑72‑705
Sealing criminal justice records other than convictions - simplified process - applicability 24‑72‑706
Sealing of criminal conviction and criminal justice records - processing fee 24‑72‑707
Sealing of criminal conviction records information for offenses committed by victims of human trafficking 24‑72‑708
Sealing of criminal conviction records information for municipal offenses for convictions 24‑72‑709
Sealing of criminal conviction records information for multiple conviction records 24‑72‑710
Sealing of criminal conviction records information for offenses that receive a full and unconditional pardon
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 24-72-102’s source at colorado​.gov