Colo. R. App. P. 51 (2026)

(a) Filing and Record on Appeal. A party seeking review on certiorari must file, within the time limit provided in C.A.R. 52, a petition that complies with C.A.R. 25 and 32 with the clerk of the supreme court.

(1) Record from a District Court Judgment. For appeals from district courts reviewing final judgments and decrees of the county court or municipal court, the clerk of the district court must certify the complete record in the case and transmit the record to the clerk of the supreme court within fourteen days of the filing of the petition.

(2) Record from a Court of Appeals Judgment. For appeals from the court of appeals, no action is required by the clerk of the court of appeals to transmit the record.

(b) Petitioner’s Docket Fee. Upon the filing of the petition or a motion for extension of time in which to file the petition pursuant to C.A.R. 56, petitioner must pay the docket fee of $225.00, of which $1.00 will be transferred to the state general fund as a tax levy pursuant to section 2-5-119, C.R.S. The case will then be placed on the certiorari docket.

(c) Respondent’s Docket Fee. Upon respondent’s initial filing, if any, respondent must pay the docket fee of $115.00.

Source: (a) amended and effective March 23, 2000; (b) and (d) amended and adopted February 27, 2003, effective March 3, 2003; entire rule amended and effective June 23, 2014; entire rule amended and effective June 7, 2018, effective July 1, 2018; (b) amended February 24, 2022, effective July 1, 2022 (Rule Change 2022(05)).