(1) Every court has power: (a) To preserve and enforce order in its immediate presence; (b) To enforce order in the proceedings before it or before a person empowered to conduct a judicial investigation under its authority; (c) To compel obedience to its lawful judgments, orders, and process and to the lawful orders of its judge out of court in action or proceeding pending therein; (d) To control, in furtherance of justice, the conduct of its ministerial officers; and (e) To preserve access to courthouses and court proceedings, prevent interruption of court proceedings, and enforce protection from civil arrest at a courthouse or on its environs pursuant to section 13-1-403.
(2) Any judge of any court, when he reasonably believes that there is a risk of violence in the court, shall immediately advise the law enforcement agency designated to provide security for the court, and the law enforcement agency shall determine and provide appropriate security measures consistent with the degree of risk present. For the purpose of this subsection (2), a district or county judge shall have the assistance of the county sheriff, and a municipal judge shall have the assistance of the municipal police department. The court shall have discretion to assess all or part of the expense incurred in implementing such security measures as costs to be paid by the party or parties or other person or persons determined by the court to have necessitated such security measures.
(3) Any county sheriff or municipal peace officer providing security for persons involved in judicial proceedings in courts pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall be immune from civil liability for damages except for gross negligence or reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct.
Source: L. 1887: p. 216, § 428. Code 08: § 463. Code 21: § 464. Code 35: § 464. CRS 53: § 37-1-15. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-1-15. L. 86: (2) and (3) added, p. 673, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2020: (1)(d) amended and (1)(e) added, (SB 20-083), ch. 63, p. 218, § 2, effective March 23.
Notes of Decisions
Bd. of Com'rs, Weld Co. v. 19th Jud. Dist., 895 P.2d 545 (Colo. 1995).
· cites it 8× “memo ... dated December 30, 1993." The order also specified that the Board pay the costs of the security equipment and personnel.”
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Nineteenth Jud. Dist., 895 P.2d 545 (Colo. 1995).
· cites it 8× “On August 17,1994, the Chief Judge entered an order requiring that the Sheriff provide security for the Courthouse “substantially in accord with [the] Sheriff[’s] ... memo ... dated December 30, 1993.”
Verlo v. City & Cnty. of Denver, 124 F. Supp. 3d 1083 (D. Colo. 2015).
· cites it 3× “The Mesa County decision highlights the relationship between counties and the state courts that sit within them.”
People v. Incerto, 557 P.2d 1217 (Colo. Ct. App. 1976).
“We conclude that § 13-1-114(1) (c), C.R.S.1973, which grants the trial court jurisdiction to enforce its judgment vests the trial court with authority to rule on that motion.”
State v. Bd. of Com'rs Mesa Cnty., 897 P.2d 788 (Colo. 1995).
“" § 13-1-114(2), 6A C.R.S. (1987). In the November 1992 general election, the voters of the State of Colorado passed a *790 constitutional amendment known as the Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (Amendment 1).”
State ex rel. Norton v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 897 P.2d 788 (Colo. 1995).
“” § 13-1-114(2), 6A C.R.S. (1987). In the November 1992 general election, the voters of the State of Colorado passed a *790 constitutional amendment known as the Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights (Amendment 1).”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-1-114(1) — 1 case
People v. Incerto, 557 P.2d 1217 (Colo. Ct. App. 1976).
“We conclude that § 13-1-114(1) (c), C.R.S.1973, which grants the trial court jurisdiction to enforce its judgment vests the trial court with authority to rule on that motion.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-1-114(2) — 5 cases
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Nineteenth Jud. Dist., 895 P.2d 545 (Colo. 1995).
“On August 17,1994, the Chief Judge entered an order requiring that the Sheriff provide security for the Courthouse “substantially in accord with [the] Sheriff[’s] ... memo ... dated December 30, 1993.”
State v. Bd. of Com'rs Mesa Cnty., 897 P.2d 788 (Colo. 1995).
“" § 13-1-114(2), 6A C.R.S. (1987). In the November 1992 general election, the voters of the State of Colorado passed a *790 constitutional amendment known as the Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (Amendment 1).”
Verlo v. City & Cnty. of Denver, 124 F. Supp. 3d 1083 (D. Colo. 2015).
“The Mesa County decision highlights the relationship between counties and the state courts that sit within them.”
State ex rel. Norton v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 897 P.2d 788 (Colo. 1995).
“” § 13-1-114(2), 6A C.R.S. (1987). In the November 1992 general election, the voters of the State of Colorado passed a *790 constitutional amendment known as the Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights (Amendment 1).”
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