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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-6-310 (2026)

Appeals from county court

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(1) Appeals from final judgments and decrees of the county courts shall be taken to the district court for the judicial district in which the county court entering such judgment is located. Appeals shall be based upon the record made in the county court.

(2) The district court shall review the case on the record on appeal and affirm, reverse, remand, or modify the judgment; except that the district court, in its discretion, may remand the case for a new trial with such instructions as it may deem necessary, or it may direct that the case be tried de novo before the district court.

(3) Repealed.

(4) Further appeal to the supreme court from a determination of the district court in a matter appealed to such court from the county court may be made only upon writ of certiorari issued in the discretion of the supreme court and pursuant to such rules as that court may promulgate.

Source: L. 64: p. 421, § 36. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-15-10. L. 85: (3) repealed and (4) amended, pp. 572, 570, §§ 12, 5, effective November 14, 1986.

Cross references: For review on certiorari from a county court as authorized by this section, see C.A.R. 49.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 56 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1975–2026 · leading case: People v. Bovard, 87 P.3d 215 (Colo. Ct. App. 2004).
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People v. Bovard, 87 P.3d 215 (Colo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 47× “At that time, he had the right to seek district court review of those rulings and to request that the district court remand the case to the county court for either reconstruction of the record or a new trial.”
Turbyne v. People, 151 P.3d 563 (Colo. 2007). · cites it 3× “Section 13-6-310(1), C.R.S. (2006) provides that "[ajppeals from final judgments and decrees of the county courts shall be taken to the district court for the judicial district in which the county court entering such judgment is located.”
Bovard v. People, 99 P.3d 585 (Colo. 2004). · cites it 10× “The court of appeals refused to address the merits of Bovard's appeal because it concluded that section 13-6-310, C.R.S. (2004) provides that further appeals from the final judgment of a district court, in a case appealed from a county court, are only by writ of certiorari.”
People v. Valdez, 789 P.2d 406 (Colo. 1990). · cites it 6× “, and section 13-6-310, C.R.S., is a matter of sound judicial discretion and will be granted only when there are special and important reasons therefor.”
Mercantile Adjustment Bureau, L.L.C. v. Flood, 278 P.3d 348 (Colo. 2012). · cites it 5× “On the other hand, the procedural rules applied in appeals from the county court to the district court are set forth in sections 13-6-310 and 13-6-311, C.R.S. (2011), as well as in Rule 411 of the Colorado Rules of County Court Civil Procedure.”
People of Aurora Ex Rel. State v. Allen, 885 P.2d 207 (Colo. 1994). · cites it 7× “(1987) (appeals from judgments of a qualified municipal court of record shall be made to district court of county in which such municipal court is located, with practice and procedure to be the same as provided in § 13-6-310, 6A C.R.S. (1987)). Appeals under § 13-6-310, relating…”
People v. Wilhelm, 676 P.2d 702 (Colo. 1984). · cites it 5× “” 2 The county court granted the motion, and the People appealed that ruling to the district court pursuant to section 13-6-310, C.R.S. 1973. 3 The district court affirmed the county court’s ruling, concluding that the statute was indistinguishable from section 35-42-112, C.”
People v. Graves, 2016 CO 15 (Colo. 2016). · cites it 2× “See § 13-6-310(4), C.R.S. (2015). 2 The People originally charged Graves with “lewd exposure of an intimate part” with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of another, in violation of section 18-7-301(1)(c).”
People v. Hall, 999 P.2d 207 (Colo. 2000). · cites it 2× “5(a)(4)(IV) expressly provides the People a right to appeal the county court’s finding of no probable cause to the district court and because the finding is a final judgment for purposes of appellate jurisdiction, section 13-6-310 governs the district court’s review of an appeal…”
People v. Graves, 368 P.3d 317 (Colo. 2016). · cites it 2× “See § 13-6-310(4), C.R.S. (2015). . The People originally charged Graves, with "lewd exposure of an intimate part" with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of another, in violation of section 18-7-301(1)(c).”
Byrd v. People, 58 P.3d 50 (Colo. 2002). · cites it 2× “52(a) and section 13-6-310(4), 5 C.R.S. (2002). We granted certiorari on the issue of “whether the district court violated the defendant’s constitutional rights when it estopped him from adjudicating the criminal charge against him and entered a judgment of guilty without a…”
People v. Meyers, 598 P.2d 526 (Colo. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 6× “Section 13-6-310(1), C.R.S.1973, provides that a final judgment rendered by a county court shall be reviewed by the district court of the judicial district in which the county is located.”
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— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-6-310(1) — 18 cases
Turbyne v. People, 151 P.3d 563 (Colo. 2007). “Section 13-6-310(1), C.R.S. (2006) provides that "[ajppeals from final judgments and decrees of the county courts shall be taken to the district court for the judicial district in which the county court entering such judgment is located.”
Rebeca Hinds, Petitioner: v. Corrine Foreman, Respondent:, 2026 CO 9 (Colo. 2026).
Williamsen v. People, 735 P.2d 176 (Colo. 1987).
People v. Meyers, 598 P.2d 526 (Colo. Ct. App. 1979). “Section 13-6-310(1), C.R.S.1973, provides that a final judgment rendered by a county court shall be reviewed by the district court of the judicial district in which the county is located.”
People v. Bovard, 87 P.3d 215 (Colo. Ct. App. 2004). “At that time, he had the right to seek district court review of those rulings and to request that the district court remand the case to the county court for either reconstruction of the record or a new trial.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-6-310(2) — 11 cases
Bovard v. People, 99 P.3d 585 (Colo. 2004). “The court of appeals refused to address the merits of Bovard's appeal because it concluded that section 13-6-310, C.R.S. (2004) provides that further appeals from the final judgment of a district court, in a case appealed from a county court, are only by writ of certiorari.”
People v. Bovard, 87 P.3d 215 (Colo. Ct. App. 2004). “At that time, he had the right to seek district court review of those rulings and to request that the district court remand the case to the county court for either reconstruction of the record or a new trial.”
Garcia v. People, 615 P.2d 698 (Colo. 1980).
People of Aurora Ex Rel. State v. Allen, 885 P.2d 207 (Colo. 1994). “(1987) (appeals from judgments of a qualified municipal court of record shall be made to district court of county in which such municipal court is located, with practice and procedure to be the same as provided in § 13-6-310, 6A C.R.S. (1987)). Appeals under § 13-6-310, relating…”
Town of Frisco v. Baum, 90 P.3d 845 (Colo. 2004).
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-6-310(3) — 2 cases
People v. Dee, 638 P.2d 749 (Colo. 1981).
Kirbens v. Martinez, 742 P.2d 330 (Colo. 1987).
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-6-310(4) — 26 cases
Mercantile Adjustment Bureau, L.L.C. v. Flood, 278 P.3d 348 (Colo. 2012). “On the other hand, the procedural rules applied in appeals from the county court to the district court are set forth in sections 13-6-310 and 13-6-311, C.R.S. (2011), as well as in Rule 411 of the Colorado Rules of County Court Civil Procedure.”
People v. Graves, 2016 CO 15 (Colo. 2016). “See § 13-6-310(4), C.R.S. (2015). 2 The People originally charged Graves with “lewd exposure of an intimate part” with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of another, in violation of section 18-7-301(1)(c).”
People v. Graves, 368 P.3d 317 (Colo. 2016). “See § 13-6-310(4), C.R.S. (2015). . The People originally charged Graves, with "lewd exposure of an intimate part" with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of another, in violation of section 18-7-301(1)(c).”
Byrd v. People, 58 P.3d 50 (Colo. 2002). “52(a) and section 13-6-310(4), 5 C.R.S. (2002). We granted certiorari on the issue of “whether the district court violated the defendant’s constitutional rights when it estopped him from adjudicating the criminal charge against him and entered a judgment of guilty without a…”
People v. Bovard, 87 P.3d 215 (Colo. Ct. App. 2004). “At that time, he had the right to seek district court review of those rulings and to request that the district court remand the case to the county court for either reconstruction of the record or a new trial.”
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