Colorado Law Library

Index 01 · Reading Room

Colorado law, read at the source.

A working library for people who need to find Colorado statutes, court rules, court self-help pages and official attorney records — and who want to know exactly which page they are reading. Everything here points to the primary source first.

Colorado Law Library is an independent legal education and primary-source navigation publication. It is not a law firm or legal service, and it is not affiliated with the Colorado courts or the Colorado General Assembly.

Open the Source Finder Start with the statutes guide

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Index 04 · Source Finder

Pick a topic and a task. Get official URLs, not opinions.

The Source Finder asks two questions — which part of Colorado law you are working in, and what you are trying to do — then returns verified official Colorado pages with a short note on what each one covers and how to navigate it.

  • Courts and court services — coloradojudicial.gov
  • Statutes and constitution — leg.colorado.gov
  • Attorney verification — coloradosupremecourt.com
  • Self-help and forms — official court resources

Use the Source Finder

Scope, stated plainly

It does

  • Point to official Colorado Judicial Department, General Assembly and Supreme Court pages.
  • Describe how to navigate each page in a sentence or two, from those pages.
  • Write your selected sources and private notes into a plain text file, on your device.

It does not

  • Give legal advice or interpret the law for your situation.
  • Calculate deadlines or predict outcomes.
  • Send your selections or notes to any server, or store them.
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Index 02 · Guides

Four guides, each tied to an official starting point

Each guide explains where the authoritative page lives, what it does and does not contain, and the practical order in which to read it. No guide offers case advice or deadline calculation.

  1. Find Colorado statutes and court rules

    The Colorado Revised Statutes are published by the General Assembly, with uncertified downloads for personal use and an official certified-copy process through the Office of Legislative Legal Services. This guide walks the publication structure and how to locate a title, an article and a section.

    Primary source: Colorado General Assembly — leg.colorado.gov

  2. Use Colorado court self-help resources

    Every judicial district in Colorado has a Self-Help or Court Resource Center staffed by Self-Represented Litigant Coordinators. They can give information about court forms, rules and steps for many non-criminal case types — and the official pages state clearly that they cannot and do not give legal advice. This guide explains what those offices can and cannot do.

    Primary source: Colorado Judicial Department — coloradojudicial.gov

  3. Verify a Colorado attorney

    The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel publishes an Attorney / LLP Search and Disciplinary History. The office states that an attorney or LLP must be active and in good standing to practice law in Colorado, and that registration numbers in the 600000 range indicate licensed legal paraprofessionals, not attorneys. This guide explains how to read a record.

    Primary source: Colorado Supreme Court — coloradosupremecourt.com

  4. Prepare a question for a Colorado attorney

    A clear question starts with a short chronology, the official documents you already hold, and the specific source you are trying to understand. This guide helps you assemble that material — it does not assess your matter or recommend an outcome.

    Related official pages: coloradojudicial.gov and leg.colorado.gov

Index 03 · Official Register

The three official families this library indexes

These are the authoritative destinations. Anything on this site is a reading aid for them, not a substitute for them.

Official Colorado source families, what they publish, and where to begin
Code Publisher What it publishes Begin at
JUD Colorado Judicial Department Court self-help and resource center pages, self-represented litigant coordinator contacts by county and judicial district, and court form indexes. The department's pages state that court self-help staff cannot provide legal advice or representation. coloradojudicial.gov
CRS Colorado General Assembly The Colorado Revised Statutes, the Colorado Constitution and Colorado Court Rules. The Office of Legislative Legal Services edits and publishes the statutes each session, offers uncertified downloads for personal use, and handles certified copies of statutory portions. leg.colorado.gov
OARC Colorado Supreme Court, Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel An Attorney / LLP Search and Disciplinary History for researching an attorney's or LLP's license status and disciplinary history. The office states that active status and good standing are required to practice law in Colorado. coloradosupremecourt.com

Statuses, contacts and schedules on official pages change. Always re-check the official page at the time you rely on it.

Index 05 · Limits

What this publication will not do

Legal reading is not legal representation. This library exists to shorten the distance between a reader and an official Colorado page, and to describe that page accurately. It stops there.

  • No case advice. Nothing here evaluates your situation or tells you what to file.
  • No deadline calculation. Deadlines depend on facts and rules we do not assess.
  • No outcome prediction. No page here forecasts what a court or agency will decide.
  • No reviews or ratings. Attorney records are read as the official register states them, nothing more.
  • No independent authority. We do not claim to be the courts, the General Assembly or the Supreme Court.