{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-5-143","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 13-5-143","heading":"Judge as party to a case - recusal of judge upon motion.","body":"(1) If a judge or former judge of a district court is a party in his or her individual and private capacity in a case that is to be tried within any district court in the same judicial district in which the judge or former judge is or was a judge of a district court, any party to the case may file a timely motion requesting that the judge who is appointed to preside over the case recuse himself or herself from the case.\n\n(2) If a district court receives a motion filed by a party pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the judge who is appointed to preside over the case shall recuse himself or herself if he or she is a judge of a district court in the same judicial district in which the judge or former judge who is a party to the case in his or her individual and private capacity is or was a judge of a district court.\n\n(3) If a judge recuses himself or herself pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the chief justice of the Colorado supreme court or his or her designee shall appoint a judge from outside the judicial district to preside over the case.\n\n(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a water judge or referee when he or she is acting within his or her exclusive jurisdiction over water matters pursuant to section 37-92-203, C.R.S.","path":["Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE","Article 5 - Judicial Districts","Part 1 - JUDGES - TERMS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-13.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"4182643ac682f66527b8b337379c4d7c62589288c7ac80fedd7d3bbc7285df9a","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-5-142.8","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-5-144"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}