{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-6-219","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 13-6-219","heading":"Judge as party to a case - recusal of judge upon motion.","body":"(1) If a judge or former judge of a county court is a party in his or her individual and private capacity in a case that is to be tried within any county court in the same judicial district in which the judge or former judge is or was a judge of a county 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 county 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 county 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 county 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.","path":["Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE","Article 6 - County Courts","Part 2 - JUDGES AND OTHER PERSONNEL"],"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":"c5d1c3f12041951d6ab9ba4ea8a92b2bd403c02f5a341388429ad69d47abf9ae","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-6-218","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-13-6-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}