{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-12-103","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 24-12-103","heading":"Who may administer oaths or affirmations.","body":"(1) All courts in this state and each judge, justice, magistrate, referee, clerk, and deputy clerk; court reporters who hold the registered professional reporter, certified verbatim reporter, or certified verbatim reporter - stenotype certification or higher; members and referees of the division of labor standards and statistics; members of the public utilities commission; and notaries public have power to administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses and others concerning a matter, thing, process, or proceeding pending, commenced, or to be commenced before them.\n\n(2) The courts, judges, magistrates, referees, clerks, and deputy clerks within their respective districts or counties; court reporters who hold the registered professional reporter, certified verbatim reporter, or certified verbatim reporter - stenotype certification or higher; a person designated by the governing body, or an officer of the body; and notaries public within a county of this state have the power to administer all oaths or affirmations of office and other oaths or affirmations required to be taken by a person upon a lawful occasion and to take affidavits and depositions concerning a matter or thing, process, or proceeding pending, commenced, or to be commenced in a court or on an occasion an affidavit or a deposition is authorized or by law required to be taken.","path":["Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE","Article 12 - Oaths and Affirmations"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-24.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"94406bd03a438ba4c580823b2f1dc6a3c163345d733025bb25d03b00463ba2d9","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-12-102","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-12-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}