{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-25.5-10-511","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 25.5-10-511","heading":"County attorney and district attorney responsibilities.","body":"(1) The county attorney or the district attorney in a county or city and county that has a population equal to or less than fifty thousand people, or a qualified attorney acting as the county attorney's or district attorney's designee who is appointed by the district court, has the following powers and responsibilities:\n\n(a) To file and appear on behalf of the county or state in all proceedings brought pursuant to this part 5 or transferred from the criminal court pursuant to section 16-8.5-118;\n\n(b) To exercise due diligence in gathering information from available sources for use in proceedings brought pursuant to this part 5; and\n\n(c) To share and provide information about proceedings brought pursuant to this part 5 to interested parties as allowable by law.\n\n(2) This section only applies to proceedings conducted pursuant to this part 5.","path":["Title 25.5 - HEALTH CARE POLICY AND FINANCING","Article 10 - Community Living","Part 5 - PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT AND ENHANCED PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-25.5.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"891f7702fbb30749220ebfc51f6102699e230726c5f61d670352cd6acf58359c","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-25.5-10-510","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-25.5-10-512"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}