{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-27-65-113.5","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 27-65-113.5","heading":"County attorney and district attorney responsibilities.","body":"(1) The county attorney or 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 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 article 65 or transferred from the criminal court pursuant to section 16-8.5-118, unless expressly relieved or modified by statute;\n\n(b) To assist a nonprofessional individual who is attempting to initiate a request to the court for an evaluation, pursuant to section 27-65-106 (1)(b), of a person whom the nonprofessional individual believes meets the criteria for a certification by providing information and assisting in making filings to the court;\n\n(c) To exercise due diligence in gathering information from available sources for use in proceedings brought pursuant to this article 65; and\n\n(d) To share and provide information about proceedings brought pursuant to this article 65 to interested parties as allowable by law.","path":["Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH","Article 65 - Care and Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders","Part 1 - EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH HOLDS AND CERTIFICATION FOR TREATMENT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-27.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"6bd80e31a702b9727946986bf7fec4ffeb77fa9edfd369b85fe40e5bc6c69446","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-27-65-113.1","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-27-65-114"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}