Colorado § 1-12-208 - Unexpired terms less than ninety days.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 1-12-208 — Unexpired terms less than ninety days., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1-12-208. Unexpired terms less than ninety days.
No person shall be elected to fill a vacancy in an elective office when the unexpired term is, at the time of the election, less than ninety days. In such case, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall continue to hold the office for the remainder of the unexpired term and until the successor elected at the election is duly qualified.
Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 802, § 15, effective January 1, 1993.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-12-107 as it existed prior to 1992.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 1-12-208 ("Unexpired terms less than ninety days.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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