Colorado § 12-10-216 - Records - evidence - inspection.
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§ 12-10-216. Records - evidence - inspection.
(1) The executive director shall adopt a seal by which all proceedings authorized under parts 2 and 5 of this article 10 shall be authenticated. Copies of records and papers in the office of the commission or department relating to the administration of parts 2 and 5 of this article 10, when duly certified and authenticated by the seal, shall be received as evidence in all courts equally and with like effect as the originals. All records kept in the office of the commission or department, under authority of parts 2 and 5 of this article 10, must be open to public inspection at such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by rules formulated by the commission.
(2) The commission shall not be required to maintain or preserve licensing history records of any person licensed under the provisions of this part 2 for any period of time longer than seven years.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 631, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-61-112 as it existed prior to 2019.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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