Colorado § 13-1-101 - Clerks shall keep record books.
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§ 13-1-101. Clerks shall keep record books.
The clerks of the courts of record in this state shall keep in their respective offices suitable books for indexing the records of their said offices, one to be known as the direct index and one as the inverse index.
Source: L. 1889: p. 107, § 1. R.S. 08: § 1392. C.L. § 5610. CSA: C. 46, § 1. CRS 53: § 37-1-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-1-1.
ANNOTATION
Books of court are admissible as evidence. If the county court permits one of the books of its office to be taken into another court as evidence, the objection that the original, and not a certified copy, is produced is not tenable. McAllister v. People ex rel. Brisbane, 28 Colo. 156, 63 P. 308 (1900).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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