Colorado § 13-93-309 - Practicing law without license deemed contempt.
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§ 13-93-309. Practicing law without license deemed contempt.
An individual who, without having obtained a license from the supreme court of this state, advertises, represents, or holds the individual's self out in any manner as a licensed legal paraprofessional or who appears in any court of record in this state to conduct a suit, action, proceeding, or cause for another individual is guilty of contempt of the supreme court of this state and of the court in which the individual appears and must be punished according to law.
Source: L. 2024: Entire part added, (HB 24-1291), ch. 131, p. 463, § 1, effective August 7.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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