Colorado § 2-5-101 - Compilation of Colorado Revised Statutes.
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§ 2-5-101. Compilation of Colorado Revised Statutes.
(1) The revisor of statutes, under the supervision and direction of the committee on legal services, shall compile, edit, arrange, and prepare for publication all laws of the state of Colorado of a general and permanent nature.
(2) The statutes shall be arranged and collated into such code titles, articles, and sections, and under such a numbering system as the committee approves and directs. The committee shall designate the number of volumes to comprise a set of the statutes for purposes of this arrangement and collating.
(3) The compilation of statutory laws and nonstatutory material provided for in this article, originally entitled "Colorado Revised Statutes 1973" and cited as "C.R.S. 1973", shall, on and after July 1, 1983, be entitled "Colorado Revised Statutes" and may be cited as "C.R.S.". Reference to individual sections of the statutes shall be cited substantially in the following manner: "Section 1-1-101, C.R.S.". Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to Colorado Revised Statutes 1973 or to C.R.S. 1973 shall be deemed to refer to Colorado Revised Statutes or to C.R.S.
Source: L. 70: p. 364, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 135-6-1. L. 83: (1) and (3) amended, p. 377, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2025: (1) amended, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2032, § 24, effective August 6.
ANNOTATION
There is no substantive significance to the revisor's bifurcation of a section into two separate subsections. People v. North Ave. Furn. & Appliance, Inc., 645 P.2d 1291 (Colo. 1982).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 2-5-101 ("Compilation of Colorado Revised Statutes.") 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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