Colorado § 20-1-205 - Assistant district attorneys.
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§ 20-1-205. Assistant district attorneys.
(1) (a) In every judicial district, the district attorney is authorized to appoint an assistant district attorney who shall be an attorney-at-law admitted to practice within this state and who shall actually have practiced law not less than two years.
(b) Repealed.
(c) The district attorney in every judicial district having a population not exceeding fifty thousand may appoint one part-time assistant district attorney. Such part-time assistant may engage in the private practice of law.
(2) and (3) Repealed.
Source: L. 33: p. 433, § 1. CSA: C. 55, § 10. L. 41: p. 384, § 1. L. 51: p. 349, § 1. CRS 53: § 45-3-5. L. 55: p. 290, § 4. L. 59: p. 379, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 45-3-8. L. 67: pp. 598, 599, §§ 4, 6. L. 71: p. 517, § 4. L. 73: p. 551, § 3. L. 75: (1)(a) and (1)(c) amended and (1)(b) repealed, p. 657, §§ 4, 5, effective July 1. L. 2018: (2) repealed, (HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 694, § 8, effective August 8. L. 2024: (3) amended, (SB 24-013), ch. 403, p. 2771, § 2, effective August 7.
Editor's note: (1) The amendments made to this section in 1975 were in an act with a July 1, 1975, effective date, but the Governor did not sign the act until July 14, 1975.
(2) Subsection (3)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (3), effective July 1, 2026. (See L. 2024, p. 2771.)
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1138, see section 1 of chapter 88, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
ANNOTATION
Applied in Johnson v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, 174 Colo. 350, 483 P.2d 1344 (1971).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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