Colorado § 31-20-404 - Registry of orders - contents - inspection.
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§ 31-20-404. Registry of orders - contents - inspection.
Every treasurer of any city or town shall keep in his office a book, to be called the registry of city or town orders, in which shall be entered, at the date of the presentation thereof and without any interval or blank line between any such entry and the one preceding it, every city or town order, warrant, or other certificate of such town or city indebtedness presented to such town or city treasurer at any time for payment, whether the same is paid at the time of presentation or not, the number and date of such order, warrant, or certificate, the amount, the date of presentation, the name of the person presenting the same, and the particular fund, if any, upon which the order is drawn. Every such registry of city or town orders shall be open at all reasonable hours to the inspection and examination of any person desiring to inspect or examine the same.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1133, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-20-404 as it existed prior to 1975.
ANNOTATION
Applicable to Denver. This and the following section providing for the registration and order of payment of city and town warrants were applicable to the city of Denver, although it was operating under a special charter. First Nat'l Bank v. Arthur, 10 Colo. App. 283, 50 P. 738 (1897).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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