Colorado § 7-90-303 - Filing, service, and copying fees - subpoenas.

§ 7-90-303. Filing, service, and copying fees - subpoenas.

(1) The secretary of state shall charge and collect fees and other charges, which shall be determined and collected pursuant to section 24-21-104 (3), C.R.S., for:

(a) Issuing any certificate;

(b) Furnishing any information;

(c) Furnishing a copy of any filed document; or

(d) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 1477, § 211, effective July 1, 2004.)

(e) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2003, p. 2290, § 199, effective July 1, 2004.)

(f) Processing any document delivered to the secretary of state for filing as required or permitted under part 3 of article 18 of title 6 or part 10 of article 16 of title 10 or part 3 of article 33.3 of title 38, C.R.S., or this title.

(2) (a) The secretary of state shall charge and collect, at the time of service of any subpoena upon the secretary of state or any deputy or employee of the secretary of state's office, a fee of fifty dollars and an allowance of ten dollars for meals and a charge for mileage at the rate prescribed by section 24-9-104, C.R.S., for each mile from the state capitol building to the place named in the subpoena. The fee shall be paid to the secretary of state; the meal allowance and mileage charge shall be paid to the person named in the subpoena. If the person named in the subpoena is required to appear at the place named in the subpoena for more than one day, the person shall be paid in advance a per diem allowance of forty-four dollars for each day of attendance in addition to any other fees, allowances, and charges.

(b) Notwithstanding the amount specified for any fee or allowance in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the secretary of state may reduce the amount of one or more of the fees or allowances if necessary pursuant to section 24-75-402 (3), C.R.S., to reduce the uncommitted reserves of the fund to which all or any portion of one or more of the fees or allowances is credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are sufficiently reduced, the secretary of state by rule or as otherwise provided by law may increase the amount of one or more of the fees or allowances as provided in section 24-75-402 (4), C.R.S.

(3) The secretary of state shall charge and collect all other fees and penalties imposed by or assessed in accordance with the law of this state.

(4) In all cases where fees or charges are imposed under this article, the fee shall include indexing and filing of the document and providing all copies required to be provided by the secretary of state in connection with the filing and shall include affixing the seal of the secretary of state upon any certified copy.

(5) If payment for a document submitted to the secretary of state for filing is not successfully processed, including reversal of the electronic payment, the document has not been successfully filed, notwithstanding the time or date initially stamped on the document. The secretary of state may either:

(a) Mark the document as void and adjust the entity's resulting status; or

(b) Remove the document from the online filing system.

Source: L. 97: Entire article added, p. 1518, § 21, effective June 3. L. 98: (2) amended, p. 1323, § 20, effective June 1; (1)(f) and (3) amended, p. 620, § 17, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1)(b) to (1)(d) and (4) amended, p. 1841, § 92, effective July 1; (1)(b) to (1)(d) and (4) amended, p. 1705, § 90, effective October 1. L. 2003: (1)(e) and (3) amended, p. 2290, § 199, effective July 1, 2004. L. 2004: (1)(c), (1)(d), and (2) amended, p. 1477, § 211, effective July 1; (1)(f) amended, p. 1010, § 20, effective August 4. L. 2006: (1)(f) amended, p. 870, § 48, effective July 1. L. 2026: (5) added, (HB 26-1088), ch. 226, p. 1311, § 1, effective August 12.

Editor's note: Section 9(2) of chapter 226 (HB 26-1088), Session Laws of Colorado 2026, provides that the act changing this section applies to complaints filed on or after August 12, 2026.