Colorado § 8-43-306 - Collection of fines, penalties, and overpayments.
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§ 8-43-306. Collection of fines, penalties, and overpayments.
(1) A certified copy of any final order of the director or an administrative law judge ordering the payment of any penalty or repayment of overpayments pursuant to articles 40 to 47 of this title may be filed with the clerk of the district court of any county in this state at any time after the period of time provided by articles 40 to 47 of this title for appeal or seeking review of the order has passed without appeal or review being sought or, if appeal or review is sought, after the order has been finally affirmed and all appellate remedies and all opportunities for review have been exhausted. The party filing the order shall at the same time file a certificate to the effect that the time for appeal or review has passed without appeal or review being undertaken or that the order has been finally affirmed with all appellate remedies and all opportunities for review having been exhausted. The clerk of the district court shall record the order and the filing party's certificate in the judgment book of said court and entry thereof made in the judgment docket, and it shall thenceforth have all the effect of a judgment of the district court, and execution may issue thereon out of said court as in other cases. Any such order may be filed by and in the name of the director or by and in the name of the party in the worker's compensation action who was injured by the violation of any provision of articles 40 to 47 of this title or who was found to be entitled to repayment of overpayments under said articles.
(2) All penalties, when collected, are payable to the division and transmitted through the state treasurer for credit to the Colorado uninsured employer fund created in section 8-67-105.
Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 510, § 1, effective July 1. L. 97: (1) amended, p. 115, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2017: (2) amended, (HB 17-1119), ch. 317, p. 1706, § 5, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 8-53-118 as it existed prior to 1990.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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