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Rule Change PDF documents first list rules with edits and strikethroughs, then the second half of the document shows the rules in their updated form after changes.
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RULE CHANGE 2020-08
COLORADO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Rule 43
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, April 7, 2020, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2020-07
COLORADO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Rule 24
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, April 7, 2020, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2020-06
COLORADO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Rule 43
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, March 30, 2020, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2020-05
COLORADO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Rule 43
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, March 23, 2020, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2020-04
COLORADO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Rule 43
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, March 19, 2020, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2020-03
COLORADO PROBATE CODE FORMS
JDF 999
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, March 5, 2020, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2020-02
RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR JUDICIAL BYPASS OF PARENTAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Rules 1, 2, and 3 and JDF 11
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, March 5, 2020, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2020-01
COLORADO RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Rules 8, 16.2, 65.1, 103, 108, 121, § 1-23, 121, § 1-24, 403, 408, and 509
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, March 5, 2020, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-17
THE COLORADO RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Rule 8.4
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, December 6, 2019, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-16
COLORADO PROBATE CODE FORMS
Form 872
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, December 6, 2019, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-15
COLORADO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Rule 44
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, October 24, 2019, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-14
THE COLORADO RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Rule 8.4
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, September 19, 2019, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-13
COLORADO PROBATE CODE FORMS
Forms 800 and 862
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, July 9, 2019, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-12
COLORADO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Rule 55
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, June 6, 2019, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-11
COLORADO PROBATE CODE FORMS
Forms 703, 705, 711, 712, 716, 718, 721, 722, 726, 727, 731, 732, 735, 740, 783, 787, 788, 800, 805, 806, 807, 810, 812, 821, 822, 824, 827, 834, 835, 841, 844, 850, 852, 853, 855, 857, 861, 865, 866, 867, 868, 872, 873, 876, 879, 882, 885, 888, 898, 902, 903, 910, 911, 916, 918, 920, 922, 924, 925, 926, 929, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 948, 949, 950, 951, 960, 963, 965, 966, 967, 970, 990, 999
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, May 30, 2019, effective June 7, 2019.
RULE CHANGE 2019-10
RULES GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW IN COLORADO
Rule 206
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, May 30, 2019, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-09
RULES GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW IN COLORADO
Rules 202.3 and 205.7
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, April 11, 2019, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-08
COLORADO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Rule 32
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, March 14, 2019, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-07
COLORADO RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Rule 55
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, February 14, 2019, effective immediately.
RULE CHANGE 2019-06
COLORADO RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Rules 80 and 380
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, February 14, 2019, effective immediately.