Server's Corner

Service, Process, and Electronic Filing Rules Amended by Colorado Supreme Court

On July 2, 2012, the Colorado Supreme Court released numerous updates to the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure and the Colorado Rules of County Court Civil Procedure dealing with process, service of process, and the filing of pleadings. Amendments were made to the following rules:

• CRCP Rule 4 – “Process”
• CRCP Rule 5 – “Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers”
• CRCP Rule 121, Section 1-26 – “Electronic Filing and Serving System”
• CRCCCP Rule 304 – “Service of Process”
• CRCCCP Rule 305.5 – “Electronic Filing and Serving”

These amendments were adopted on June 21 and are effective immediately.

Click hereto review the red line changes to these civil procedure rules, outlined as Rule Change 2012 (10)

I would like to thankSteve GlennPresident of the Process Servers Association of Colorado (www.psaco.org) for being the Communicator that he is which opened doors to meet with the member of the Colorado Supreme Court which in essence allowed the above changes to happen.

By James D Roland 1-25-2017