Colorado — Centennial
The case paths, shown.
Seven lanes with their FIRST gates — shown with the loaded law; the choice is always the litigant's.
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A money claim at $7,500 or less
The small-claims room — with its own representation statute read first.
A money claim at $25,000 or less
County court — the attorney-issued process advance clock is order-carried.
A claim above the county line
District court, the constitutional floor — and the served flow explains the answer clock from the order's own print.
Any claim against a public entity
THE CGIA GATE COMES FIRST: 182 days from discovery, jurisdictional, forever barred.
A water matter
The water judge of the right division — exclusive jurisdiction; no other court can act.
A family matter
Information only here — and Colorado's LLP era means licensed legal paraprofessionals may represent within the 13-93-302 family scope.
A traffic infraction
A civil matter by the statute's own words — the magistrate forum, the notice's statutory contents, the points authority.