The taxonomy: twelve cards, every claim quoting its unit.

The statute that annotates its own transition

The loaded 2025 compilation prints BOTH versions of the security-deposit return window — the old one-month text and the thirty-day text — each under the publication's own editor's note. The thirty-day version has been the law since January 1, 2026.

"This version of subsection (1) is effective until January 1, 2026"

C.R.S. § 38-12-103(1)

The lease may extend the window, but 'not to exceed sixty days.'

Insurance bad faith has a statutory price: two times the benefit

Colorado's first-party bad-faith pair makes unreasonable delay or denial actionable by statute, with a remedy of reasonable attorney fees, court costs, and two times the covered benefit.

"reasonable attorney fees and court costs and two times the covered benefit"

C.R.S. §§ 10-3-1115, 10-3-1116

Eight percent, compounded — and three percent on medical debt

The statutory-interest section gives creditors 8% per annum compounded annually when no rate is agreed, and now caps medical-debt interest at 3%.

"at the rate of eight percent per annum compounded annually"

C.R.S. § 5-12-102

The medical-debt cap is the section's own subsection (5): 'The maximum rate of interest on medical debt is three percent per annum.'

Losing a tort case on a 12(b) motion costs the plaintiff fees — mandatorily

In tort actions dismissed before trial on the defendant's Rule 12(b) motion, the defendant SHALL have judgment for reasonable attorney fees. The word is 'shall' — the trap is in the pleading stage.

"shall have judgment for his reasonable attorney fees"

C.R.S. § 13-17-201

Suing the government: 182 days, jurisdictional, forever barred

The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act requires written notice within 182 days of discovering the injury. Compliance is a jurisdictional prerequisite, and failure forever bars the action.

"shall be a jurisdictional prerequisite to any action brought under the provisions of this article, and failure of compliance shall forever bar any such action"

C.R.S. § 24-10-109(1)

Colorado has courts no other TrialVector state has: the water courts

Seven water divisions, drawn by drainage basin, each with a supreme-court-designated water judge holding exclusive jurisdiction of water matters. No other judge may act in water matters within a division.

"exclusive jurisdiction of water matters within the division"

C.R.S. §§ 37-92-201, 37-92-203

The map moved in 2025: twenty-three districts now

The judicial-district map is the statute itself, and it changed: the 23rd district (Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln) began operating January 7, 2025, leaving the 18th as Arapahoe alone — the first new Colorado judicial district in decades.

"The state is divided into twenty-three judicial districts"

C.R.S. §§ 13-5-101, 13-5-123.1

The LLP era is statutory: licensed legal paraprofessionals, family-scope only

Colorado wrote its licensed-legal-paraprofessional program into the statutes: a complete licensing article (13-93 part 3), privilege parity in the evidence code, and a scope confined to enumerated family matters by the statute's own words.

"A licensed legal paraprofessional's scope of practice is limited to representing a client in"

C.R.S. §§ 13-93-301 to -314; 13-90-107(1)(b)

Out-of-state discovery runs through the UIDDA

Article 90.5 is Colorado's Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act: submit the foreign subpoena to the district court where discovery is sought — the request is not an appearance.

"does not constitute an appearance in the courts of this state"

C.R.S. § 13-90.5-103(1)

Cabrini Day: the holiday only Colorado has

The statutory holiday list includes Frances Xavier Cabrini Day, the first Monday in October — Colorado replaced Columbus Day by statute, the first state to do so. Deadline math should know the courthouse calendar.

"the first Monday in October, commonly called Frances Xavier Cabrini day"

C.R.S. § 24-11-101(1)

Colorado's UCC repossession rule carries its own additions

The self-help repossession section requires proceeding without breach of the peace — and the loaded text's own editor's note records that Colorado ADDED subsections protecting occupied manufactured homes and barring dangerous remote disabling.

"Colorado legislative change: Colorado added subsections (d) and (e)"

C.R.S. § 4-9-609

Workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy — 'abolished' is the statute's word

For a complying employer, all other causes of action for employee death or injury are abolished except as the workers' compensation articles provide.

"are abolished except as provided in said articles"

C.R.S. § 8-41-102