C.R.S. § 13-93-101

License to practice necessary.

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13-93-101. License to practice necessary. (1) No person shall be permitted
to practice as an attorney- or counselor-at-law or to commence, conduct, or defend
any action, suit, or plaint in which he or she is not a party concerned in any court of
record within this state, either by using or subscribing his or her own name or the
name of any other person, without having previously obtained a license or other
authorization to practice law pursuant to the supreme court's rules governing
admission to the practice of law in Colorado.

 (2) Upon request of the supreme court or its office of attorney regulation
counsel, the Colorado bureau of investigation shall conduct a state and national
fingerprint-based criminal history record check, utilizing records of the Colorado
bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. Upon completion of
the criminal history record check, the bureau shall provide the results to the
requesting agency.

 (3) Upon request of the supreme court or a representative of its office of
attorney regulation counsel, the applicant shall also provide a name-based judicial
record check, as defined in section 22-2-119.3 (6)(d), if the applicant has a record of
arrest without a disposition.

 (4) Local law enforcement agencies shall cooperate with any supreme court
request for records related to criminal history.

 Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p.
698, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2019: (3) amended, (HB 19-1166), ch. 125, p. 544, § 17,
effective April 18. L. 2022: (3) amended, (HB 22-1270), ch. 114, p. 518, § 18, effective
April 21. 

 Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-5-101 as it existed prior to
2017.

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