In each county there shall be one or more judges of the county court as may be provided by law, whose full term of office shall be four years, and whose qualifications shall be prescribed by law. County judges shall be qualified electors of their counties at the time of their election or appointment.

Source: L. 61: Entire article R&RE, see L. 63, p. 1052. Initiated 66: Entire section amended, effective January 17, 1967, see L. 67, p. 6 of the supplement to the 1967 Session Laws.

Editor's note: (1) Voters approved the measure repealing and reenacting this article on November 6, 1962. Section 1 of chapter 313, session laws of Colorado 1963, provided that the repeal and reenactment of this section takes effect immediately. However, according to section 1(4) of article V of the state constitution, a measure shall take effect from and after the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the governor.

(2) This section is similar to § 22 as it existed prior to 1961.

(3) For amendments to that section prior to 1961, see L. 01, p. 111.

Cross references: For judges and other personnel, see part 2 of article 6 of title 13.