Colorado Marriage Laws § 14-15-110.5. : Civil union license and certificate without appearing in person.Civil union license and certificate without appearing in person

(1) A COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER MAY PERMIT THE PARTIES TO A PROPOSED CIVIL UNION TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER BY AN INTERACTIVE AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY OR ONLINE FUNCTIONALITY, FOR THE FOLLOWING LIMITED PURPOSES: (a) TO VERIFY APPLICATION INFORMATION; (b) TO PRESENT SATISFACTORY PROOF, AS REQUIRED, THAT EACH PARTY TO THE CIVIL UNION MEETS THE CRITERIA TO ENTER INTO A CIVIL UNION; (c) TO PRESENT SATISFACTORY PROOF THAT THE CIVIL UNION IS NOT PROHIBITED; OR (d) TO PAY REQUIRED FEES. (2) A COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER SHALL NOT PERMIT THE PROCEDURE DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION IF EITHER OF THE PARTIES ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, OR IF THE PARTIES ARE USING INTERACTIVE AUDIOVISUAL TECHNOLOGY AND ARE UNABLE TO APPEAR TOGETHER. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION CHANGES ANY REQUIREMENT THAT MUST BE SATISFIED IN THE STATE OF COLORADO. (3) A COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER WHO PERMITS THE PARTIES TO A PROPOSED CIVIL UNION TO SATISFY CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT APPEARING IN PERSON AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO CARRY OUT DUTIES ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL COMPLETE THE TRAINING AND CURRICULA DEVELOPED BY THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COUNCIL CREATED IN SECTION 18-3-505 FOR PERSONS WHO WORK IN OR WHO FREQUENT PLACES WHERE HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS ARE LIKELY TO APPEAR. THE TRAINING AND CURRICULA MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO PERMITTING PARTIES TO A PROPOSED CIVIL UNION TO SATISFY CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT APPEARING IN PERSON PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION; EXCEPT THAT IF A COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER PERMITS THE PARTIES TO A PROPOSED CIVIL UNION TO SATISFY CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT APPEARING IN PERSON ON AND BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF HB 21-1287, THE TRAINING AND CURRICULA MUST BE COMPLETED NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF HB 21-1287. A COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER WHO PERMITS THE PARTIES TO A PROPOSED CIVIL UNION TO SATISFY CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT APPEARING IN PERSON SHALL MAINTAIN RECORDS DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SUBSECTION (3) AND SHALL DISPLAY A NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SUBSECTION (3) IN A PLACE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER'S OFFICE AND ON ITS WEBSITE. A COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO CARRY OUT DUTIES OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER SHALL COMPLETE THE TRAINING AND CURRICULA REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (3) AT LEAST ONCE EVERY YEAR FOR AS LONG AS THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER PERMITS THE PARTIES TO A PROPOSED CIVIL UNION TO SATISFY CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT APPEARING IN PERSON PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. (4) repealed

L. 2021: (HB1287), effective June 18, 2021., HB23-1278 eff Aug, 2023