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2024-02 02/08/24 Order Regarding the Use of Electronic Devices in Court Facilities
2023-02 11/13/23 Order Restricting Advertising of Legal Services in All Courthouses
2023-01 04/10/23 Order Authorizing Persons to Dismiss Counts in Case Record Where no Charge Disposition Exists
2022-04 09/02/22 Order Supplementing CJAO 2016-04 Concerning the Use of Detention in Truancy Cases and Adopting an Updated Truancy Protocol
2022-03 11/28/22 Order Regarding 12th Judicial District Procedures for Receiving Complaints of Judicial Misconduct from Persons or Entities who are not an Employee, Volunteer, or Contractor of the Colorado Judicial Department
2022-02 03/07/22 12th Judicial District Order Rescinding CJAO 21-03 Regarding Facial Coverings and CJAO 20-08 Regarding Jury Trials and Social Distancing
2022-01 01/24/22 Order Suspending Jury Trials Through February 11, 2022 - Effective January 10, 2022
2021-04 10/26/21 Order Authorizing Clerks of Court to Modify a Juvenile's Court Record to Reflect Accurate Sex Offender Registration Status Pursuant to HB 21-1064 - Effective October 26, 2021
2021-03 10/08/21 COVID-19 Order Requiring Face Coverings During Current COVID-19 Crisis - Effective October 11, 2021
2021-02 09/01/21 Order Vacating Certain Monetary Amounts Assessed Against a Juvenile in Certain Proceedings Pursuant to HB 21-1315
2021-01 06/01/21 COVID-19 Order Regarding Court Operations Effective June 1, 2021
2020-09 12/03/20 COVID-19 Order Regarding Court Operations Effective Devember 3, 2020
2020-08 08/27/21 Order Regarding Jury Trials (Masks and Social Distancing) - Effective August 27, 2021 (superseded by CJAO 2021-03)
2020-07 07/29/20 Order Regarding Limitation on Certain Debt Collection Practices
2020-06 07/28/20 COVID-19 Order for Matters Set Through August 31, 2020 (amending CJAO 2020-03) (modified by CJAO 2020-08 on September 1, 2020)
2020-05 05/13/20 Order Authorizing the Temporary Waiver of Certain FY20 Probation Standards Due to Public Health Concerns Related to COVID-19 (modified by CJAO 2020-08 on September 1, 2020)
2020-04 03/30/20 Order RE: Authorization for Water Rights Applicants to use Verified Signatures (via this form) in Water Division 3 through April 30, 2020
2020-03 06/23/20 Order RE COVID-19 - Addressing Matters set Through July 5, 2020 (amended by CJAO 2020-06 above) (modified by CJAO 2020-08 on September 1, 2020)
2020-02 03/16/20 Order Authorizing Release of Juror for Health Reasons
2020-01 04/24/23 Order: Civility in the Courts of the 12th Judicial District
19-01 01/01/20 Order: Process for Extreme Risk Protection Orders
18-03 11/18/18 Order: Concerning the E-filing Documents Presented to the Court for In Camera Review
18-02 06/29/18 Order: Authorizing the Reuse of Jurors in Costilla County
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04/17/18 Order: Alamosa School District to Provide Educational Services to Juveniles Detained at Rite of Passage - Sage Youth Center (Repealed 1/14/2020; the Sage Youth Center is closed)
17-02 04/16/18 Order: Safeguarding, Retention and Disposal of Physical/Tangible Exhibits and Demonstrative Evidence
17-01 01/31/17 Order: Mandatory E-filing
16-07 10/04/16 Order: Youthtrack is Authorized To Transport Detained Youth In Certain Circumstances (Repealed 1/14/2020; the Sage Youth Center is closed)
16-06 08/18/16 Order re: Process when a Courthouse or A Probation Office must be Closed on an Emergency basis.
16-05 01/31/17 Order: Mandatory E-Filing in Criminal, Traffic, Misdemeanor and Juvenile Delinquency Cases (Superseded by CJAO 17-01)
16-04 03/03/16 Order RE: The Use of Detention in Truancy Cases and Adopting a Truancy Protocol
16-03 02/02/16 Delegation of Administrative Authority to the Chief Probation Officer
16-02 01/18/23 Delegation of Administrative Authority to the District Administrator
16-01 02/02/16 Delegation of Custodial Authority Over Administrative Records
15-04 04/28/23 Order Appointing CYDC Screeners
15-03 08/03/15 Order Entry of Protection Orders In All Adult title 18 Cases and All Juvenile Delinquency Cases
15-02 06/23/15 Order Public Access to Exhibits Offered or Admitted During Trials and Hearings
15-01 04/09/15 Order Use of Physical Restraints on Juvenile Defendants
14-03 01/31/17 Order Concerning the Electronic Filing of Exhibits (Superseded by CJAO 17-01)
14-02 01/18/23 Order Appointing Acting District and County Judges
14-01 01/28/14 Order Appointing Acting District Judge for Certain Cases Involving Juveniles (Repealed 1/14/2020)
13-03 08/01/13 Order Regarding Firearms and Other Deadly Weapons 
13-02 01/13/20 Order Regarding On-Call Judge and Electronic Warrants
13-01 06/03/13 Order Adopting a Workplace Dress Code
12-05 12/20/12 Order Regarding Appointment of Judicial Assistants & Authority in All Counties of District
12-04 10/26/23 Order Regarding Elections Coverage
12-03 06/26/12 Order Prohibiting Smoking at the Alamosa County Courthouse Facility
12-02 01/18/23 Order Regarding Uniform Bond Schedule
12-01 02/01/23 Order Appointing County Judge Acting District Judge for All Domestic Relations Cases
11-05 11/07/16 Order for Case Management for Probate Matters for the Twelfth Judicial District
11-04 09/09/11 Order Regarding Court Work Hours
11-03 02/03/17 Pretrial Services Community Advisory Board
11-02 05/17/11 Use of Freelance Reporters in Civil Cases
10-01 08/16/10 Regarding Cell Phones and PDAs in Courtrooms and for Jurors
09-03 10/21/09 Service by E-Mail in Dependency and Neglect Cases
09-02 04/10/09 Cash Bonds Posted by Defendant May Be Applied to Outstanding Fine & Costs (Repealed by SB 19-191, Section 2, as codified at 16-4-111(1)(b)(I))
09-01 04/10/09 Tickets Not Filed Timely
07-03 01/31/17 Mandatory E-Filing Domestic Relations Cases (Superseded by CJAO 17-01)
07-02 08/20/07 Delegation of Authority to Jury Commissioner to Reschedule and Excuse Jurors
07-01 05/03/23 Concerning the Drug Offender Treatment Board
06-04 12/04/06 Concerning Unsupervised Probation in Victims' Rights Cases
06-03 01/31/17 Mandatory E-Filing of Civil Money and FED Cases in County Courts (Superseded by CJAO 17-01)
06-02 08/31/06 Regarding the Management of the Juvenile Detention Population
06-01 11/1/18 Regarding Dependency & Neglect Procedure
05-06 12/31/19 Access to Recordings of Court Proceedings
05-05 01/31/17 Prohibited Public Access to Court Documents & Materials Regarding All Probate Matters - Repealed 10-5-16
05-03 01/10/20 Appointment of Probate Registrars
05-02 01/31/17 Mandatory E-Filing Water Division 3 (Superseded by CJAO 17-01)
05-01 01/31/17 Mandatory E-Filing District Court Probate Cases (Superseded by CJAO 17-01)
04-01 01/31/17 Order: Mandatory E-Filing District Court Civil Cases (Superseded by CJAO 17-01)
04-02 02/08/11 Case Type Reporting Priority
03-09 01/09/17 Use of Electronic Recording Devices
03-08 11/17/03 Appointment of District Court Magistrate (Superseded by CJAO 12-01)
03-07 09/01/03 Jury Commissioner
03-06 08/27/03 Fax Filings
03-02 06/20/02 Granting of An Attorney Withdrawal
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