Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-6-206
Answer - hearing - jury
Colorado · Colorado Revised Statutes Title 38 — Property - Real and Personal · Status: effective
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- Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-6-206, Answer - hearing - jury, Colorado, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2317007
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(1) Any defendant has the right to appear in the proceeding and file an answer, in writing, with the clerk of the court, at any time prior to the date fixed for the hearing of the petition but not thereafter, in which answer said defendant shall set forth such objections as he may have to the condemnation or appropriation of any water right owned by him or to the prosecution of said proceeding.
(2) Any defendant may file a demand for a jury trial as provided for in section 38-6-211 (1), prior to the date fixed for the hearing of the petition.
(3) At the time set for the hearing of said petition or at the time to which the hearing may have been continued by the court, the court shall proceed to hear any objections raised by the answer provided for in subsection (1) of this section. The court shall also appoint three commissioners to carry out the provisions of this part 2.