Article XIV. Counties

Article XIV, Section 5. Part stricken off - pay proportion of debt

Constitution of the State of Colorado

Official text

When any part of a county is stricken off and attached to another county, the part stricken off shall be held to pay its ratable proportion of all then existing liabilities of the county from which it is taken.

Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 67.

Source: Colorado Revised Statutes 2024, Constitution (Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services)

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