Colorado’s individual county governments are responsible for providing courtrooms and other court facilities. It’s easy to imagine the challenges rural counties have in raising sufficient revenue to build and maintain adequate court facilities. It’s understandable, then, that many Colorado counties consider public law libraries to be luxuries that are beyond the county taxpayers’ collective reach.
And for good reason: Law libraries are expensive to establish and maintain. As an example, a new set of Colorado Revised Statutes Annotated – a staple in any Colorado law library collection – comes with a pricetag of $9,034 (as of Dec. 5, 2017). Purchasing periodic updates (usually published twice a year) and employing law librarians are necessary so that patrons using this and other resources, and relying on their accuracy, have access to the current law.
Even though public law libraries are few and far between in Colorado, the online resources help fill the gaps. Visit the library websites (links are in the map below) for more information.