Colorado Code § 20-1-301

Compensation of district attorneys
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(1) (a) (I) Commencing January 1,
1997, in every judicial district the district attorney shall receive as compensation for his or her
services the sum of not less than sixty-seven thousand dollars per annum.
(II) Effective January 1, 2009, in every judicial district the district attorney shall receive
as compensation for his or her services the sum of not less than one hundred thousand dollars per
annum.
(III) Effective January 1, 2010, in every judicial district the district attorney shall receive
as compensation for his or her services the sum of not less than one hundred ten thousand dollars
per annum.
(IV) Effective January 1, 2011, in every judicial district the district attorney shall receive
as compensation for his or her services the sum of not less than one hundred twenty thousand
dollars per annum.
(V) Effective January 1, 2012, and for each year thereafter, in every judicial district the
district attorney shall receive as compensation for his or her services the sum of not less than one
hundred thirty thousand dollars per annum.
(VI) Effective July 1, 2026, and every July 1 thereafter, the district attorney in every
judicial district must receive compensation for their services in an annual amount that is not less
than the compensation earned by a full-time district court judge within the state of Colorado at
the time the four-year district attorney term begins.
(b) Any amount in excess of the compensation amount set pursuant to paragraph (a) of
this subsection (1) shall be set by the board or boards of county commissioners of the county or
counties comprising the judicial district or the city council of the city and county of Denver for
the second judicial district.
(c) Repealed.
(2) A district attorney shall not engage in the private practice of law, nor shall he receive
any income from any private law firm.

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