Colorado · Colorado Revised Statutes — Title 18, Criminal Code
C.R.S. Title 18 § 18-1-415: Testing - payment
What this law says, in plain English
When a court orders DNA testing, it must use the Colorado Bureau of Investigation unless the petitioner shows good cause for an accredited alternative lab. The petitioner pays, unless indigent and represented by public defender. Parties negotiate testing methods; court decides if they disagree.
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