# Colorado — Jury duty employer pay requirements by US state — whether an employer must keep paying wages during jury service, how much, for how long, quoted from the state's own statute

For Colorado, employer pay rule is All regularly employed trial or grand jurors shall be paid regular wages, but not to exceed fifty dollars per day unless by mutual agreement between the employee and employer, by their employers for the first three days of juror service or any part thereof; statute is C.R.S. § 13-71-126, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Colorado _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Employer pay rule:** All regularly employed trial or grand jurors shall be paid regular wages, but not to exceed fifty dollars per day unless by mutual agreement between the employee and employer, by their employers for the first three days of juror service or any part thereof. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** C.R.S. § 13-71-126 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> All regularly employed trial or grand jurors shall be paid regular wages, but not to exceed fifty dollars per day unless by mutual agreement between the employee and employer, by their employers for the first three days of juror service or any part thereof. Regular employment shall include part-time, temporary, and casual employment if the employment hours may be determined by a schedule, custom, or practice established during the three-month period preceding the juror's term of service.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statute

> Colorado Revised Statutes Title 13. Courts and Court Procedure § 13-71-126. Compensation of employed jurors during first three days of service

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-13-courts-and-court-procedure/co-rev-st-sect-13-71-126/

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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