Noneconomic damages · Colorado
For Noneconomic damages, state is Colorado; cap amount is three hundred thousand dollars; currently effective amount is five hundred thirty thousand dollars; inflation adjustment is Effective January 1, 2030, the damages limitation in subsection (1)(c)(I)(F) of this section must be adjusted for inflation as of January 1, 2030, and on January 1 every two years thereafter; constitutional status is Cap enacted; source does not address validity, recorded from its source on 2026-09-21.
- State
- Colorado our reading
- Type of cap
- Noneconomic damages our reading
- Cap amount
- three hundred thousand dollars verified
- Currently effective amount
- five hundred thirty thousand dollars our reading
- Inflation adjustment
- Effective January 1, 2030, the damages limitation in subsection (1)(c)(I)(F) of this section must be adjusted for inflation as of January 1, 2030, and on January 1 every two years thereafter. verified
- Constitutional status
- Cap enacted; source does not address validity our reading
- Statutory citation
- 13-64-302 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Effective July 1, 2003, the damages limitation of two hundred fifty thousand dollars described in subsection (1)(b) of this section shall be increased to three hundred thousand dollars, which increased amount shall apply to acts or omissions occurring on or after said date.
— leg.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-09-21
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
Currently effective amount
(C) Effective January 1, 2026, the damages limitation of four hundred fifteen thousand dollars described in subsection (1)(c)(I)(B) of this section is increased to five hundred thirty thousand dollars, which increased amount applies to acts or omissions occurring on or after January 1, 2026, but before January 1, 2027.
Inflation adjustment
(F) Effective January 1, 2029, the damages limitation of seven hundred sixty thousand dollars described in subsection (1)(c)(I)(E) of this section is increased to eight hundred seventy- five thousand dollars, which increased amount applies to acts or omissions occurring on or after January 1, 2029, but before January 1, 2030. (G) Effective January 1, 2030, the damages limitation in subsection (1)(c)(I)(F) of this section must be adjusted for inflation as of January 1, 2030, and on January 1 every two years thereafter. The adjustments made on January 1, 2030, and on January 1 every two years thereafter must be based on the cumulative annual adjustment for inflation for each year since the effective date of the damages limitation specified in subsection (1)(c)(I)(F) of this section. The adjustments made pursuant to this subsection (1)(c)(I)(G) must be rounded upward or downward to the nearest ten-dollar increment. As used in this subsection (1)(c), "inflation" means the annual percentage change in the United States department of labor's bureau of labor statistics consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood for all items paid by all urban consumers, or its successor index.
Statutory citation
13-64-302. Limitation of liability - interest on damages - definition.
— all from leg.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-09-21
Source
- leg.colorado.govhttps://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-13.pdf