Rule 509 - Parties, Representation and Intervention(a) Parties. Any natural person, corporation, partnership, association, or other organization may commence or defend an action in the small claims court, but no assignee or other person not a real party to the transaction which is the subject of the action may commence an action therein, except as a court-appointed personal representative, conservator, or guardian of the real party in interest. (b) Representation.(1)Partnerships and Associations. Notwithstanding the provisions of article 93 of title 13, C.R.S., in the small claims court, an individual shall represent himself or herself; a partnership shall be represented by an active general partner or an authorized full-time employee; a union shall be represented by an authorized active union member or full-time employee; a for-profit corporation shall be represented by one of its full-time officers or full-time employees; an association shall be represented by one of its active members or by a full-time employee of the association; and any other kind of organization or entity shall be represented by one of its active members or full-time employees or, in the case of a nonprofit corporation, a duly elected nonattorney officer or an employee. (2)Attorney Representatives of Entities. No attorney, except pro se or as an authorized full-time employee or active general partner of a partnership, an authorized active member or full-time employee of a union, a full-time officer or full-time employee of a for-profit corporation, or a full-time employee or active member of an association, which partnership, union, corporation, or association is a party, shall appear or take any part in the filing or prosecution or defense of any matter in the small claims court, except as permitted by rule 520(b). (3)Property Managers. In actions arising from a landlord-tenant relationship, a property manager who has received security deposits, rents, or both, or who has signed a lease agreement on behalf of the owner of the real property that is the subject of the small claims action, shall be permitted to represent the owner of the property in such action. (4)Defendants in the Military. In any action to which the federal "Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940", 50 U.S.C. App. §§ 501 et seq., is applicable, the court may enter a default against a defendant who is in the military without entering judgment, and the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the interests of the defendant prior to the entry of judgment against the defendant. (c) Intervention. There shall be no intervention, addition, or substitution of parties, unless otherwise ordered by the court in the interest of justice. Colo. R. Sm. Clm. Ct. P. 509
Entire chapter repealed and readopted February 24, 1994, effective 7/1/1994; entire rule amended and effective 9/6/2001; amended March 5, 2020, effective 3/5/2020.