Rule 26 COMPUTATION AND EXTENSION OF TIME.
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(a) Computation of Time. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. Thereafter, every day shall be counted including holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a legal holiday. As used in these Rules, "legal holiday" includes the first day of January, observed as New Year's Day; the third Monday in January, observed as Martin Luther King Day; the third Monday in February, observed as Washington-Lincoln Day; the last Monday in May, observed as Memorial Day; the fourth day of July, observed as Independence Day; the first Monday in September, observed as Labor Day; the second Monday in October, observed as Columbus Day; the 11th day of November, observed as Veteran's Day; the fourth Thursday in November, observed as Thanksgiving Day; the twenty-fifth day of December, observed as Christmas Day, and any other day except Saturday or Sunday when the court is closed.
(b) Enlargement of Time. The appellate court for good cause shown may upon motion enlarge the time prescribed by these rules or by its order for doing any act, or may permit an act to be done after the expiration of such time; but the court may not enlarge the time for filing a notice of appeal beyond that prescribed in C.A.R. 4 (a). Nor may the court enlarge the time prescribed by law for filing a petition to enjoin, set aside, suspend, modify, enforce, or otherwise review, or a notice of appeal from, an order of an administrative agency, board, commission, or officer of the State of Colorado, except as specifically authorized by law.
(c) Additional Time After Service by Mail. Repealed.
Source: (a) amended and effective August 4, 1994; (a) amended and adopted June 27, 2002, effective July 1, 2002; (a) amended and effective and committee comment added and effective January 12, 2006; (a) amended and (c) repealed and adopted December 14, 2011, effective January 1, 2012, for all cases pending on or filed on or after January 1, 2012, pursuant to C.R.C.P. 1(b); comment added and adopted June 21, 2012, effective July 1, 2012; entire rule and committee comment amended and effective June 23, 2014.
The rule as amended conforms to C.R.C.P. 6(a).
After the particular effective date, time computation in most situations is intended to incorporate the Rule of Seven. Under the Rule of Seven, a day is a day, and because calendars are divided into 7-day week...
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