CO HB1244

Requires the Department of Local Affairs to create and maintain an online database (inventory) of all local governmental entities in Colorado, including cities, counties, special districts, and school districts.

Each local governmental entity must provide the Department with its official name, principal address, mailing address (if different), the name of its designated agent, and the agent's mailing address within 12 months of the bill's effective date.

A notice of claim filed with a public entity's agent listed in the inventory satisfies the notice requirements under Colorado's tort claims statute (section 24-10-109), streamlining the claims process.

Local governmental entities must keep their information in the inventory current; failure to update information renders any notice of claim filed to the last listed agent valid as a matter of law.

The inventory must be made publicly accessible on the Department's website, and the bill does not prevent filing claims or serving process through other methods authorized by law.