C.R.C.P. 509 (Small Claims)

(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.