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Melissa Hart

Supreme Court Justice

Personal Financial Disclosures

debts: up to $620,000 on their latest disclosure with entries: the top of each range they selected, added up (the form asks for ranges, not amounts; a range with no top counts at its figure).

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2025 Supreme Court Justice	2025-01-08	9 income sources, 1 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 5 debts
2024 Colorado Supreme Court Justice	2024-01-10	5 income sources, 1 sources of compensation, 1 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 1 state-regulated businesses, 2 debts

Findings

Worth a look Late or missing

No annual disclosure found for 2026

As a judge, they file a disclosure by January 10 each year. We found none for 2026 in TRACER's Document Search under their name.

What to check

TRACER's Document Search under their name (a different spelling could hide one).
Whether they held the office that January (members seated, or judges appointed, later in the year file on taking office).

Rule: An annual disclosure after January 10, or none found

“The following state officials must file a PFD by January 10th each year 24-6-202(1), C.R.S.”Form CPF-13 (Rev. 06/2026), instructions: Annual Filing Requirements ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Gifts they reported

What Melissa Hart listed on their quarterly reports of gifts, honoraria and other benefits since 2024: $30,017 across 24 items from 14 sources. Givers who are clients of a registered lobbyist are marked.

From	What, when	Value
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION $14,070 in all	REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING AT COUNCIL MEETING · 2025-12-31	$1,593.58
	REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION FOR MEETING OF COUNCIL OF SECTION ON LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR · 2025-05-10	$1,533.61
	REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL COSTS FOR MEETING WITH CLEAR COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES. · 2025-03-14	$951.99
	REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL COSTS TO MEETING OF COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR. · 2025-02-22	$2,130.53
	REIMBURSEMENT FOR ATTENDANCE AT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE SECTION OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR · 2024-11-06	$1,515.90
	TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR MEETING OF LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR PLANNING THE 2024-25 YEAR FOR COUNCIL OF THE SECTION OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR · 2024-06-10	$1,245.32
	TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE SECTION OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR · 2024-05-18	$1,643.10
	TRAVEL AND LODGING AT COUNCIL OF THE SECTION ON LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR · 2024-03-23	$1,864.97
	REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL TO SECTION MEETING · 2023-12-13	$1,590.94
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY $3,527 in all	REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL TO DELIVER THE BRENNAN LECTURE AT THE INSTITUTE FOR JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION. · 2025-02-25	$431.41
	REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR TEACHING AT NEW APPELLATE JUDGE PROGRAM · 2024-09-16	$1,595.91
	HONORARIUM FOR TEACHING AT THE INSTITUTE FOR JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM FOR NEW APPELLATE JUDGES · 2024-08-06	$1,500
ABA COUNCIL OF THE SECTION ON LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR $2,400 in all	REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING TO ATTEND THE MEETING OF THE CLEAR GROUP OF THE CONFERENCE OF CHIEF JUSTICES · 2024-08-05	$2,400.34
ABA COUNCIL OF THE SECTION FOR LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR $1,744 in all	REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR PARTICIPATING IN COUNCIL MEETING · 2025-08-29	$1,743.69
ABA COUNCIL FOR THE SECTION FOR LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR $1,573 in all	REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR PARTICIPATING IN COUNCIL MEETING · 2025-07-19	$1,573.10
ABA COUNCIL OF THE SECTION OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR $1,487 in all	REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAVEL TO AND LODGING AT AUGUST COUNCIL MEETING · 2024-08-17	$1,486.77
AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE $1,112 in all	TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR ADVISERS MEETING ON PRINCIPLES OF LAW, HIGH VOLUME CIVIL ADJUDICATION · 2024-03-23	$1,111.96
MELISSA HART $928 in all	MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL OF THE SECTION OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSION TO THE BAR · 2025-06-18	$927.92
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY $807 in all	TRAVEL AND LODGING FOR CONFERENCE ON JUSTICE WORKERS · 2024-03-05	$807.41
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL $699 in all	TRAVEL TO JUDGE AMES MOOT COURT COMPETITION · 2024-03-07	$699.15
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN $641 in all	TRAVEL AND LODGING TO SPEAK AT A CONFERENCE ON STATE SUPREME COURTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL. · 2024-05-31	$641.07
FRONTLINE JUSTICE $380 in all	TRAVEL TO PHOENIX FOR MEETING OF NATIONAL TASKFORCE TO SUPPORT JUSTICE WORKERS EFFORTS. · 2025-02-17	$379.67
CLE OF COLORADO $367 in all	TRAVEL AND LODGING REIMBURSEMENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN CLE · 2025-09-16	$367.38
9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR ASSOCIATION $282 in all	HOTEL NIGHT FOR TALK AT BAR ASSOCIATION CLE · 2025-06-20	$281.63

From the reports in TRACER (search them: Gifts and Honoraria Report). Officials file one each quarter in which they receive a reportable item (C.R.S. 24-6-203).